The present invention provides a citation assessment system, comprising means for classifying configured to classify type of plurality of research papers, means for identifying configured to identify position of plurality of citations in the plurality of research papers, means for ranking each of the plurality of citations based on position of each of the plurality of citations in the plurality of research papers, means for evaluating each type of the plurality of research papers separately, means for generating impact factor of each of plurality of journals for the plurality of research papers and means for determining, h-index for plurality of authors of the plurality of research papers. Further, a citation assessment method is provided.