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Assess Your Research Impact

This guide describes the different metrics and methods available to determine the impact of your research and scholarly work. This guide will also connect you with the library resources necessary to find, use, and understand the context of these metrics.

Research metrics, sometimes called bibliometrics or scientometrics, use statistical methods to analyze published materials, authors, and institutions where work is produced. In this guide, the methods are grouped by the type of information they evaluate. Use the navigation links on the side of this page to learn more about metrics designed for: 

This guide also provides information on assessing broader impacts of your work, including through the use of alternative metrics, or “altmetrics,” which are meant to complement traditional impact metrics like citation counts by measuring other forms of online engagement and use of your work.