Academic institutions are increasingly tasked with demonstrating research productivity via objective measurements. The library can play an important role in quantitative research evaluation, in terms of implementing and educating. Bibliometrics has been the primary method for decades. Traditional indicators focused on journal literature are most applicable to the sciences. The analysis of books and patents as further research outputs can augment traditional journal metrics and new approaches such as network-based metrics offer additional perspectives on the research landscape. Bibliometrics should be used in context and in conjunction with other research performance measures. Thomson Reuters has worked in the field of citation indexing and analysis for over 50 years, beginning with our roots as the Institute for Scientific Information. We offer a suite of options from web-based evaluation tools like InCites and Research In View, to customized reports and engineered systems. Examples of metrics and methods from these tools will be discussed.

Methods and solutions for measuring and benchmarking the impact of research

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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