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Introduction to publication impact measurement , Te kupu whakataki ki te ine whakaputa tuhituhi

Learn about metrics that measure your publication impact.

You can measure your publication impact using bibliometrics and other metrics. Measuring your publication impact can:

  • help in funding and grant applications
  • help shape your research evaluation submission for the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF)
  • demonstrate the value of your research
  • demonstrate your contribution to the university research strategy
  • help the university identify its research strengths, demonstrate its research impact, and benchmark its research performance
  • use feedback to shape and enhance your future research outputs.

You need to use more than one set of metrics to measure the impact of your published outputs, as a range of measures and sources will paint a more comprehensive picture of your publication impact.

Diagram showing four ways of measuring publication impact, including usage, peer-review, citations, and alt-metrics.

For help measuring your publication impact, you can request a researcher report from our subject librarians.

Request a researcher report

SciVal

SciVal is a research assessment/bibliometrics tool that can be used to analyse your publication impact.

Use SciVal to:

  • see how many of your publications are in the top 10% journals
  • see how many of your publications are in the top 10% most cited journals worldwide
  • view your global reach and international collaborations

Read our guide to SciVal for more information.

Library guide to SciVal (PDF, 214.1 KB)

Metrics Toolkit

The Metrics Toolkit explains:

  • what a metric means
  • how it is calculated
  • whether it is good match for your impact claim.

Use the toolkit along with other resources provided by Massey to examine research impact.

Bibliometrics

Bibliometrics is the statistical analysis of research publications. It includes the use of measures such as:

  • citation counts
  • publications lists
  • h-index.

Learn more about bibliometrics

Altmetrics

Altmetrics covers other aspects of the impact of a publication, such as how many times it is discussed in:

  • social media
  • news media
  • scholarly networking sites.

Find out more about altmetrics

Publons

Publons is a free service that allows researchers to track, verify and get recognised for their peer review and editorial contributions to scholarly publishing.

Find out more about Publons

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