The word metrics refers to 'measurements'. Within the academic and research area: research metrics refers to measures used to gauge the impact of published works. Research Metrics are quantitative measurements used to evaluate quality and impact of research output. There are a number of metrics available that are used to measure different factors, for instance: CiteScore, h-index and so on.
Research metrics can be used to:
- provide supporting evidence for research grants and academic promotions
- benchmark and assess one's research performance against peers
- validate one's work by demonstrating the range of uptake by others
- build a profile to progress one's career
- identify potential collaborators
This guide is developed to introduce the different research metrics that are available through Scopus. Scopus is a widely used bibliometrics and citation tool developed by Elsevier which the University is subscribing to.
