Research metrics
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Metrics are important to understand and use correctly for grant and promotion applications. Refer to Measurement Tools for further information on how to find and use metrics. |
Need help with metrics?
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The Metrics Toolkit can help you understand each research metric across disciplines, including:
- how the metric is calculated
- where to find it
- whether it's appropriate for you
Look up specific metrics using the sidebar.
Metrics commonly used at UNSW
- Source normalized impact per paper (SNIP) - a measure using data from Scopus, whereby citations are weighted, depending on citation potential of subject area
- CiteScore - a metric product from Elsevier, using citation data from the Scopus database to rank and track journal performance
- Field weighted citation impact (FWCI) / Field normalized citation impact (FNCI) - how the number of citations received by a researcher's publications compares with the average number of citations received by all other similar publications
- H-index - a measure of the number of publications published (productivity) as well as how often they are cited
Policy Documents
UNSW Staff have access to the following tools to explore citations in policy documents:
- Dimensions - Users can explore and export over 2 million documents sourced from governments, nonprofits and research institutes. For data about UNSW publications cited in policy, please submit a data request to the Library.
- Scopus - Users can view policy citations for individual publications, sourced from Overton. Simply scroll down to the "Metrics" section and view the details from PlumX.
- Policy mentions can also be found by clicking the Altmetric badge on the ROS record for a publication.
Be mindful when using policy citations:
- Not all documents available through Overton, Dimensions and Scopus are "policies" - each platform uses a broad definition of policy documents and includes various reports, summaries and working papers in addition to policies.
- Overton advises caution in using policy citations for rankings, benchmarking and performance metrics.
More information about policy documents can be found in the Grey Literature subject guide.
