Resource Guides: Research Impact: Request a Research Impact Report

Research Impact Report Service

The Lamar Soutter Library Research and Scholarly Communication Services Team has the tools and expertise to track and report your research impact metrics. Research librarians will partner with you on bibliometrics and research impact projects, tailoring our services to your specific needs.

The first step in getting started is to fill out our Research Impact Report Request Form.

Please keep in mind...

The time needed to complete these projects is highly variable. Please contact us as soon as possible, particularly if you have grant deadlines.
Multiple iterations may be required to achieve the proper analysis or visualization. We will work with you to review initial results to ensure relevance.
Librarians will not interpret data and related visualizations for you. Rather, we will describe the data sources and metrics used; we rely on you for interpretation.

Report Types

Individual Report

Such as promotion and tenure, applicant review, etc.

Departmental Report

Faculty productivity, datasets of faculty publications, and other research group metrics for departmental reviews or benchmarking.

Grant Application and/or Progress Report

Evidence of research impact for grant applications and progress reports. May include evidence of successful past collaborations.

Possible Deliverables

List of faculty publications and citation counts
H-index
Article level metrics
Journal metrics
Co-authorship network analysis
Institutional collaboration analysis

Tools

We currently use a variety of tools for our bibliometrics and research impact projects, including:

Scopus This link opens in a new window
The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.
SciVal This link opens in a new window
Research intelligence allowing users to understand and evaluate research impacts. A free Elsevier account is required to access SciVal. If signing in via institution, search University of Massachusetts Medical School Lamar Soutter Library.
Altmetric Explorer for Institutions This link opens in a new window
Database of altmetrics digital indicators of attention for research published by UMass Chan faculty authors. Altmetrics indicators can include discussion on peer review platforms, commentary on social media, and citations in non-journals sources.

VOSviewer
Open source software for visualizing bibliometric networks.
EndNote
Bibliographic management tool provided by Lamar Soutter Library
iCite
NIH dashboard for bibliometrics including relative citation ratio (RCR).
NIH RePorter
NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool Expenditures and Results database

Research Impact

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Research and Scholarly Communication Services Support