This document provides information on calculating scholarly impact and increasing the discoverability of academic work. It discusses the types of evidence departments typically consider, such as who has cited a researcher's work. It also outlines several methods for measuring impact, including journal impact factor, SciMago, and Eigenfactor. The document recommends keeping profiles up to date on sites like Google Scholar, creating alerts for new publications, and maintaining a personal university webpage. It stresses focusing on the evidence and formats valued by evaluators, such as traditional publications and data, and offers additional assistance from subject librarians.

1. How Awesome Am I?
LIBRARY RTP Preparation
Workshop
Fall 2013
Tiffini Travis

2. Calculating Scholarly Impact
What kind of
evidence is needed?
Who has cited me?
Measuring impact

3. What evidence is needed?
What is your department expecting?
Tacit and Implicit
Data reigns supreme
Things to watch out for…

4. Who Has Cited Me?
Traditional
sources
Non-Traditional
sources

5. Measuring Impact
Journal Impact Factor
SciMago
Google Factor
Eigenfactor
Impact Story

6. Increasing discoverability
Tweet what you write
Blog what you publish
Cultivate your PLN

7. Increasing discoverability
Keep your Scholar Profiles updated
Create alerts for your publications
Create a personal page on the
University website

8. Remember…..
Good, the bad, the
repository!
Focus on evidence
emphasized by
evaluators
Traditional data >>
social media
Traditional pubs>>
digital

9. Just Breathe….
For additional
assistance
contact your
subject
librarian or
myself.

10. Additional Help
Tiffini Travis
Email
tiffini.travis@csulb.edu
Phone
x57850