Written by librarians for librarians, but equally useful for academics wanting to know more about the wonderous world of scholarly metrics, the book does exactly what it says on the tin: demystifying scholarly metrics. It manages to do so through clear and engaging prose without talking down to its readers. Quite a feat! * Anne-Wil Harzing, Professor and Staff Development Lead, Middlesex University * A great book that addresses two different audiences appropriately and with a little humor. The visuals are awesome and a good reference for those people who work with scholarly metrics. The advice and examples are appropriate for novices and experts in the scholarly metrics world-a great read! * Dianne Johnson, Sr. Professional Librarian/Wake Forest School of Medicine * Demystifying Scholarly Metrics: A Practical Guide is a wonderful didactic guide to scholarly metrics. The book offers a delightful journey to the core concepts, tools, methods, and indicators you can use to measure scholarly impact. The authors do an excellent job capturing the important terminology for understanding scholarly metrics and contributing to the discussion of bibliometrics. This book is for librarians and researchers interested in building or enhancing skills with research impact metrics. * Mirian Ramirez Rojas, Research Metrics Librarian, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine * Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals. * Choice * Through offering helpful context, explanations, ideas, and advice for scholarly writers, administrators, and librarians seeking to understand the ins and outs of scholarly metrics, Vinyard and Colvin thus deliver a strong, valuable work. * Journal of Scholarly Publishing * [ A]n excellent resource for librarians and researchers at all levels of expertise in scholarly metrics. * Technical Services Quarterly * [ A]nyone looking for a basic introduction to research metrics as they apply to institutional-level data, authors, journals, and books, then this guide will be an invaluable resource...The book would be an excellent addition to any broad-based collection for professional development or research support. * Public Services Quarterly *
