There are a wide variety of tools and resources that you can use, depending on your discipline. Demonstrating your research's impact can mean various things, from using metrics to simply talking about the importance and significance of your work in your FAAR. There are many ways to accomplish this - see the questions and answers below for some suggestions.
The metrics that you can use will depend on a few different factors - your discipline, the scholarly or creative output you want to measure, and how long ago it was published. Traditional metrics, such as journal impact factor or Eigenfactor, are generally most useful for journal articles published in established or well-known publications. Citation counts can be helpful for many types of publications, including books, but may require more work to find outside citation databases such as Scopus or Web of Science.
Some disciplines won't generally use more traditional metrics or may not use citations due to the type of work they create (such as a dance performance, art piece, presentation at an event or conference, etc.). There are other options available! For example, altmetrics can track many things that receive a DOI or even have a persistent URL. Measuring impact could mean counting audience attendance, views on a video, downloads, social media interactions, or something else.
If you need help discovering how to demonstrate your research's impact, please reach out and schedule a consultation with your Liaison Librarian or Christina Miskey, Research Impact Librarian.