Impact and Metrics: Library Tools and Services

• Create an ORCID ID 
  • ORCID is a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from other researchers and connects your professional information, affiliations, publications, grants, professional activities, and more. 
• Set up Other Researcher Profiles
  • The next steps are profiles in resources like Digital Commons @ USF, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science.
• Learn a Journal Metrics and Rankings
  • Information on Journal Impact Factors, CiteScores, Ranking Quartile, and More
• Keep Current with our Workshops for Researchers Series
  • Sessions on specific resources, metrics, and more.

• Submit your research to a high impact journal 
  • Articles in these journals tend to be seen and read more. See: Scopus or Web of Science Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
• Publish in an Openly Accessible journal
  • See: DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
• Gold Open Access
  • At the time of your article's acceptance, pay the publisher a fee to make it openly accessible. This fee may range from $2,000 to $5,000.  
  • In your grant applications, budget for these Open Access Fees or else contact the USF Faculty Senate Publications Council, they may subvent faculty journal or book publication charges once your manuscript is accepted
• Green Open Access
  • Authors are usually able to self-archive a copy of their work in an institutional or disciplinary repository. There are usually restrictions on the versions (preprint, post-print, final version)

• Add your Publication to DigitalCommons @ USF
• Assign a DOI number to your data set
• Add your data set to DigitalCommons @ USF
• Track your Article Metrics
  • Citation and download counts, altmetrics, and more
• Find your Book Reviews and Library Holdings
  • Worldwide library ownership, book review searches, and citations. contact your subject librarian for more help with any of these information needs!

This is a general guide for librarians, faculty, and students to use to collect metrics information on their published and presented creative works.

• Use our Research and Creative Metrics Templates linked below
  • This is a general guide for librarians, faculty, and students to use to collect metrics information on their published and presented creative works.
• Map your International Prominence
  • Use your Researcher ID accounts and data, in addition to Digital Commons @ USF repository tools and statistics, to track the international scholars and institutions citing your work. Contact the Institutional Repository team at digitalcommons@usf.edu.
• Contact your Subject Librarian
  • Your USF Libraries Subject Librarians are available to help with collection this information as you prepare for review and promotion.