This is part of the Maximize Your Research Impact Series

Where: Robarts Library, 4th floor Electronic Classroom (4033)

Understanding how your researcher identity and your research outputs (articles, books, patents, conference proceedings, posters, data contributions, videos, blog posts, etc.) are measured and quantified is crucial for researchers at all stages to understand. How is your work found and used by others? What type of citation and usage footprint is your published work creating? What is the impact of your research and contribution to your community over time?

Your researcher identity is formed by combining all of your research output and its impact. Taking charge of your researcher identity can help distinguish your work from other authors, giving more accurate insight into your impact and helping create a portfolio of your contributions.

After attending and participating in this hands-on workshop you will understand the importance of tracking the impact of your output and how this is done. You will also learn how to take charge of and manage your researcher identity so that you are uniquely identified and connected to all of your contributions over time.

Part 1: Maximize Your Research Impact: Metrics & Context

The first part of this series focuses on the environment regarding quantitative measures of research impact, their context and responsible use.

1. Article level metrics (e.g. how your published work is tracked, used, and cited, as well as social media awareness, etc.)

2. Researcher metrics or quantitative output of the individual (e.g. h-index, citation metrics, etc.)

3. Journal-level metrics to evaluate journals that you plan to submit manuscripts to (e.g. impact factor, CiteScore, etc.).

4. Context of these metrics and how to use responsibly

** Bring your own laptop or use a PC provided

Please contact scholarly.communications@library.utoronto.ca with any questions