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Evaluate your research

Learn how research is assessed, what bibliometric indicators are and how social impact is measured. We offer the requisite resources and services.

Presentation

How are scientific publications assessed? What are the so-called bibliometric indicators, which are based on citation analysis? How do you measure the impact of social media publications? Are there alternative indicators? We explain everything you need to know about evaluating scientific production.

First, we recommend you access and use Bibliometrics, the UOC tool that allows you to analyse the university's scientific production.

Bibliometrics

The Virtual Library has created Bibliometrics, an internal database for bibliometric information management and consultation. It stores the UOC's scientific output and analyses its quality based on national and international bibliometric indicators.

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Bibliometrics offers statistical data on the UOC's scientific production and analyses its impact and quality based on national and international bibliometric indicators.

Second, you can consult the list of UOC research staff, which includes links to their scientific production pages:

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Consult the curriculum vitae pages of the UOC's researchers.

Catalan Research Portal link opens in a new window

The Catalan Research Portal offers a single site for the visualization and dissemination of the research activity carried out in Catalonia in relation to researchers, publications, theses, research groups and projects for the international scientific community, funding organizations and the general public, facilitating open access to scientific production.

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Consult the scientific production of UOC researchers indexed on Dialnet, the open-access bibliographic portal developed by the University of La Rioja.

Next, we recommend you consult the page on how to publish an article, which explains the impact factor, rank and quartile of a journal and how to find the indicators:

Publishing a scientific article

The impact factor, rank and quartile of a journal with respect to others in its field are very important criteria when selecting where to publish research. On this page, we explain all the information you need to know about these indicators.

Finally, we recommend you consult DORA (Declaration on Research Assessment), which the UOC signed in May 2019.

DORA – the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment link opens in a new window

Accreditation agencies

Accreditation agencies are the bodies responsible for defining the criteria on which research proposals and their impact are assessed. Below you will find links to the main agencies in Spain.

AQU - Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency link opens in a new window

It promotes and assesses quality in the Catalan university system.

Spanish National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) link opens in a new window

ANECA is a foundation whose objective is to improve the quality of the Spanish higher education system.

Library guides

Consult the Library guides for further information to optimize your citation and bibliography management process, and you will also find a selection of systems to save websites of interest to you.

Evaluation of scientific journals

Scientific output is evaluated according to the journal in which the scientific article was published and the citations that this has received. This section describes the most widely used international and national bibliometric indicators to evaluate scientific journals.

Book assessment

In research accreditation calls (AQU, ANECA), books and book chapters are assessed for quality in terms of:

citation
prestige of the publisher
book reviews in academic or scientific journals
translations in other languages

What are altmetrics? link opens in a new window

We recommend you read the guide prepared by the Library of the University of Pittsburgh, which presents the essential information about these indicators in a simple and easy to read format.

Self-training

In the self-training space, we provide you with a selection of content and informative pages that will help you to learn the most important aspects of indicators and research assessment.

Bibliometric indicators

Bibliometric indicators are obtained from the bibliographic data included in published scientific articles and allow you to analyse the impact and visibility of scientific production. Below is a brief explanation of the main indicators:

H-Index link opens in a new window

What is the h-index? How is it calculated? In which databases can you find it? What differences are there between the various sources?

How to find article citations in Google Scholar link opens in a new window

Get the most out of the bibliometric indicators provided by Google Scholar.

How to find article citations in Scopus link opens in a new window

Find all the bibliometric information that Scopus provides and the data exportation options it offers.

How to find article citations in Web of Science (WoS) link opens in a new window

Find all the bibliometric information that Web of Science provides and the data exportation options it offers.

Journal Citation Reports link opens in a new window

Clarivate Analytics generates a citations report in which you can find the impact factor of the magazines included in WoS and their classification by quartile. In this material, we explain how to obtain this information.

Scimago Journal Rank link opens in a new window

Learn how to tap the potential of bibliometric data and the classification by subject and quartile of the journals included in the Scopus database.

Publish or Perish link opens in a new window

Free software that retrieves citations from different data sources and provides bibliometric indicators.

Altmetric indicators

Indicators and monitoring reports included in the UOC Social Media Usage and Style Guide. Observe, measure and rate the results obtained on a continuous basis.

Metrics Toolkit link opens in a new window

This portal helps you choose the most suitable indicator to measure the impact of your research.

KPI in Social Media: 6 metrics for social networks link opens in a new window

This blog post (in Spanish) explains how the main six metrics of social media work.

Altmetrics link opens in a new window

They allow you to monitor the impact of any publication with a DOI on social media.

Services

Consult the various services that we offer to facilitate your research assessment.

Prepare for accreditation processes

The service we offer can be useful for applying for certification by accreditation agencies (such as AQU or ANECA) and for internal and external calls for research group projects or as a researcher (e.g. SGR, MINECO).

Publishing with impact

We can give you guidance for publishing the results of your research. We can give you advice on publishing policies and help you standardize your signature and find out about new calls for papers and conferences in your fields of knowledge and research.

Search for information

Learn to use the tools and services we offer to find information quickly and easily.
Manage data and information

Learn how to cite your sources, and manage reference lists and research data.
Publish and disseminate your research

We explain how the publication process works and how to raise the profile of your research.
Evaluate your research

Research stages

Evaluate your research

Presentation

Bibliometrics

Accreditation agencies

Search for information

Manage data and information

Publish and disseminate your research

Evaluate your research