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. 2014 Oct;21(10):1160-72.
doi: 10.1111/acem.12482.

Using publication metrics to highlight academic productivity and research impact

Christopher R Carpenter  1 , David C Cone, Cathy C Sarli
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Using publication metrics to highlight academic productivity and research impact

Christopher R Carpenter et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

This article provides a broad overview of widely available measures of academic productivity and impact using publication data and highlights uses of these metrics for various purposes. Metrics based on publication data include measures such as number of publications, number of citations, the journal impact factor score, and the h-index, as well as emerging metrics based on document-level metrics. Publication metrics can be used for a variety of purposes for tenure and promotion, grant applications and renewal reports, benchmarking, recruiting efforts, and administrative purposes for departmental or university performance reports. The authors also highlight practical applications of measuring and reporting academic productivity and impact to emphasize and promote individual investigators, grant applications, or department output.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no financial relationships or conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Cone, the editor-in-chief of this journal, and Dr. Carpenter, an associate editor for this journal, had no role in the peer-review process or publication decision for this paper.

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Example of PLoS metrics. Image courtesy of Public Library of Science (PLoS): http://article-level-metrics.plos.org/alm-info/.
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Example of the Altmetric report for Carpenter CR, et al. Evidence-based diagnostics: adult septic arthritis. Acad Emerg Med 2011;18:781–96. Images courtesy of Elsevier Scopus.
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Second-generation map from Web of Science. Image courtesy of Thomson Reuters Web of Science.
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Example of the project page for author Christopher R. Carpenter. URL: http://emed.wustl.edu/carpenter_christopher/LabHome.aspx.
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