[Air-L] (More) Open Metrics: Emerging Impact Measures

[Gerry Mckiernan]

Colleagues/

A Good Review of Emerging Impact Measures from _Information World
Review_ profiled in my _Scholarship 2.0_ blog:

_(More) Open Metrics: Emerging Impact Measures_

"Numbers Game Hots Up"
Citation metrics have become key numbers for journals, institutions and
even individuals, and a host of different models are emerging
/ Tracey Caldwell / Information World Review / February 4 2008 /

Web of Science

Scopus 

Google Scholar 

H-index

G Index

Eigenfactor

NOTE: If you are aware of other "(Open) Impact Factors Metrics", please
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BTW: See Also 

Show Me The Data! Show Me The Data! Show Me The Data! 

[ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2007/12/cartoonbank.html ]

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It includes a link to the article full text as well as A Most
Appropriate Cartoon [:-)

BTW: In early January Thompson Scientific launched the Citation Impact
Forum , an online forum promoting scholarly discussion about all facets
of citation-based research evaluation-from Thomson Scientific*s own
Journal Impact Factor to emerging citation metrics, such as the
h-index.

Thomson Scientific Launches New Citation Impact Forum
 
[ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/01/thomson-scientific-launches-new.html ]

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[ http://tinyurl.com/4g5vwx ]

Regards,

/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

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