Scholarly Publishing & Metrics Guide

The path to finding the “best” journal –changes every time because factors like professor’s topic and publication goals dictate the tools needed and change the publication options; similarly, tracking citations requires looking in a lot of places.

This guide provides definitions, tips, and tools for answering the following questions and more:

• Is this a legitimate journal?

• What’s the impact factor of this journal?

• What is ORCID & do I need one?

• Who’s citing my work, or how many times has my work been cited?

• What are all these metrics measuring? Altmetrics, h-index, …

• How can I best promote my work?

• How can I use RefWorks to manage my citations?

Or ASK US directly. Schedule an appointment to meet in person or email us your questions--we’re happy to help.

NEWS 

Our article titled "How research becomes impact: Librarians helping faculty use scholarly metrics to select journals" is available in Pepperdine's Digital Commons.

Citation:

Marc Vinyard & Jaimie Beth Colvin (2018) How research becomes impact: Librarians helping faculty use scholarly metrics to select journals, College & Undergraduate Libraries, 25:2, 187-204, DOI: 10.1080/10691316.2018.1464995]