This study explores a handheld, battery-operated e-ink device displaying Google Scholar citation statistics. The StatCounter places academic metrics into the flow of daily life rather than a desktop context. The work draws on a first-person, longitudinal auto-ethnographic inquiry examining how constant access to scholarly metrics influences motivation, attention, reflection, and emotional responses across work and non-work settings. The ambient proximity and pervasive availability of scholarly metrics invites frequent micro-checks, short reflective pauses, but also introduces moments of second-guessing when numbers drop or stagnate. Carrying the device prompts new narratives about academic identity, including a sense of companionship during travel and periods away from the office. Over time, the presence of the device turns metrics from an occasional reference into an ambient background of scholarly life. The study contributes insight into how situated, embodied access to academic metrics reshapes their meaning, and frames opportunities for designing tools that engage with scholarly evaluation in reflective ways.

翻译：本研究探讨了一种手持式、电池供电的电子墨水设备，用于显示Google Scholar引用统计数据。StatCounter将学术指标融入日常生活流而非桌面环境。该工作基于第一人称纵向自我民族志研究，考察持续接触学术指标如何影响工作与非工作场景下的动机、注意力、反思及情绪反应。学术指标的环境邻近性与普适可用性促成了频繁的微观检查与短暂反思停顿，但当数据下降或停滞时也会引发反复揣测。携带该设备催生了关于学术身份的新叙事，包括在差旅和离开办公室期间产生的陪伴感。随着时间的推移，设备的存在使指标从偶然参照转变为学术生活的环境背景。本研究深入揭示了情境化、具身化的学术指标访问如何重塑其意义，并为设计能以反思性方式介入学术评估的工具提供了框架思路。