Publishing articles in high-quality and prestigious journals not only enhances the author’s credibility but also increases the chances of being reached and accessed for his/her articles among others, thereby increasing the number of citations to the article.
Journal metrics are bibliometric indicators focusing on measuring the impact of scholarly journals to allow scholars and researchers to measure, compare, and often rank research and scholarly publications.
Web of Science released this year’s Highly Cited Researchers list on November 19. Those whose names are on the list are influential and successful researchers, with their career probably going well!
The h-index was developed by J.E. Hirsch and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (46): 16569-16572 November 15 2005. It reflects the productivity of authors based on their publication and citation records.