The world has entered an approach of systematic statistical evaluations, and so has academia. This is called the Publish or Perish (POP) mindset.
Keep in mind that the abuse of metrics can produce effects such as:
"In this short video, Dr Kevin Lalor, School of Social Sciences and Law, Dublin Institute of Technology, highlights some of the limitations of use of journal impact data in the social sciences and humanities and all the types of publication that are missed"
The publication pressure put on academics conducted them to ask for the improvement of evaluation criteria and appropriate indicators. Academics defend taking into account the quality of the work in relation to the quantity produced.
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) "recognises the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated". List of organizations or individuals signatories of the declaration.
The LSE Impact Blog is "a hub for researchers, administrative staff, librarians, students, think tanks, government, and anyone else interested in maximising the impact of academic work in the social sciences and other disciplines".
The Metrics Toolkit provides information on research metrics in all disciplines. Among other things, you will find information about the sources of each metric, how they are calculated and how to use (or not use) them. You'll also find information on how each metric is calculated, where you can find it and how it should (or shouldn't) be applied.
The ORCID Blog to follow updates of ORCID activities.