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Bibliometrics: tracking research impact by selecting the appropriate metrics
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Traditionally, the success of a researcher is assessed by the number of publications he or she publishes in peer-reviewed, indexed, high impact journals. This essential yardstick, often referred to as the impact of a specific researcher, is assessed through the use of various metrics. While researchers may be acquainted with such matrices, many do not know how to use them to enhance their careers. In addition to these metrics, a number of other factors should be taken into consideration to objectively evaluate a scientist's profile as a researcher and academician. Moreover, each metric has its own limitations that need to be considered when selecting an appropriate metric for evaluation. This paper provides a broad overview of the wide array of metrics currently in use in academia and research. Popular metrics are discussed and defined, including traditional metrics and article-level metrics, some of which are applied to researchers for a greater understanding of a particular concept, including varicocele that is the thematic area of this Special Issue of Asian Journal of Andrology. We recommend the combined use of quantitative and qualitative evaluation using judiciously selected metrics for a more objective assessment of scholarly output and research impact.
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“It is used to determine the relationships between topics in the disciplines represented in this literature set, which in turn, can assist in identifying areas (clusters) for current and future research that constitute the theoretical constructs or underlying themes of the research area (Eck and Waltman, 2010; Agarwal et al., 2016).”
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“In this way, JIF also shows a certain level of discrimination against less popular publication types that, in certain disciplines, are as important as original research articles [2,26,45,46,224,225,229].”
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“Yet, only a minority of stakeholders employing bibliometric indicators are adequately familiar with their meaning and appropriate use [2,4,5,7].”
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“However, today, JIF is often misused due to a misinterpretation of its meaning, as it has become a standard tool in virtually all evaluation practices at all levels, usually without proper considerations of the rationale for its use [2,44,222,224-227].”
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“This phenomenon can be well illustrated by the 80-20 rule describing that, usually, the top 20% of papers tend to receive 80% of total citations, while remaining publications are cited very scarcely, if cited at all [2,272].”
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“The simple amount of publications does not reflect the scientific impact, since publication counts measure productivity, rather than quality [1,2].”
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“It is often argued that the scientific impact of any evaluated entity cannot be determined solely by citations due to the different citing behaviors and resulting incompatible citation counts between disciplines [1-3,5,260,267].”
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- Authors
- Agarwal, A., Durairajanayagam, D., Tatagari, S., Esteves, S., Harlev, A., Henkel, R., Roychoudhury, S., Homa, S., Puchalt, N., Ramasamy, R., Majzoub, A., Ly, K., Tvrda, E., Assidi, M., Kesari, K., Sharma, R., Banihani, S., Ko, E., Abu-Elmagd, M., Gosalvez, J., & Bashiri, A.
- Affiliations
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Agarwal, Ashok
- ORCID
- Venue
- Asian Journal of Andrology
- Published
- 2016
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 296
- ISSN
- 1008-682X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4770502
- OpenAlex
- W2263556835
- Cited by
- 639
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 59 · 2025: 98 · 2024: 121 · 2023: 91 · 2022: 79 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 4
- FWCI
- 2.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-sa
- Locations
- Asian Journal of Andrology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (acceptedVersion)
- Hispana (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries) (submittedVersion)
- Biblos-e Archivo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- bibliometric analysis, research impact, research metrics, article-level metrics, varicocele, research career development
- MeSH terms
- Authorship, Humans, Periodicals as Topic, Bibliometrics, Biomedical Research, Journal Impact Factor, Open Access Publishing
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