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Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization

Author-level metrics

Author-level metrics help track an individual researcher's impact in an academic discipline. 

H-Index

The h-index is an index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output (J.E. Hirsch)  
The h-index is an index that attempts to measure both the scientific productivity and the apparent scientific impact of a scientist. The index is based on the set of the researcher's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other people's publications (Wikipedia)  A scientist has index h if h of [his/her] Np papers have at least h citations each, and the other (Np − h) papers have at most h citations each.

Find your h-index at:

Find Your H-Index

Below are instructions for obtaining your h-index from Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

Web of Science

Web of Science provides citation counts for articles indexed within it.  It indexes over 12,000 journals in the arts, humanities,  sciences, and social sciences.  To find an author's h-index in WOS:

  • Enter the name of the author in the top search box (e.g. Smith JT).   Select Author from the drop-down menu on the right.
    • To ensure accuracy for popular names, add an additional search box and enter "Univ Illinois" and then select “Address” from the field drop down menu on the right.
  • Click on Search
  • Click on Citation Report on the right hand corner of the results page.  The H-index is on the right of the screen.

Scopus 

Scopus provide citation counts for articles indexed within it (limited to article written in 1996 and after).   It indexes over 22,000 journals from over 4,000 international publishers across the disciplines.  To find an author's h-index in Scopus:

  • Once in Scopus, click on the Author search tab.
  • Enter the name of the author in the search box.  If you are using initials for the first and/or middle name, be sure to enter periods after the initials (e.g. Smith J.T.). 
  • To ensure accuracy if it is a popular name, you may enter University of Illinois in the affiliation field.  
  • Click search.
    • If more than one profile appears, click on your profile (or the profile of the person you are examining).  Under the Research section, you will see the h-index listed.
    • If you have worked at more than one place, your name may appear twice with 2 separate h-index ratings.  Select the check box next to each relevent profile, and click show documents.

 Google Scholar

  • Google Scholar Citations​
    • Using your google (gmail) account, create a profile of all your articles captured in Google Scholar.  Follow the prompt on the screen to set up your profile.   Once complete, this will show all the times the articles have been cited by other documents in Google Scholar and your h-index will be provided.  Its your choice whether you make your profile public or private but if you make it public, you can link to it from your own webpages.
  • Harzing’s Publish or Perish (POP) 
    • Publish or Perish Searches Google Scholar.  After searching by your name, deselect from the list of articles retrieved those that you did not author.  Your h-index will appear at the top of the tool.  Note:This tool must be downloaded to use

Dimensions   (no h-index is provided but other metrics are possible)

Dimensions is a linked research knowledge system that re-imagines discovery and access to research. Developed by Digital Science in collaboration with over 100 leading research organizations around the world, Dimensions brings together grants, publications, citations, alternative metrics, clinical trials, patents and policy documents to deliver a platform that enables users to find and access the most relevant information faster, analyze the academic and broader outcomes of research, and gather insights to inform future strategy. 

  • Because UIC only has access to the free version of Dimensions, its not easy to search by author name.  To find the profile of an individual, in the search, enter the title of a specific article by you and put it in quotations "title of article".   Select title and article as the search limit.  Click enter.
  • Click on the title of the article searched for
  • Click on the author name you are interested in (i.e. your name)
  • Click view profile