Library Guides: Using Research Indicators: Scholarly Output

Scholarly Output

Scholarly Output is a Snowball Metric. Snowball Metrics symbol

Scholarly Output counts the number of research outputs, and include the following types:

Journal publications
Book series
Stand-alone books including edited volumes, anthologies, text books and reference works
Artefacts
Compositions
Designs
Devices and Products
Digital or visual media
Exhibitions
Internet publications
Performances
Reports, whether confidential, technical or commissioned
Software

Outputs of the following types are not counted as Scholarly Outputs:

Theses: Snowball Metrics will address theses as a separate post-graduate research output
Patents: these are counted as Intellectual Property

Scholarly Output is an indication of productivity. It is a useful metric for providing transparency when used in conjunction with size-normalised metrics such as citations per publication.

Scholarly Output will vary for the same research entity in different database sources. Comparisons should therefore only be made from a single source. See appropriate use of publication and citation metrics.

Recommended sources for calculating Scholarly Output are listed below.

ResearchOnline@JCU
Browse by 'JCU Authors' to find the number of publications you have in ResearchOnline@JCU, the online institutional repository for James Cook University. This repository contains a growing collection of publications and creative works which form the University's archive of research outputs of staff and higher degree research students.
SciVal
SciVal offers access to the research performance of 8,500 research institutions and 220 nations worldwide. It can be used to assess research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyse research trends.

Requires personal registration, whilst on campus, using your JCU credentials.
Available to James Cook University users only.
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and delivers a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities,

Available to James Cook University users only.
Web of Science
Web of Science provides citation indexes spanning every discipline.

Available to James Cook University users only.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources.

Researcher Profiles, Identifiers and Engagement LibGuide
For more information about managing your publication profiles in Scopus (the data source for SciVal), Web of Science and Google Scholar, see the relevant pages in this LibGuide.