Whitepaper using bibliometrics: A guide to evaluating research performance with citation data by Thomson Reuters defines bibliometrics as the application of quantitative analysis and statistics to publications such as journal articles and their accompanying citation counts. Quantitative evaluation of publication and citation data is now used in almost all nations around the globe with a sizeable science enterprise. Bibliometrics is used in research performance evaluation, especially in university and government labs, and also by policymakers, research directors and administrators, information specialists and librarians, and researchers themselves.
In 2007, ABDC established an ABDC Journal Quality List for use by its member business schools. The initial list aimed to overcome the regional and discipline bias of international lists. An independent chair and discipline-specific panels reviewed the ABDC Journal Quality List in 2013 and 2009. The existing 2016 list, which was developed over the last 10 years with extensive input from expert panels with a strong qualitative focus, will form a key component of the revised 2018 list.
The H-Index is a numerical indicator of how productive and influential a researcher is. It was invented by Jorge Hirsch in 2005, a physicist at the University of California. You give an H-index to someone on the basis of the number of papers (H) that have been cited at least H times. - Explainer: what is an H-index and how is it calculated? by Professor Andre Spicer
An h-index can be calculated using Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar.
Accredited journals are recognized research output which meet specified criteria and therefore qualify for subsidisation by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). To receive subsidy or recognition for an article you have written, you should select a journal which is accredited from one of the lists.