Google Scholar Profiles new look

Aug 22, 2014 | Academic Trends

Google Scholar Profiles have a new look for the new academic year.Here are some of the new features, read the entire post.Publications are taking the center stageAggregate citation metrics are moving to the sidebar”Follow” button is in a more prominent...

2014 Google Scholar Metrics report released

Jul 8, 2014 | Academic Trends

Last month Google Scholar released its Scholar Metrics report for 2014, link to the Business, Economics & Management area.”This release is based on citations from all articles that were indexed in Google Scholar as of mid-June 2013 and covers articles...

Librarians and Impact

Jun 27, 2014 | Academic Trends

Elsevier’s infographic “tells the story of how librarians are working with researchers and the research office to measure research impact and to explore the application of these measurements”See more 

ISNI: International Standard Name Identifier

Mar 13, 2014 | Academic Trends

Author name disambiguation has become increasingly important with the rise of bibliometrics.This article/interview from the Scholarly Kitchen by Todd Carpenter explains the goal of ISNI: the International Standard Name...