{"id":256,"date":"2021-06-09T18:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T22:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/chapter\/metrics\/"},"modified":"2021-07-09T17:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T21:52:19","slug":"metrics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/chapter\/metrics\/","title":{"raw":"Calculate your h-index","rendered":"Calculate your h-index"},"content":{"raw":"<!-- wp:group -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"emphasisbox\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group emphasisbox\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\r\n<h4>Research assessment metrics are an efficient yet highly simplistic method of assessing the quality and impact of research. In recent years there has been a growing call by scholars to do away with them in favour of more nuanced approaches.<\/h4>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:group -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:separator --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/><!-- \/wp:separator -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>For this activity, calculate your personal h-index using one or more of the tools below.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\r\n<h3>Google Scholar Profile<\/h3>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Connect:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/intl\/en\/scholar\/citations.html#overview\">Google Scholar Citations<\/a><\/strong>. Set up your own scholar profile\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/intl\/en-US\/scholar\/citations.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Source Data:<\/strong>\u00a0articles from an undisclosed number of journals, conference proceedings, reports, plus an undisclosed subset of the books available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ca\/\">Google Books<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Scholars must set up their own profiles, and may make choose to make their profiles private or public. Public profiles are retrieved by a search by the author's name in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>,\u00a0for example,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=E1RXTjEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Edward Slingerland<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(UBC faculty member).<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Reports for each author include:<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Hirsch's\u00a0<em><strong>h-index<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\r\n<li>i10 index<\/li>\r\n<li>Total # number of citations<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\r\n<h3>Harzing's Publish or Perish<\/h3>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Download\u00a0<strong>Harzing's Publish or Perish<\/strong>\u00a0free software:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harzing.com\/pop.htm\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Source data:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholar.google.com\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.library.ubc.ca\/page.php?details=web-of-science-core-collection&amp;id=138\">Web of Science Core\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.library.ubc.ca\/page.php?details=web-of-science-core-collection&amp;id=138\">Collection<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.research.microsoft.com\/\">Microsoft Academic Search<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/harzing.com\/resources\/publish-or-perish\/manual\/using\/data-sources\">and several others.<\/a>\u00a0i.e. journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, book chapters, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/harzing.com\/resources\/publish-or-perish\/manual\/using\/query-results\/metrics\">Metrics available for each autho<\/a>r include<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Average citations per paper, citations per author, papers per author, and citations per year<\/li>\r\n<li>Hirsch's\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H-index\"><strong><em>h-i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>ndex<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0and related parameters<\/li>\r\n<li>Egghe's\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G-index\"><strong><em>g-i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>ndex<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Average annual increase in the author's h-index<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\r\n<h3>Complete this challenge<\/h3>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Having produced your h-index, write a brief insight reflecting on the value of such a measure in the comments blow. In what ways does this value represent your impact? What are the strengths and weaknesses of relying on metrics to assess impact?<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:group -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:verse {\"textAlign\":\"center\"} -->\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\"><strong>Challenge Image Credit: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vecteezy.com\/free-vector\/metrics\">Metrics Vectors by Vecteezy<\/a><\/pre>\r\n<!-- \/wp:verse -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group emphasisbox\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research assessment metrics are an efficient yet highly simplistic method of assessing the quality and impact of research. In recent years there has been a growing call by scholars to do away with them in favour of more nuanced approaches.<\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For this activity, calculate your personal h-index using one or more of the tools below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Scholar Profile<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Connect:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/intl\/en\/scholar\/citations.html#overview\">Google Scholar Citations<\/a><\/strong>. Set up your own scholar profile\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/intl\/en-US\/scholar\/citations.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Source Data:<\/strong>\u00a0articles from an undisclosed number of journals, conference proceedings, reports, plus an undisclosed subset of the books available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ca\/\">Google Books<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Scholars must set up their own profiles, and may make choose to make their profiles private or public. Public profiles are retrieved by a search by the author&#8217;s name in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>,\u00a0for example,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=E1RXTjEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Edward Slingerland<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(UBC faculty member).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Reports for each author include:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Hirsch&#8217;s\u00a0<em><strong>h-index<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\r\n<li>i10 index<\/li>\r\n<li>Total # number of citations<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harzing&#8217;s Publish or Perish<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Download\u00a0<strong>Harzing&#8217;s Publish or Perish<\/strong>\u00a0free software:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harzing.com\/pop.htm\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Source data:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholar.google.com\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.library.ubc.ca\/page.php?details=web-of-science-core-collection&amp;id=138\">Web of Science Core\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.library.ubc.ca\/page.php?details=web-of-science-core-collection&amp;id=138\">Collection<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.research.microsoft.com\/\">Microsoft Academic Search<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/harzing.com\/resources\/publish-or-perish\/manual\/using\/data-sources\">and several others.<\/a>\u00a0i.e. journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, book chapters, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/harzing.com\/resources\/publish-or-perish\/manual\/using\/query-results\/metrics\">Metrics available for each autho<\/a>r include<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Average citations per paper, citations per author, papers per author, and citations per year<\/li>\r\n<li>Hirsch&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H-index\"><strong><em>h-i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>ndex<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0and related parameters<\/li>\r\n<li>Egghe&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G-index\"><strong><em>g-i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>ndex<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Average annual increase in the author&#8217;s h-index<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complete this challenge<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Having produced your h-index, write a brief insight reflecting on the value of such a measure in the comments blow. In what ways does this value represent your impact? What are the strengths and weaknesses of relying on metrics to assess impact?<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\"><strong>Challenge Image Credit: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vecteezy.com\/free-vector\/metrics\">Metrics Vectors by Vecteezy<\/a><\/pre>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":192,"menu_order":85,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-256","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":359,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/256\/revisions\/561"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/359"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/256\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pose2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}