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Publication metrics for the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, Future Fellowship and DECRA grants

Find and use metrics to provide evidence of your track record and top papers when applying for an ARC Discovery Project, Future Fellowship or DECRA grant.

Example statements for career citation trajectory

  • Citations to my publications are on a significant upward trajectory and in 2022, I achieved my highest number of citations for a yearly period (540 citations). For 2023 alone my work has already received 14 citations (Scopus, MMM YYYY).
  • Of my 21 publications only 2 have not received citations, these 2 uncited papers (9.5% not cited) were published in 2023 and have not yet had time to accrue citations (Scopus, MMM YYYY).
  • My citation rate has more than tripled from 10 in 2015 to 37 in 2023 (Scopus, MMM YYYY). 

Find career citation trajectory metrics

  1. Go to Scopus
  2. Click on Authors, enter the author details (you don't need an affiliation) and click Search
  3. Click your name to be presented with your profile including publications
  4. Click View list in search results format, then:
    1. Click All and click View citation overview to explore your trend in citations
    2. Change the year range to desired range (note – this view can only display 15 years at a time)
    3. Click Update
    4. Export to csv file to get the number of publications you published in each of these years as well as citations per year.

Citation overview from Scopus