Google Scholar > MetricsExcerpt from Google Scholar > Metrics > Learn More: "Google Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Scholar Metrics summarize recent citations to many publications, to help authors as they consider where to publish their new research. To get started, you can browse the top 100 publications in several languages, ordered by their five-year h-index and h-median metrics. To see which articles in a publication were cited the most and who cited them, click on its h-index number to view the articles as well as the citations underlying the metrics."
Tip: Under "Top Publications," click: "View All" to see a list of the top 100 publications. After clicking "View All," users will see tab: "Categories," which lists the following categories (in a pull-down menu): Business, Economics & Management; Chemical & Material Sciences; Engineering & Computer Science; Health & Medical Sciences; Humanities, Literature & Arts; Life Sciences & Earth Sciences; Physics & Mathematics; and Social Sciences. Within the "Categories" there are many "Subcategories." For example, category: Social Sciences includes subcategory: Political Science.