Making an Impact: Tracking Your Research Metrics

There are a number of electronic tools, available for free or through McMaster library subscription, that can help you calculate a variety of research metrics.

Which tools are right for you? Select the type of metrics you're interested in to find out.

Citation-Based Metrics

• Discover tools for tracking citations at the article- or author-level

​Altmetrics

• Discover tools for tracking article-level activity in social media and news reports.

Journal Metrics

• Discover tools for tracking citations at the journal-level

Advanced Metrics

• Discover tools for performing complex citation analysis