Publication Strategy

Publication strategy Marianne Renkema & Wouter Gerritsma Wageningen UR Library

Citation analysis

Output

Number of articles (by individual researcher, research group or institute; in journal)

Impact

Number of times these articles are cited

Relative impact

The quality of these numbers (how these compare with others in the same research field)

Decline in output

Increase in impact

How can you improve your citation score?

Write high quality papers

Publish in the right journals

Be consistent with names

Advertise yourself!

Publish in the right journals

Indexed in Web of Science

With a high impact

Subfield in ESI

Open Access(?)

Effect of high journal impact Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl) 81,937 6,307 1,151 3,116 8,903 Publications 1.20 1.32 Alle NU 1.13 1.23 WUR 1.09 1.12 UvT 1.32 1.35 UT 1.31 1.56 EUR Journal Impact Citation Impact

Impact indicators for journals

Journal impact factor + Citations per paper (ISI Journal Citation Reports) 174 subject categories

Journal Ranking in ISI Essential Science Indicators 22 categories

SCImago Journal Rank Indicator 28 categories

H-index

Example of journal indicators 42 0.146 12.85 60 2.861 TRENDS FOOD SCI TECH 51 0.372 11.68 86 2.937 NUTR REV 39 0.292 9.18 97 2.945 J NUTR BIOCHEM 43 13.27 48 3.411 P NUTR SOC 30 0.396 8.94 95 3.676 CURR OPIN CLIN NUTR 39 0.301 17.10 40 3.805 CRIT REV FOOD SCI 91 0.388 15.24 527 4.009 J NUTR 73 0.544 17.09 276 4.055 INT J OBESITY 118 0.695 23.87 373 6.562 AM J CLIN NUTR 62 1.486 46.22 22 10.449 ANNU REV NUTR 50 2.165 41.50 22 12.235 PROG LIPID RES h-index SJR Cites/paper Articles IF

Effect of subfield in ESI Relative impact of a research institute 1.84 2.26 2.08 2.06 All subfields 1.73 - 0.57 1.70 Microbiology - 1.11 1.81 1.73 Clinical medicine - 1.76 - 1.76 Chemistry 1.09 0.44 1.55 0.91 Biology & biochemistry 3.60 3.87 3.86 3.82 Agricultural Sciences Group 3 Group 2 Group 1 All groups Subfield

Effect Open Access (journals and archives)

Public availability?

Article duplication

Self-promotion/Quality bias

Early view

Be consistent with names

Stick to one personal name

don’t vary with initials or family names

Such as: B.G. Temmink and H. Temmink for the same person

or A. Dieleman-van Zaayen and A. van Zaayen

Use a standardized name for research group or institute

Include Wageningen UR or Wageningen University in the affiliation

Not: ALTERRA Res Inst, P.O.box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands

But: ALTERRA Res Inst, Wageningen UR, P.O.box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands

RIKILT, Institute for Food Safety

Rijks-Kwaliteitsinstituut voor Land-en Tuinbouwproducten

National Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products

State Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products

Research Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products

Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products

With or without the combination

Institute for Food Safety

Microbiologie

“ Repair” your entry in databases

Standardize your name in Scopus

Register for ResearchID in Web of Science

Check your name(s) in Metis/Wageningen Yield

Increased Impact? Advertise yourself

Self-citations

Submit preprints/postprints to digital Open Archives (Metis)

Include publications on personal webpage

Write or expand articles in the Wikipedia and refer to your publications

Blog about your research

Tag your publications in systems like del.icio.us, connotea etc .

Downloads from Wikipedia articles

Additional ways to improve your citation score

Write review articles

Write publications with multiple authors

(International) cooperation

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Effect of cooperation on relative impact Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl) impact % output impact % output 1.53 44 1.15 25 Alle NU 1.27 49 1.12 21 WUR International cooperation Without cooperation