This document summarizes a library skills training session on computer science resources. It discusses searching for information using databases like Google Scholar and IEEE Xplore. It explains how to find relevant journals, set up table of contents alerts, and access articles when the library lacks access. The document reviews using academic social networks and institutional repositories to find publications. It also discusses identifying and tracking research impact using h-indices, ORCID profiles, and Google Scholar or Scopus author pages. Finally, it provides guidance on finding theses and information on conferences.
10 easy ways to increase your citation count a checklistMahantesh Biradar
The number of papers you publish is important to your career. “Publish early and often” is heard over and over again in research. However, the number of times your work is cited is important as well because it can indicate the impact that your research has on the field.
Increasing your citation count can also have a positive impact on your career because funding agencies often look at a combination of the number of papers and the number of citations when making grant decisions.
This article was originally published by Dr. Michelle Ebbs on American Journal Experts.
Slides were designed by Mahantesh I. Biradar
10 easy ways to increase your citation count a checklistMahantesh Biradar
The number of papers you publish is important to your career. “Publish early and often” is heard over and over again in research. However, the number of times your work is cited is important as well because it can indicate the impact that your research has on the field.
Increasing your citation count can also have a positive impact on your career because funding agencies often look at a combination of the number of papers and the number of citations when making grant decisions.
This article was originally published by Dr. Michelle Ebbs on American Journal Experts.
Slides were designed by Mahantesh I. Biradar
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- Desenvolvimento colaborativo para aumentar a visibilidade de pesquisa de impacto em nível local e global
WoS e SciELO e outros índices de citação de qualidade como melhor descoberta de pesquisa e base analítica, particularmente para o Brasil e a América Latina
- Aumento da visibilidade;
- Critérios de seleção e inclusão;
- JCR e JRM;
- Novas métricas em nível de artigo e de periódico;
- Importância da qualidade dos dados na unificação dos registros para criar a melhor descoberta de pesquisa e experiência em métrica;
- Planos de lançamento no mercado.
- Collaborative development to increase visibility of locally and globally impactful research, WoS plus SciELO and other regionally authoritative citation indexes as best research discovery and analytics foundation, particularly for Brazil and Latin America
- Increased visibility - Selection and inclusion criteria
- JCR and JRM - New article and journal level metrics
- Importance of data quality in unification of records to create the best research discovery and metrics experience
- Market rollout plans
Desarrollo colaborativo para aumentar la visibilidad de la investigación a nivel local como a nivel global impactante, WoS más SciELO y otros índices regionales de citas de autoridad del mejor descubrimiento de la investigación y la fundación analítica, especialmente para Brasil y América Latina
- Mayor visibilidad
- Criterios de selección y de inclusión
- JCR y JRM - Nueva métrica a nivel de artículo y nivel revista - Importancia de la calidad de los datos en la unificación de los registros para crear la mejor experiencia para el descubrimiento de la investigación y las métricas
- Planes de desarrollo del mercado
Advanced literature search strategies for scientific and medical writing- improving your effectivity in finding the information you need in PubMed. https://bit.ly/2IzYdxB
Reference Manager and Citation Styles by V. Sriram in Online Workshop in Research Methodology for MPhil, PhD and Postdoctoral Scholars in Social Sciences, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. India. 25th February 2021.
These slides were shared at a Measuring Impact presentation in ECU's Office for Faculty Excellence. It is licensed under a CC-BY-NC 4.0 Creative Commons License.
The first workshop given to the law academics at UCT that covers research identifiers and research profiles, journal impact factors and citation analysis.
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Fake Journals and Conferences: What to Know about the FauxJill Cirasella
As a researcher, you are eager to publish your work in journals and present at conferences. But don’t let your eagerness allow you to be fooled by fake (often called “predatory”) journals or conferences. These low-quality outlets exist for the sole purpose of profit, not for the dissemination of peer-reviewed research. Indeed, they frequently lie about their peer review practices and engage in other forms of deceit. Learn how to spot these bad actors and critically evaluate any journal or conference before submitting a paper or proposal.
Reference Management Software: An Introduction to Zotero and MendeleyVenkitachalam Sriram
Reference Management Software: An Introduction to Zotero and Mendeley by V. Sriram. In Two day Workshop on Academic Writing and Publishing, The Kerala State Higher Education Council, October 24-25, 2014.
- Desenvolvimento colaborativo para aumentar a visibilidade de pesquisa de impacto em nível local e global
WoS e SciELO e outros índices de citação de qualidade como melhor descoberta de pesquisa e base analítica, particularmente para o Brasil e a América Latina
- Aumento da visibilidade;
- Critérios de seleção e inclusão;
- JCR e JRM;
- Novas métricas em nível de artigo e de periódico;
- Importância da qualidade dos dados na unificação dos registros para criar a melhor descoberta de pesquisa e experiência em métrica;
- Planos de lançamento no mercado.
