{"id":263,"date":"2021-04-22T14:40:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/posetest\/chapter\/metrics\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T14:40:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:40:49","slug":"metrics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/posetest\/chapter\/metrics\/","title":{"raw":"Calculate your h-index","rendered":"Calculate your h-index"},"content":{"raw":"\n<!-- wp:group -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"emphasisbox\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group emphasisbox\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\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>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For this activity, calculate your personal h-index using one or more of the tools below.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3>Google Scholar Profile<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Connect:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/intl\/en\/scholar\/citations.html#overview\">Google Scholar Citations<\/a><\/strong>. Set up your own scholar profile&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/intl\/en-US\/scholar\/citations.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Source Data:<\/strong>&nbsp;articles from an undisclosed number of journals, conference proceedings, reports, plus an undisclosed subset of the books available in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ca\/\">Google Books<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\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&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>,&nbsp;for example,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=E1RXTjEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Edward Slingerland<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(UBC faculty member).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reports for each author include:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Hirsch's&nbsp;<em><strong>h-index<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li>i10 index<\/li><li>Total # number of citations<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3>Harzing's Publish or Perish<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Download&nbsp;<strong>Harzing's Publish or Perish<\/strong>&nbsp;free software:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harzing.com\/pop.htm\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source data:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholar.google.com\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.library.ubc.ca\/page.php?details=web-of-science-core-collection&amp;id=138\">Web of Science Core&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.library.ubc.ca\/page.php?details=web-of-science-core-collection&amp;id=138\">Collection<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.research.microsoft.com\/\">Microsoft Academic Search<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/harzing.com\/resources\/publish-or-perish\/manual\/using\/data-sources\">and several others.<\/a>&nbsp;i.e. journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, book chapters, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\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>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Average citations per paper, citations per author, papers per author, and citations per year<\/li><li>Hirsch's&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H-index\"><strong><em>h-i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>ndex<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&nbsp;and related parameters<\/li><li>Egghe's&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G-index\"><strong><em>g-i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>ndex<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li><li>Average annual increase in the author's h-index<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3>Complete this challenge<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\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>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:verse {\"textAlign\":\"center\"} -->\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>\n<!-- \/wp:verse -->\n","rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group emphasisbox\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\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>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>For this activity, calculate your personal h-index using one or more of the tools below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Scholar Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/intl\/en\/scholar\/citations.html#overview\">Google Scholar Citations<\/a><\/strong>. Set up your own scholar profile&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/intl\/en-US\/scholar\/citations.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source Data:<\/strong>&nbsp;articles from an undisclosed number of journals, conference proceedings, reports, plus an undisclosed subset of the books available in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ca\/\">Google Books<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\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&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>,&nbsp;for example,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=E1RXTjEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Edward Slingerland<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(UBC faculty member).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports for each author include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hirsch&#8217;s&nbsp;<em><strong>h-index<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li>i10 index<\/li><li>Total # number of citations<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harzing&#8217;s Publish or Perish<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Download&nbsp;<strong>Harzing&#8217;s Publish or Perish<\/strong>&nbsp;free software:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harzing.com\/pop.htm\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source data:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholar.google.com\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.library.ubc.ca\/page.php?details=web-of-science-core-collection&amp;id=138\">Web of Science Core&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.library.ubc.ca\/page.php?details=web-of-science-core-collection&amp;id=138\">Collection<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/academic.research.microsoft.com\/\">Microsoft Academic Search<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/harzing.com\/resources\/publish-or-perish\/manual\/using\/data-sources\">and several others.<\/a>&nbsp;i.e. journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, book chapters, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\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>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Average citations per paper, citations per author, papers per author, and citations per year<\/li><li>Hirsch&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H-index\"><strong><em>h-i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>ndex<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&nbsp;and related parameters<\/li><li>Egghe&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G-index\"><strong><em>g-i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>ndex<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li><li>Average annual increase in the author&#8217;s h-index<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complete this challenge<\/h3>\n\n\n\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? 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