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INTRODUCTION Academic librarians, especially in the field of scholarly communication, are often expected to understand and engage with research impact indicators (or the collective quantitative and qualitative measures of research impact). However, much of the current literature only speculates as to how academic librarians are using and implementing research impact indicators in their practices. METHODS This study analyzed the results from a 2015 survey administered to over 13,000 academic librarians at Carnegie-classified R1 institutions in the United States. The survey concentrated on academic librarians' familiarity with and usage of research impact indicators. RESULTS This study uncovered findings related to academic librarians' levels of familiarity with research impact indicators and their uses of these indicators in their professional development and in their library job duties. DISCUSSION In general, academic librarians with regular scholarly communication support duties at R1 institutions tend to have higher levels of familiarity with research impact indicators. Overall, academic librarians are most familiar with citation counts and usage statistics and least familiar with altmetrics. During one-on-one consultations with faculty, certain research impact indicators, such the JIF, were more likely to be addressed than others. In addition, the findings suggest that faculty who are concerned with tenure, promotion, and grants are more likely to have an interest in research impact indicators. The survey results also hint toward a growing interest in altmetrics among academic librarians for their professional advancement. CONCLUSION Academic librarians are continually challenged to keep pace with the changing landscape of research impact metrics and research assessment models. By responsibly employing research impact indicators in their own practices, academic librarians can provide a crucial service in educating the wider academic community.
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