Publishing and Bibliometrics

Publishing Supports

The University of Alberta Libraries offers various publishing supports:

• Open Access Institutional Repository Education and Research Archive (ERA)
• Identifying Appropriate Journals for Publications
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Identifying Predatory Journals
  The U of A libraries have prepared a document outlining two quick strategies researchers can use to identify open access journals that may be predatory. Access it here.
  Further information on identifying predatory publishers can be found on the Libraries' Predatory Publishing Worksheet or by contacting the library: jwsinfo@ualberta.ca.

Measuring Impact and Bibliometrics

University of Alberta researchers have access to various publication databases (including Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar) to assist in measuring their research impact through citation analysis. Coverage of journals and materials varies between databases.

One of the first steps to measuring your impact is to ensure that your research contributions are attributed to you. An ORCID iD is a unique digital identifier that can ensure this is done correctly. The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry strongly encourages their researchers to obtain an ORCID iD.

ORCID iD Information
Read more about obtaining an ORCID iD here.

Measuring Impact
Find out more about name disambiguation, author-level, journal-level, and alternative metrics here.

Training & Workshops
The U of A Libraries offer many training sessions and workshops on publishing and measuring impact throughout the year. Click here for a current listing.

For more information please contact your subject librarian.

Support Offered to FoMD Researchers

The Office of Research can assist in generating and contextualizing metrics for our researchers. Requests are handled on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, please contact Colleen Sunderland, Research Analyst (fomdanalyst@ualberta.ca; 780-248-1023).