Scholarly impact has long been an intriguing research topic (Nosek et al., 2010; Sternberg, 2003) as well as a crucial factor in making consequential decisions (e.g., hiring, tenure, promotion, research support, professional honors). As decision makers ramp up their reliance on objective measures (Abbott, Cyranoski, Jones, Maher, Schiermeier, & Van Noorden, 2010), quantifying scholarly impact effectively has never been more important. Conventional measures such as the number of articles published remain popular, but modern citation-based indices offer many advantages (Ruscio, Seaman, D’Oriano, Stremlo, & Mahalchik, 2012). We discuss two attractive indices, show that PsycINFO or Web of Science searches yield comparable results, and provide norms for psychological scientists on these indices.
