{"id":361,"date":"2017-05-26T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/?page_id=361"},"modified":"2025-08-05T08:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T05:40:48","slug":"bibliometric-indicators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/5-module-assessment-of-research-impact-and-bibliometrics\/bibliometric-indicators\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibliometric indicators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bibliometrics uses quantitative methods to study scientific publications. These methods are based on the amount of publications and the number of citations they have received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Study more about the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/research-evaluation#paragraph-7034\">common bibliometric indicators<\/a> (e.g. numbers of publications and citations, h-index (Fig. 1), impact factor (Fig. 2)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bibliometrics can be used e.g. for:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Evaluating performance of individual researchers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Positioning and benchmarking of countries, cities, research groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Citation analysis, scientific impact and excellence assessment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Network and collaboration mapping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:H-index-en.svg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2017\/05\/h-index.png\" alt=\"Graph explaining the formation of an h-index.\" class=\"wp-image-1771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2017\/05\/h-index.png 425w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2017\/05\/h-index-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 1. As an example of the bibliometric indicators, h-index for a researcher is determined by arranging a list of publications in a descending order according to the number of citations and finding the ordinal number of publications that has been cited at least as many times as how large the ordinal number is. h-Index 5 means that the researcher has five publications that have been cited at least five times.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.ucd.ie\/bibliometrics\/JIF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2017\/05\/impactfactor.jpg\" alt=\"Calculation of journal's impact factor for the year 2014.\" class=\"wp-image-1773\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 2. Journal impact factor, for example, for the year 2014 is calculated by tallying up the citations to articles published in the journal in the two previous years (2013+2012), and this sum is divided by the number of articles published in the journal within the same period of time. If a journal&#8217;s impact factor is 4.5, it means that each article published in the journal has been cited an average of 4.5 times during the two years prior to the impact factor year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further information:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finnish national guide to publication metrics: <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.eduuni.fi\/display\/csckjmo\/Indicators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indicators<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3\/2023 JN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/5-module-assessment-of-research-impact-and-bibliometrics\/viability-of-bibliometrics\/\">&lt; Previous page: Viability of bibliometrics<\/a> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/5-module-assessment-of-research-impact-and-bibliometrics\/bibliometric-analysis-tools-and-databases\/\">Next page: Bibliometric analysis tools and databases &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bibliometrics uses quantitative methods to study scientific publications. These methods are based on the amount of publications and the number of citations they have received. Study more about the most common bibliometric indicators (e.g. numbers of publications and citations, h-index (Fig. 1), impact factor (Fig. 2)). Bibliometrics can be used e.g. for: Further information: Finnish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"parent":123,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-361","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bibliometric indicators - Find, manage and publish: Information Skills for Researchers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary-fmp\/5-module-assessment-of-research-impact-and-bibliometrics\/bibliometric-indicators\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bibliometric indicators - Find, manage and publish: Information Skills for Researchers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bibliometrics uses quantitative methods to study scientific publications. 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