Scientific Evaluation Metrics

Metric

Description

Type

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CiteScore

Average citations per article in the four years prior to publication

Journal

Scopus - CiteScore

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

Measures the weighted impact based on the prestige of citing journals

Journal

SCimago

Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)

Normalizes impact according to the scientific field

Journal

Elsevier - measuring a journal’s impact

Quartiles e Percentiles

Relative ranking of the journal based on its impact within its field

Journal

Clarivate- Quartile rankings and other metrics

Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI)

Compares citations of an article with the global average for the same field

Publication

Elsevier - FWCI

Altmetrics

Measures social and/or media impact

Publication

Altmetrics 

h-Index

Number of an author’s articles with at least “h” citations. Combines productivity and impact

Author

Elsevier - what is a good h-index?