Using Google Scholar to track the scholarly output of research groups.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It is often necessary to demonstrate the impact of a research program over time both within and beyond institutions. However, it is difficult to accurately track the publications of research groups over time without significant effort. A simple, scalable, and economical way to track publications from research groups and their metrics would address this challenge.

Methods

Google Scholar automatically tracks the scholarly output and citation counts of individual researchers. We created Google Scholar profiles to track the scholarly productivity of five research groups: an institutional educational research program, a division of emergency medicine, a department of emergency medicine, a national educational scholarship working group, and an international organizati

SUBMITTER: Thoma B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6565647 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature