The use of research metrics helps you to have some sense of the research impact of a journal in a particular discipline, to identify top-rated author or important research on a particular topic, and to identify the number of times an article was being cited. All these information helps you to determine the use of materials for your research and writing, regarding their representativeness and trustworthiness.
This page will talk briefly on three aspects of metrics: journal metrics, author metrics and article metrics. Visit the Libraries’ Research Metrics@HKUL for more details.