Web of Science and Scopus are prestigious sources of citation metrics, used in world university rankings (and were previously used in the national Excellence in Research for Australia).

Furthermore, the content indexed in Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection databases is curated through an extensive and robust selection process which is continually reviewed making these metrics more reliable.

Google Scholar counts may be higher as it includes a wider range of sources compared to these databases. However, it does not have a published policy on content inclusion, and results cannot be easily exported.

Your research output needs to:

• be deposited to UniSA’s Research Outputs Repository
• have a unique identifier attached to it (DOI, ISBN, etc.)
• be mentioned, downloaded etc in a source that is tracked by Altmetric Explorer (e.g., X, Facebook, Mendeley, the Conversation).

The Library can mint a DOI for research outputs if UniSA is the publisher. Please indicate if you want a DOI minted in the deposit form.

Also see Altmetric’s page, Why has this mention of my paper been missed?

Use SciVal (Scopus data) to track your policy mentions. Find out more:

• SciVal Metric: Policy Citations

You can also use the alternative metric tools Altmetric Explorer and PlumX (available through Scopus) to track policy mentions. To find policy mentions in:

• Altmetric Explorer: search for your name and look for Policy source mentions (represented in purple).
• PlumX: open Scopus, search for the publication record and then open View all metrics.

Find out more:

• How do Altmetric curate policy sources?
• About PlumX Metrics
• Measuring Societal Impact with PlumX Metrics and Overton