Assess Author Impact
Explore an Author’s Profile to see which research areas they are active in and their impact by reviewing
- Total citations [1]
- Documents by author [2]
- h-index [3]
- Most contributed to topics [4]
- Analyze author output [5]
- Citation overview [6]
- Co-authors [7]
h-index
h-index is an author-level metric available in Scopus that measures an author's productivity (number of published documents) and citation impact (number of times those documents are cited) over time.
The h-index is available in both a graph and a document list from the Analyze Author Output page. The graph displays information as an interactive graph for authors, multiple authors, or a group of selected documents.
The graph includes two lines: h-index and the 45 degree line:
- The h-index represents the number of citations received for each of the articles in descending order.
- The 45 degree line represents the number of citations equal to the number of articles.
Where the author’s line meets the 45 degree line marks the h-index, and it can be used to compare different scholars
Analyze author output
Analyze author output provides a visual overview of an author's publications, including:
- Documents by source
- Documents by type
- Documents by year
- Documents by subject
- h-index
- Co-authors