Measuring Your Research Impact

The h-index is an index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output. The index attempts to measure both the scientific productivity and the apparent scientific impact of a scientist. It is based on the set of the researcher's most cited papers and the number of citations that was received through other people's publications.

Below is an example of how this author's h-index has been calculated:

 Search for cited references in Google Scholar, which provide a simple way for authors to keep track of citations to their articles.

You can check who is citing your publications, produce a graph for the citations over time, and compute several citation metrics. You can also make your profile public, so that it may appear in Google Scholar results when people search for your name, e.g., Professor Roy Maartens, SKA/ SARChI Professor in Atronomy & Astrophysics, UWC.

Google Scholar Citations
Using your google (gmail) account, create a profile of all your articles captured in Google Scholar.  This will show all the times the articles have been cited by other documents in Google Scholar.  Its your choice whether you make your profile public or private but when you make it public, you can link to it from own webpages. Your h-index will be automatically calculated.