How does Google Scholar measure a paper’s Impact ? Google Scholar measures a paper’s impact by analyzing the number of times it has been cited in other scholarly works. This is typically referred to as citation-based metrics. When a paper is published, it is indexed by Google Scholar and becomes part of its database. Over time, other scholars and researchers will cite the paper in their own work, which creates a network of citations that allows the paper’s impact to be measured.
Google Scholar calculates the impact of a paper using several metrics, including:
1. Total citations
2. H-Index: This is a measure of the author’s impact, based on both the number of publications they have produced and the number of citations those publications have received.
3. I10-Index: This is the number of publications by an author that have received at least 10 citations.
These metrics help users to determine the relative impact of a scholarly work and the significance of its author’s contribution to the field. It’s worth noting that Google Scholar is just one of several tools available for measuring research impact and citation-based metrics should not be considered the sole indicator of the quality or value of a scholarly work.
