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Why the need to use research impact measures?

As a researcher, you may need to use research impact measures as you:

Prepare your dossier for promotion and tenure appointments, performance appraisal and grant applications
Find out how your research has been developed through identifying researchers who have cited your works
Identify potential collaborators
Publish your next research in high impact sources for increased research visibility

There are many research metrics (e.g. FWCI, citation count, h-index, Journal Impact Factor), which are sourced from numerous databases (Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar).

How can this guide help you?

	I am.....	Things to consider....
	...an early career researcher	Try creating an author author profile keep track of your publications and citations Understand what author-level metrics to measure your impact as an individual researcher are Find out your citation count and h-index in the various databases Understand how to increase your research visibility
	...looking to do peer benchmarking	Contact your department to understand which metrics are used in benchmarking Understand article-level metrics and author-level metrics Try creating a benchmarking table in SciVal following these steps
	...identifying potential collaborators	See the above
	...looking for a high impact journal to publish in	Understand journal-level metrics Check if the journal you have in mind is indexed in Scopus or Web of Science (JCR) Conduct a literature search to find relevant journals in Scopus