Metrics & Impact Core (MIC)

The Metrics & Impact Core (MIC) at Galter Library helps Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers tell the story of their science to peers, funders, policymakers and the public. Through our expertise in bibliometrics, citation analysis and data visualization, our team provides meaningful interpretation of research metrics for both individuals and groups to understand and communicate the impact of their scholarship. 

We work with researchers and teams across Feinberg including faculty, clinicians, research groups, departments, centers and administrators.

Reports & Services

MIC produces customized reports for Feinberg research groups, departments and individual investigators. Preparation time is typically two weeks. To help us plan and deliver your report on time, please submit each request separately and as early as possible.

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Self-Service Reports

Self-Service Publication Tracking Report

  • Used to: Generate faculty publication lists within your department for internal tracking and reviews.
  • What you get: Excel dataset exported from Symplectic Elements with publication details

Individual Reports

Individual Publication Summary Report

  • Used to: Summarize an individual’s publication impact for promotion and tenure, grants, or reporting.
  • What you get: Narrative impact summary with supporting metrics and an Excel dataset

Individual NIH Biosketch Review

  • Used to: Strengthen an NIH biosketch with impact metrics and suggested language.
  • What you get: Word document with narrative recommendations and an Excel dataset

Group Reports

Group Publication Metrics Report

  • Used to: Understand publication output, impact and topic trends for a department, center, institute or program.
  • What you get: PDF report with key metrics, visualizations and an Excel dataset

Group Publication Highlights Presentation

  • Used to: Present research productivity at retreats, reviews or leadership meetings.
  • What you get: PowerPoint slides and an Excel dataset

Member Collaboration Report

  • Used to: Identify collaboration patterns among members of a center, department or grant program.
  • What you get: Excel dataset mapping co-authorship and collaboration activity

Funding Support Bibliometric Networks

  • Used to: Visualize collaboration patterns or research topic connections for grant or program presentations.
  • What you get: PowerPoint slides with collaboration and topic network visualizations

Funding Support Impact Statements

  • Used to: Strengthen grant applications and renewals through publication impact benchmarking.
  • What you get: Narrative impact statements with supporting metrics and an Excel dataset

Student or Trainee Publication Report

  • Used to: Evaluate trainee publication output across a program, department or training grant.
  • What you get: PDF report with visualizations and an Excel dataset

Collaborator or Membership Identification Report

  • Used to: Identify potential collaborators or experts for interdisciplinary or emerging research areas.
  • What you get: Excel dataset of researchers, institutions and research activity within a defined topic area

Faculty Recruitment Report

  • Used to: Identify candidates within a targeted research area for recruitment or strategic hiring.
  • What you get: Excel dataset with publication metrics, affiliations and specialization details

How Researchers Use MIC Services

  • Demonstrate research impact for promotion and tenure.
  • Strengthen grant applications and renewals.
  • Highlight influential publications and emerging research areas.
  • Map collaboration networks and institutional partnerships.
  • Evaluate research programs, departments and centers.
  • Support NIH biosketch development.
  • Track how research is discussed beyond academia.
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Tools & Data Sources

  • Scopus
    Abstract and citation database for tracking, analyzing and visualizing research
  • Web of Science
    Citation database and analytics platform for scholarly literature, benchmarking and citation tracking
  • NIH iCite
    Bibliometric benchmarking tool for assessing the influence of PubMed-indexed research
  • Altmetric
    Platform for tracking online attention to research across news, policy, social media and other sources
  • VOSviewer
    Visualization platform for collaboration, citation and topic mapping
  • Prism
    Feinberg's open-access institutional repository of research and scholarly output
  • Northwestern Elements
    Publication tracking system for Feinberg scholarly outputs and activities
  • ORCID
    Global registry of persistent researcher identifiers connecting researchers to their scholarly work

 

Key Resources:  Metrics Guide | Altmetrics Guide | Dissemination Guide 

Questions?   Contact MIC

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