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# Scholarly Metrics

All about metrics: definitions, how-to, and tools.

- [Home](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/home)
- [Journal Metrics](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/journal-metrics)
- [Article Metrics](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/article-metrics)
- [Author Metrics](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/author-metrics)
- [Book Metrics](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/book-metrics "Book Metrics")
- [Altmetrics](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/altmetrics "based on blogs, Twitter, etc.")
- [Data Metrics](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/data-metrics "Metrics about data sets.")
- [Caution about Metrics](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=202558&p=10086503)
- [How to use SciVal](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/scival)
- [How to use Dimensions](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/Dimensions)
- [Five Action Items Researchers Can Take Today](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics/Five_Actions_Today)

## Altmetrics bookmarklet

Use the [Altmetric bookmarklet](http://www.altmetric.com/bookmarklet.php) to obtain altmetrics on papers as you find them.

## Numbers aren't the whole story

Remember, a number can never tell the whole story.

- [The unbearable emptiness of tweeting—About journal articles](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0183551)
- [Measuring Societal Impact or, Meet the New Metric, Same as the Old Metric](https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/08/02/societal-impact-meet-new-metric-old-metric/)

## Altmetrics Tools

Here are ways to discover how your work is being read and discussed outside of traditional scholarly communication channels--places like blogs, social media, mainstream media, public policy documents, online reference managers, course syllabi, and even Wikipedia.

- [Altmetric Bookmarklet and Badge](https://www.altmetric.com/our-audience/researchers/#products-for-researchers)

  Use these free tools to explore and display altmetrics about individual articles.
- [Using Altmetric Data Responsibly: A Guide to Interpretation and Good Practice](https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/e01b77a4-94c0-42fe-b9b7-0daf6626ecde)

  This guide is meant for librarians, researchers, and administrators wishing to understand and use Altmetric tools to evaluate scholarly output in a holistic fashion, beyond traditional measurements.
- [Dimensions](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/az/databases?q=JHU07452)

  Conduct a Document search on Dimensions, limiting to a specific researcher, journal title, organization, etc. Use the Analytical Views module to explore citation metrics, trends, and altmetrics.
- [Scopus](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/az/databases?q=JHU05906)

  Conduct an author search on Scopus--each author profile contains citation counts and trends for the person's work.
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/)

  Google Scholar provides a citation count for many articles. However, be aware that Google Scholar's means of identifying citations is unknown and therefore may need to be verified elsewhere.

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