There are a number of ways to measure the impact of an author, the most common being the H index.
An author has an H-index of n if they have had n papers published, each of which has been cited more than n times. So to have an H-index of 20, 20 of your papers must have been cited at least 20 times.
Three databases will calculate an H-index: Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar Citations. Each gives a slightly different figure, as it depends on dates covered and journals indexed, but within the database, results will be relative.
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To look up an author's H index in Scopus you need to go to their Author Profile page. Click on the Author Search tab, enter the author name, and select the author profile(s) you are looking for and click on View Citation Overview. The H-Index is displayed on the right. Note it is based on citations from 1995-. If you are looking up your own author profile and see that corrections need to be made, use the Author feedback wizard. Follow the step by step guide here. If you need any help please contact your Subject Librarian. Once you are happy with your author profile, remember to set citation alerts so that you know when your research outputs are being cited, and by whom! |
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Log on to the Web of Science and select Web of Science Core collection from the drop down list under All Databases. Change the search from Topic to Author. Select all possible author matches and click on View records at the top or bottom of the list |
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To use Google Scholar Citations you need to register with Google Scholar and set up a citations profile. Google Scholar suggests articles based on the information you provide and makes the information available as either a public or personal profile page. All the information you need to get started is on the Scholar Citations pages |