An introduction to citation tracking and bibliometrics in which we use a range of ‘impact factor’ tools to find top journals and conferences, count citations and measure the impact of publications and researchers. Subjects to be covered include: Understanding the main issues involved in using citation analysis to measure impact; Using Journal Citation Reports and CiteScore Journal Metrics to find journal impact factors; Using Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to track and count citations to papers and individual researchers; Calculating your own h-index; Measuring impact using altmetrics; Creating a researcher profile and using ORCID IDs to identify your work

Intended Audience: Researchers, Academics, Research Support Staff and Research Postgraduates in the Medical Sciences.