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Publish, be cited or perish Wouter Gerritsma Information spcialist, Wageningen UR Library

Contents

Citation analysis Explained

Journal selection

What’s in a name?

I have been cited 33 times! But what does it mean?

Citation data from Web of Science

Research Fields from Essential Science Indicators

Baseline data from Essential Science Indicators

How do we compare numbers?

Scientist Z. Math has a publication from 1996 with 17 citations

Scientist M. Biology has a publication from 2003 with 24 citations

Baseline mathematics

Baseline Molecular Biology

Example

Schoorl, J.M., Sonneveld, M.P.W., Veldkamp, A. ( 2000 ) Three-dimensional landscape process modelling: The effect of DEM resolution. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms , 25 (9): 1025-1034.

Time cited: 33 times

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (look up in journals menu ESI)

Geosciences , ranked 60 th, 6.96 citations per article over past 10 years

Baseline data (from ESI)

Article from 2000 in Geosciences : Average: 13.08 citations, 10%: 31 citations, 1%: 99 citations

RI= 33 / 13.08 = 2.3

Some results from candidates for professorship 9 4 1.34 11.23 348 31 Candidate F 8 11 4.92 8.70 235 27 Candidate E 8 1 0.83 7.21 137 19 Candidate D 4 0 0.65 7.69 123 16 Candidate C 9 8 2.61 10.61 191 18 Candidate B 8 3 1.23 8.19 172 21 Candidate A h-index Pubs top 10% RI Cits/Pub S cits Pubs Researcher

Journal selection

Where to publish

It is better to publish one paper in a quality journal than multiple papers in lesser journals. …………. Try to publish in journals that have high impact factors; chances are your paper will have high impact, too, if accepted.

Bourne PE (2005) Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published . PLoS Comput Biol 1(5): e57 doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010057 or at SciVee

Journal selection

Quantitative tools

Journal citations reports

Journal information from Essential Science Indicators

ScimagoJR

Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

Reports 3 measures

Impact factor

Immediacy Index

Cited half life

Cited half-life 50% citations 50% citations 3 1 Immediacy index Window Impact Factor Window

Impact factor

Performance measure for journals

“… it is also used for assessment of the quality of individual papers, scientists and departments. For the latter a scientific basis is lacking, as we will demonstrate in this contribution” (Opthof, 1997)

Opthof, T. (1997). Sense and nonsense about the impact factor. Cardiovascular Research 33 (1): 1-7. http:// dx.doi.org /10.1016/S0008-6363(96)00215-5

50 % of articles generate 90% of all cites Seglen, P. O. (1997). Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research. BMJ 314 (7079): 497-502. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/314/7079/497

Some ‘other’ journal indicators 51 0.297 17.00 3.246 J PETROL 23 0.281 12.27 3.472 REV MINERAL GEOCHEM 67 0.331 14.39 3.477 GEOLOGY 76 0.329 16.03 3.751 GEOCHIM COSMOCHIM AC 62 0.286 16.40 3.796 GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEM CY 73 0.484 15.09 3.887 EARTH PLANET SC LETT 43 0.282 18.79 3.989 EARTH-SCI REV 55 0.384 14.27 4.113 QUATERNARY SCI REV 41 1.201 28.22 7.683 ANNU REV EARTH PL SC 51 0.724 40.78 8.375 REV GEOPHYS H-index SJR Cits/paper IF Journal

Other factors that play a role