[Article] Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI)
What
Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) indicates how the number of citations received by an article compares to the average or expected number of citations received by similar publications. Similar publications are determined by year, type, and discipline. The citations received in the year an item was published and the following three years are counted for this metric.
Why
- To benchmark article impact
- For more information, see Elsevier's Research Metrics Guidebook (p. 46)
Applications
- Funding applications, Academic promotion, Job applications
Considerations
- If demonstrating the magnitude of citations is important, field weighted citation impacts may not be appropriate
Common tools
- Scopus
How to find an article's Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI):
1. Scopus - Article FWCI
- Access Scopus from the Library website
- Change the Search option to Documents, and type or copy/paste the title of the article, conference paper, or book/chapter between double quotation marks ("…"). Click Search
- Click the title of the document and view the FWCI in the Metrics box in the right-hand column
- Click View all Metrics to access further article-level metrics such as citations, and PlumX Metrics.
Note: Article FWCI from Scopus only takes into consideration documents that are indexed in the Scopus database.