Using Google Scholar to measure the impact of your research

1. latrobe.edu.au
CRICOS Provider 00115M
CRICOS Provider 00115M
Using Google Scholar to
measure the impact of
your research

2. 2La Trobe University
• Provides a simple way for authors to keep track of
citations to their articles
• Check who is citing your publications, graph citations
over time, and compute several citation metrics
• Set up a profile and make it public, it’s quick to set up
and simple to maintain!

3. 3La Trobe University
Getting started
• Get started with Google Scholar Citations:
• http://scholar.google.com
• My Citations (top right hand of page)
• Login to your Google email account or Sign Up
• Create your author profile and make your profile
public!
• Help is available

4. 4La Trobe University
Updating your citation records
• Your citation metrics and graph are automatically updated
as Google Scholar updates
• To automatically update your articles, select Profile
updates from the Actions menu and update settings

5. 5La Trobe University
Exploring citations to your articles
• Check Cited by to see who is citing your articles
• Click the title of the article to see the citation graph
• Check new citations to your articles under Follow
new citations
• Create alerts to new cites to your articles under the
Cited by number, click the envelope icon on the left

6. 6La Trobe University
Help!
Google Scholar Help
Citation Analysis Guide
latrobe.libguides.com/citationanalysis
Contact your Senior Research Advisor