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This Guide is designed to introduce researchers to the major tools used to measure research impact (a.k.a. research metrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics, altmetrics, etc.) as well as enhancing your research impact through your author profile, networks, publication opportunities, and understanding journal rankings and organization.

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Reach out to your subject librarian or archivist to find research support. 

I gratefully acknowledge the substantial contributions of Hanna Schmillen, Subject Librarian for Health Sciences to the conception and organization of this guide and my colleague Rachel Borchardt, Science Librarian at American University for permission to include material from her scholarly metrics libguide.