Citation metrics

The '''h-index' is an author-level metric that measures both the productivity and citation impact of the publications, initially used for an individual scientist or scholar. The h''-index correlates with success indicators such as winning the Nobel Prize, being accepted for research fellowships and holding positions at top universities. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications. The index has more recently been applied to the productivity and impact of a scholarly journal as well as a group of sc

mathematical and statistical bibliometric method used to explore scientific communication

thumb|The original logotype from the Altmetrics Manifesto thumb|alt=A ranking of five scholarly papers based on their Altmetric Attention Scores.|OOIR.org shows which scholarly papers are "trending" based on Altmetric Attention Scores. In scholarly and scientific publishing, altmetrics (stands for "alternative metrics") are non-traditional bibliometrics proposed as an alternative or complement to more traditional citation impact metrics, such as impact factor and h-index. The term altmetrics was proposed in 2010, as a generalization of article level metrics, and has its roots in the #altmetric

bias exhibited by scholars

measurements designed to measure scholarly article impact

Metrics designed to measure journal article influence