Scholarly Publishing

Scholarly Metrics

Scholarly Metrics Guide

There are many ways to count, measure, rank, and compare journals, articles, authors, labs, and institutions, based on their scholarly output. The scholarly metrics guide will get you started on exploring:

  • Journal Metrics
  • Article Metrics
  • Author Metrics
  • Book Metrics
  • Altmetrics
  • Data Metrics

By properly using scholarly metrics, you can create a story, supported by quantitative evidence, demonstrating the value and impact of your work.

Researcher Registries

Registering yourself as a researcher allows you to organize and share your academic work, and to increase the visibility of your research

  • ORCiD GUIDE - ORCiD (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a free, unique, persistent identifier (PID) for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities.
  • Google Scholar ProfileProvides a simple way for authors to showcase their academic publications. You can check who is citing your articles, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics.
  • JScholarshipJScholarship is an open repository of works about JHU, scholarship authored by JHU researchers, and Digital Collections of the Sheridan Libraries and Museums.