Not all 2017-2020 SMAs include numeric targets for citations and total papers published or per faculty member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These types of targets can be difficult to set, measure and agree on, as Guelph University’s SMA comments<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ..it is worth noting, that the focus of the system-wide metrics identified in the table below \u2013 number of papers published per faculty and the number of citations per paper \u2013 provide a very limited measurement of the impact of Guelph\u2019s research and scholarly outputs. The proprietary nature of the tool used for measurement (Elsevier\u2019s Scopus), as well as, the methodological approach used to collect the data, exclude key disciplines and sub-disciplines, including those that are interdisciplinary in nature or those that produce scholarly output through conference proceedings, books, plays or other artistic performances, works of fiction, works of poetry, musical scores or artistic exhibitions. The impact of our research and scholarly outputs would be better measured by taking a broader view of knowledge mobilization.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The University of Guelph did not quantify their targets, simply setting “Maintain or increase overall impact as measured by the number of citations”. Wilfred Laurier University set their targets as “2% average annual increase, over three years”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n