Publication strategy How to enhance your citation scores Marianne Renkema Information Specialist, Wageningen UR Library

Citation analysis Number of articles Citations Relative impact

Number of articles

Citations

Relative impact

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

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.

Citation impact versus journal impact Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl)

Impact indicators for journals Journal impact factor (ISI Journal Citation Reports) Citations per paper (ISI Journal Citation Reports) Journal Ranking (ISI Essential Science Indicators) SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR) H-index (Web of Science, Scopus, …)

Journal impact factor (ISI Journal Citation Reports)

Citations per paper (ISI Journal Citation Reports)

Journal Ranking (ISI Essential Science Indicators)

SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR)

H-index (Web of Science, Scopus, …)

Effect of subfield in ESI 1.29 2652 287 All research fields … … … … 3.46 362 17 Plant & Animal Science 0.64 370 52 Biology & Biochemistry 1.27 484 54 Chemistry 1.59 1097 137 Agricultural Sciences RI C N Research Field

Effect Open Access Author fee journals (BMC, PloS, …) Open Choice journals (Springer,...) Delayed access Public Repositories Small effect on citation impact, but high effect on global participation in science (Evans & Reimer, 2009)

Author fee journals (BMC, PloS, …)

Open Choice journals (Springer,...)

Delayed access

Public Repositories

Small effect on citation impact, but high effect on global participation in science (Evans & Reimer, 2009)

Publish in the right journals With a high impact Subfield in ESI Open Access(?) Indexed in Web of Science

With a high impact

Subfield in ESI

Open Access(?)

Indexed in Web of Science

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

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

“ 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

Standardize your name in Scopus

Register for ResearchID in Web of Science

Check your name(s) in Metis /Wageningen Yield

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 All Dutch U 1.27 49 1.12 21 WUR International cooperation Without cooperation

Advertise yourself

Advertise yourself Submit preprints/postprints to digital Open Archives ( Metis/WaY ) Write or enhance Wikipedia entries and refer to your publications Blog about your research Bookmark your publications in del.icio.us , connotea , 2Collab , etc .

Submit preprints/postprints to digital Open Archives ( Metis/WaY )

Write or enhance Wikipedia entries and refer to your publications

Blog about your research

Bookmark your publications in del.icio.us , connotea , 2Collab , etc .

How to enhance your citation score Write high quality papers Publish in the right journals Be consistent with names Cooperate with other research groups Advertise yourself Good luck !

Write high quality papers

Publish in the right journals

Be consistent with names

Cooperate with other research groups

Advertise yourself