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How to increase the significance of an article and its impact factor?

The significance of an article and the impact factor of scientists in the scientific community are based on the number of published works and the citation of texts in scientometric databases.

To evaluate the activities of employees, the cumulative Hirsch index is used. The cumulative h-index of a scientist is the sum of the citation indicators of different bibliographic databases, divided by the number of databases.

What is the Hirsch index

The principle of evaluating the success of researchers based on the results of publication activity was developed by Jorge Hirsch, an American physicist from the University of California, San Diego, USA. The original work of the researcher "An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output", published in 2005, has become widely known; it sets out the principles of evaluating the activities

How to find out the Hirsch index in Scopus, Web of Science

The Hirsch index depends on the publication database in which the measurement is carried out.

Scopus

The Scopus bibliographic database of the Elsevier publishing house, created in 2004. The database is popular among scientists from all over the world, contains articles on various topics, mainly in English, from 38,000 scientific journals.

Web of Science

One of the two main global aggregators of academic periodicals.

The Web of Science citation index of the independent American company Clarivate Analytics was created by the Thomson Reuters publishing group relatively recently, in 2008.

Ways to increase the h-index

Method 1: qualitative research

The content of the article plays a key role in its fate. Qualitative research, as a rule, is strictly structured, in its most general form it consists of an introduction, the main text of the work and a conclusion. This structure does not require innovation from the authors, and the format of the academic article summarizes the work done, demonstrates the results of the study from the best side.

The goal of a high-quality academic text is to interest and inform the scientific community about the results of the work. It is important to remember that in scientific work the material should remain within the stylistic framework of academic writing.

Method 2: Following the rules.

Scientific publications have a certain structure that excludes entertaining elements and journalistic writing style. You should not go beyond this structure. However, going into excessive formulation can “dry out” the text, alienate the potential audience and, most likely, negatively affect the article’s rating.

The success of a scientific publication depends on the correct placement of keywords, a concise abstract, the quality and relevance of the cited sources, and the correct formatting of the bibliography.

A beautifully and correctly formatted article has a high chance of being noticed and will eventually raise your h-index.

A correct abstract is recognized to introduce readers to the content of the article.

The abstract should be brief, logical and understandable. Its purpose is to interest readers, encourage them to think, and become a kind of beginning of an absentee discussion.

Cite only relevant works, except when archival materials or academic works of the past are the object of research.

Citations significantly affect the fate of your work.

The list of references should not contain studies of sources that are irrelevant to the field of knowledge and subject, which are recognized by scientometric databases as a sign of a bad attitude to work.

Method 3: articles should be in English

A good publication in English has a better chance of being noticed and cited by world-class specialists and the scientist's readiness for scientific dialogue; An article in English is your pass to the research community of the relevant field of knowledge and, perhaps, one of the best ways to declare yourself.

Method 4: the "right" journal for publication

Choosing a good journal for posting an article allows you to significantly increase the citation index. The fact of indexing the journal in scientometric databases.

Method 5: "gray schemes"

Gray schemes can lead to irreparable reputational risks, disqualification of the scientist, exclusion from the list of the scientific database. In addition, this is contrary to the ethical standards of the scientific community. “Gray schemes” mean inflating the Hirsch index at any cost, placing links in journals that are irrelevant to the scientist’s field of knowledge, and in articles by little-known authors.

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