Some tools that can help you measure the impact and reach of your research.

1. DEMONSTRATING RESEARCH ‘IMPACT’ IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
SCOPUS http://www.library.qut.edu.au/db/5071
Use it to calculate your H-Index (on publications after 1996)
 conduct an AUTHOR search
 select CITATION OVERVIEW
 find your citation counts and H-Index
Compare against metrics from Publish or Perish
SCIMAGO JOURNAL
& COUNTRY RANK
http://www.scimagojr.com/
Based on SCOPUS data.
Gives the SJR indicator to journals and countries (similar to Impact Factors
given in Web of Science)
Better representation of the Design and Creative Industries disciplines than
in Web of Science
HARZING’S PUBLISH
OR PERISH [PoP]
http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm - small, quick download
Use it to calculate your H-Index, but you need to cleanse the data first.
Keep in mind that PoP uses Google Scholar to mine for the data.
Bibliographic errors are not corrected.
Also look for number of cites per paper.
PoP accuracy of results - http://www.harzing.com/pophelp/accuracy.htm
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
CITATIONS
www.scholar.google.com/citations
Track citations to your publications. Check who is citing your publications.
Graph your citations over time.
Need a Gmail account to use this service.
MICROSOFT
ACADEMIC SEARCH
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/
Provides innovative ways to explore academic publications, authors,
conferences, journals, organizations and keywords.
Find connections between millions of scholars.
EPRINTS -
REPOSITORY
STATISTICS
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/statistics/
The Repository Statistics function delivers useful info including:
 item downloads - total, monthly and last 28 days
 citations in Scopus & Web of Science

2. EPRINTS -
REPOSITORY
STATISTICS (cont.)
 geographic location of downloader
 percentage of QUT vs external downloads
 non-search referring websites
LIBRARY HOLDINGS Use Libraries Australia and WorldCat to ascertain the number of libraries
that hold your book / book chapter. This proves there’s a wider audience
for your publication.
Libraries Australia** –
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=3051
Trove –
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper?q
World Cat –
http://www.worldcat.org/
**Can also use Libraries Australia to see all Australian and WorldCat
holdings together
ULRICHSWEB
(Via Library
Databases)
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=4610
Use Ulrichsweb to find out how heavily your publication is indexed, e.g. is it
in major [fulltext] databases?
Find out whether it adheres to a peer-review process.
FULL-TEXT
DATABASES
(Via Library
Databases)
Some databases offer their own citation tracking tools.
For an exhaustive check, search the appropriate full-text databases for
occurrences of your name.
NEWS DATABASES Search Factiva or Australia New Zealand Reference Centre for press articles
quoting you or about you to provide evidence of your impact in the
community.
Factiva (international news) –
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=2420
Australia New Zealand Reference Centre (local and Australian news) -
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=4963
TV News (streamed and downloadable TV news from Australia) –
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=5370
CONFERENCE
DATABASES /
WEBSITES
How rigorous is the acceptance process?
What is the reputation of the sponsoring body?

3. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter
www.twitter.com
Arts and Humanities list on Twitter
https://twitter.com/LSEImpactBlog/arts-academic-tweeters/members
Media and Journalism list on Twitter
https://twitter.com/LSEImpactBlog/media-academic-tweeters/members
ImpactStory –
http://impactstory.org/
Academia.edu -
http://academia.edu/
The Impact of Social Media on the Dissemination of Research: Results of
an Experiment - (interesting article discussing the relationship between
social media and research) -
http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-3/the-impact-of-social-media-on-
the-dissemination-of-research-by-melissa-terras/