This document provides information about publishing open access research and using bibliometric tools to measure research impact. It discusses the changing landscape of scholarly publishing, benefits of open access like increased citations and access, and how to satisfy funder open access mandates through gold or green routes. The UC Research Repository is presented as New Zealand's second largest, containing theses, articles and other research outputs. Journal impact factors, article metrics, and bibliometric databases like JCR, SJR and Ulrichs Web are explained. Mandating deposit in the UC Research Repository is advocated to improve access to publicly funded research.

1. Where to publish
Anton Angelo
Research Data Co-ordinator
Peter Lund
Academic Liaison Manager
UC Library

2. Agenda
• Changing landscape of scholarly publishing
• Open access
• UC Research Repository
• Journal impact measures
• Article impact metrics

3. Changing landscape
Scholarly
Publishing
Serials
Crisis
Finch
report
PLOS /
ArXiv /
Research
Gate
Funders
mandates

4. Benefits of Open Access
• Satisfies the requirements of research funders
requiring open access publication, such as Marsden, UK
Research Councils, the NIH, Wellcome Trust and many
others - see SHERPA/JULIET
• Bigger impact - potential for greatly increased
dissemination and citation
• Ameliorates the effects of the serials crisis
• More equitable impact – access is for all, not just those
who can afford journal subscriptions.
• Supports technology transfer of UC research to the
community and to business

5. Citation advantage of OA
Size of OA citation advantage when found
(and where explicitly stated by discipline)
% increase in citations with Open Access
Physics/astronomy 170 to 580
Mathematics 35 to 91
Biology -5 to 36
Electrical engineering 51
Computer science 157
Political science 86
Philosophy 45
Medicine 300 to 450
Communications studies (IT) 200
Agricultural sciences 200 to 600
Alma Swan (2010)

6. Finch, FASTR & OECD
the overseas experience
•Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings
•Accepted by the UK Govt. last year
•Recommends Gold OA
•Under Review
Finch
•Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act
• Introduced to US Congress last year.
•Mandates Green OAFASTR
•Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public
Funding
•2007
•“access at cost of dissemination”
OECD

7. Who pays?
Gold
• Journal Articles
• Payment from author
(research grant, or
centrally funded?)
• Predatory publishing?
• Double Dipping?
Green
• Articles, Theses, Data
…
• Funded from
institution?
• Rigorous review?

8. Gold route
RCUK Policy on Open Access
and Supporting Guidance
(2012):
The Research Councils UK (RCUK)
policy supports both ‘Gold’ and
‘Green’ routes to Open
Access, though RCUK has a
preference for immediate Open
Access with the maximum
opportunity for reuse
Gold route requires researchers to pay article
processing charges (APCs). How much is UC
currently paying for Article Processing Charges?
From April 2013 Funding
for Open Access arising
from UK Research
Council‐supported
research will be available
through a block grant
awarded directly to
research organisations.

9. Green route: UC Research Repository
• Over 3 million item downloads to date
• 2nd biggest IR in NZ
3,220
4,326
Preprints
of PBRF
Research
Theses

10. UC Research Repository
• Demonstration

11. Popular UCRR Theses
Thesis Downloads
Lloyd, Caleb Charles (2009) A Low Temperature Differential Stirling Engine for Power Generation.
Thesis for Master of Engineering, University of Canterbury. Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
27,465
Lohmeyer, Martin (2008) The Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands Dispute. Thesis for Master of Law, University
of Canterbury. Law.
21,142
Pawlowski, Ilona Paulina (2007) Sex in Women's Magazine Advertising An analysis of the degree of
sexuality in women's magazine advertising across age demographics and women's responses..
Thesis for Master of Arts, University of Canterbury. Political Science and Communication.
19,218
Ember, Adrienna (2008) Enlarged Europe, shrinking relations? the impacts of Hungary's EU
membership on the development of bilateral relations between New Zealand and Hungary. Thesis
for Doctor of Philosophy, University of Canterbury. Thesis for Master of Arts, University of
Canterbury. European Studies.
16,595

