Publication Strategy

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

Citation analysis
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

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, …)

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)

Publish in the right journals
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

“ 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

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 .

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 !

Publication Strategy

by Wouter Gerritsma on Apr 01, 2009

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