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Research Metrics

A guide for understanding and analyzing research metrics.

Readings of Interest

Casadevall, A., & Fang, F. C. (2014). Causes for the persistence of impact factor mania. MBio, 5(2). https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mBio.00064-14


Chatterjee, P., & Werner, R. M. (2021). Gender disparity in citations in high-impact journal articles. JAMA Network Open, 47). https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2781617


CoARA. (2022). Coalition for advancing research assessment. CoARA. https://coara.eu/


OSTP. (2022 Aug 25). Memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies: Ensuring free, immediate, and equitable access to federally funded research. Executive Office of the President. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf


SPARC. (2022 Jun 1). The University of Maryland Department of Psychology leads the way in aligning open science with promotion & tenure guidelines. SPARC. https://sparcopen.org/news/2022/the-university-of-maryland-department-of-psychology-leads-the-way-in-aligning-open-science-with-promotion-tenure-guidelines/


SPARC Open. (2019). SPARC landscape analysis. https://infrastructure.sparcopen.org/landscape-analysis


VSNU, NFU, KNAW, NWO, & ZonMw. (2019). Recognition and rewards: room for everyone's talent. Recognition and Rewards., https://recognitionrewards.nl/