12. Popular UCRR Articles
Research Output Downloads
Cubrinovski, M., Ishihara, K. (2001) Correlation between penetration resistance
and relative density of sandy soils. Istanbul, Turkey: 15th International Conference
on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 27-31 Aug 2001. 393-396.
12,651
Schurr, Vida.(2009) Assessment for learning in infant and toddler education and
care : a study of teachers' talk and practice at one centre. University of Canterbury.
College of Education
10,131
Bell, S.C., Bodger, P.S. (2007) Power Transformer Design Using Magnetic Circuit
Theory and Finite Element Analysis - A Comparison of Techniques. Perth, Australia:
Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) 2007, 9-12 Dec
2007. Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference
(AUPEC) 2007, 6pp.
9,358
Pampanin, S., Calvi, G.M., Moratti, M. (2002) Seismic Behavior of R.C. Beam-
Column Joints Designed for Gravity Only. London: 12th European Conference on
Earthquake Engineering, Sep 2002. 726.
7,495
Fee, C.J., Van Alstine, J.M. (2005) PEG-proteins: Reaction engineering and
separation issues. Chemical Engineering Science, 61(3), pp. 924-939.
6,852

13. UCRR Deposit rates
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
PBRF Research Deposited
Into the UCRR
About 12% of items
detailed in Profiler
have a presence in
the UCRR

14. International mandates
• ROARMAP - list of universities with an institutional mandate
• Over 170 universities internationally have institutional mandates
• (Including: Imperial College, Edinburgh, Nottingham, MIT, QUT, Princeton, Trinity
College Dublin, ...)

15. ISI Journal Citation Reports
What they do
• Allows comparison and evaluation of journals
using citation data drawn from scholarly and
technical journals. Contains data from journals
in science, technology and social sciences.
Metrics
• Total Cites
• Impact factors
• Immediacy Index
• Eigenfactor score
Limitations
• Little use in arts
• Ineffective for new journals
Demonstration • Access from Library Databases webpage

16. Bibliometrics in JCR
• Total cites - the total number of times that each journal has
been cited by all journals included in the database within
the current JCR year.
• Impact Factor - identifies the frequency with which an
average article from a journal is cited in a particular year.
• Immediacy Index - measures how frequently the average
article from a journal is cited within the same year as
publication. This number is useful for evaluating journals
that publish cutting-edge research.
• Eigenfactor Metrics are based on the JCR cited journal data
and consider not just the counts of citations a journal
receives but also the significance of the journals as a whole
to measure citation influence in the scholarly literature.

17. SJR:
Scimago Journal and Country Rank
What it does
• The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a
portal that includes the journals and country
scientific indicators developed from the
information contained in the Scopus®
database (Elsevier B.V.). These indicators can
be used to assess and analyze scientific
domains.
Metrics
• Total Cites
• H Index
• SJR indcator
Limitations • Elsevier
Demonstration • Covers 19,000 journals

18. SJR bibliometrics
• SJR - measures the journals impact, influence
or prestige. It expresses the average number
of weighted citations received in the selected
year by the documents published in the
journal in the three previous years
• H-Index – the journal’s number of articles (h)
which have received at least h citations over
the whole period

19. Ulrichs Web
What it does
• Contains listings of 300,000 currently
published journals, newsletters, and
annuals, as well as discontinued publications.
It also contains complete names and
addresses of journal publishers.
Limitations
• Use to find Publisher, Absracting and Indexing
databases
Demonstration • Limnology

20. Identifiers
Identification Schemes -
ORCID and Researcher
ID (ISI)
• In order to increase the
impact of their research, UC
researchers need to be
precisely identified.

21. 3rd party ‘repositories’
ArXiv Physical sciences archive – preprint repository
http://arxiv.org/
PLoS Reviewed ‘journal’
http://www.plosone.org/
Research
Gate
Commercial research repository
https://www.researchgate.net/home.Home.html
Impact
Story
Article Level Metrics – Impact beyond scholarly citations
http://impactstory.org/
PeerJ Arts /humanities focused ‘journal’
https://peerj.com/

22. Questions?
For more information
consult the Scholarly Communication subject guide
http://canterbury.libguides.com/scholarly
or contact us:
• anton.angelo@canterbury.ac.nz
• peter.lund@canterbury.ac.nz

23. References
• Eysenbach, G. (2006). Citation Advantage of
Open Access Articles. PLoS Biol, 4(5), e157.
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157
• Swan, A. (n.d.). The Open Access citation
advantage: Studies and results to date -
ePrints Soton. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/268516/

24. Mandatory deposit of research
Increase
deposit rates
• Opt out rather than opt in to the UC Research
Repository.
• ~12% of PBRF eligible items are currently
deposited.
Already exists
for theses
• Including embargos for sensitive research
Would improve
efficiency
• Removes red tape (e.g. individual deposit
licences)
Commitment
to open access
• Ensures publicly funded research becomes
publically available
• Funders (Marsden, National Health and
Medical Research Council, Australian Research
Council) increasingly require OA.
• OA material more widely cited