Editing Impact factor (section)

===Other measures of scientific impact===
{{main |Citation metrics}}
{{Further |Scientometrics}}

Additional [[journal-level metrics]] are available from other organizations. For example, ''[[CiteScore]]'' is a metric for serial titles in [[Scopus]] launched in December 2016 by [[Elsevier]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus/features/metrics |title=Metrics – Features – Scopus – Solutions |website=www.elsevier.com |access-date=2016-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Van Noorden R |title=Controversial impact factor gets a heavyweight rival |journal=Nature |volume=540 |issue=7633 |pages=325–326 |date=December 2016 |pmid=27974784 |doi=10.1038/nature.2016.21131 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2016Natur.540..325V}}</ref> While these metrics apply only to journals, there are also [[author-level metrics]], such as the [[h-index]], that apply to individual researchers. In addition, [[article-level metrics]] measure impact at an article level instead of journal level.

Other more general alternative metrics, or "[[altmetrics]]", that include article views, downloads, or mentions in [[social media]], offer a different perspective on research impact, concentrating more on immediate social impact in and outside academia.<ref name="Hicks 2015">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hicks D, Wouters P, Waltman L, de Rijcke S, Rafols I |title=Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics |journal=Nature |volume=520 |issue=7548 |pages=429–31 |date=April 2015 |pmid=25903611 |doi=10.1038/520429a |doi-access=free |bibcode=2015Natur.520..429H|hdl=10261/132304 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Priem 2010">{{cite web |vauthors=Priem J, Taraborelli D, Groth P, Neylon C |title=Altmetrics: A manifesto |date=26 October 2010 |url=http://altmetrics.org/manifesto}}</ref>