- Collaborative development to increase visibility of locally and globally impactful research, WoS plus SciELO and other regionally authoritative citation indexes as best research discovery and analytics foundation, particularly for Brazil and Latin America
- Increased visibility - Selection and inclusion criteria
- JCR and JRM - New article and journal level metrics
- Importance of data quality in unification of records to create the best research discovery and metrics experience
- Market rollout plans
Desarrollo colaborativo para aumentar la visibilidad de la investigación a nivel local como a nivel global impactante, WoS más SciELO y otros índices regionales de citas de autoridad del mejor descubrimiento de la investigación y la fundación analítica, especialmente para Brasil y América Latina
- Mayor visibilidad
- Criterios de selección y de inclusión
- JCR y JRM - Nueva métrica a nivel de artículo y nivel revista - Importancia de la calidad de los datos en la unificación de los registros para crear la mejor experiencia para el descubrimiento de la investigación y las métricas
- Planes de desarrollo del mercado
Advanced literature search strategies for scientific and medical writing- improving your effectivity in finding the information you need in PubMed. https://bit.ly/2IzYdxB
Reference Manager and Citation Styles by V. Sriram in Online Workshop in Research Methodology for MPhil, PhD and Postdoctoral Scholars in Social Sciences, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. India. 25th February 2021.
These slides were shared at a Measuring Impact presentation in ECU's Office for Faculty Excellence. It is licensed under a CC-BY-NC 4.0 Creative Commons License.
The first workshop given to the law academics at UCT that covers research identifiers and research profiles, journal impact factors and citation analysis.
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This presentation was made to researchers in public health and nutrition at the Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making, a collaboration of WHO, Cochrane Collaboration and Cornell University's Division of Nutritional Sciences.
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2. In this session we will be looking at:
• Quick look at where to search for information
• Journal TOC alerts
• How to access journal articles that UCT Libraries does not
subscribe to
• Academic social networking (ResearchGate,
Academia.edu) & Copyright
• H-indices
• ORCID & Google Scholar Profile
• Finding and accessing theses
• Conferences
3. Where to search:
Google Scholar
ACM Digital Library
Computer & Applied Science Complete
ScienceDirect
IEEE Xplore
Web of Science
4. Finding relevant Journals & Setting up TOC
Alerts
2 ways to check for relevant and most impactful journals in our discipline:
• Journal Citation reports – Science edition
• Journal Citation reports - InCites
• Google Metrics
15. If the database that hosts the journal is indexed by
google, you can simply search for the journal using
google and setup the TOC alert from there
Journal TOC service:
http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/
16. How to access material that UCT Libraries does not have access to?
1 Interlibrary Loans
17. 2 Institutional Repositories
• Most institutions these days have Institutional Repositories
where they make scholarly output of the institution freely
available to the public.
• Often you will find a preprint or postprint of a specific article in
the repository, or the publishers version after the embargo
period has expired, if there is an embargo period.
• Open Licensed material can also be found on Institutional
Repositories
Useful databases:
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
• DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books)
• Open DOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)
18. 3 Author sites & Social Media
Check whether the author has a website, often publishers allow
authors to have preprints or postprints on their personal websites.
Articles are also often available on Academic Social media sites such
as ResearchGate and Academia.
21. The fine print:
• under terms of use
Onus falls on users to ensure that Copyright is enforced
22. Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA):
As an author, you own the copyright of the work you produce:
You have the right to:
• Reproduce the work
• Prepare derivative work
• Distribute copies
• Perform the work publicly
• To display the work publicly
UNTIL:
You sign the CTA and give copyright to the journal/publisher
23. How do I know what I am able to share?
Always check with publisher
25. The H-index
• Devised by Jorge Hirsch in 2005
• Used to measure or quantify the impact of individual researchers (and
recently also applied to Journals
• An H-index of 15 means that a researcher has 15 papers that have all
been cited at least 15 times
• Can never be higher that number of papers
• Used to evaluate scholarly output and evaluate researchers
• Often used to secure funding for research (NRF rating)
Calculating your H-index:
• Rank your articles in order of citation
• In the example to the right, an author has 8 papers that have been cited 33, 30,
20, 15, 7, 6, 5 and 4 times. This tells us that the author's h-index is 6.
26. • Publication and citation patterns vary between disciplines
• Not time sensitive - It limits authors by the total number of
publications, so shorter careers are at a disadvantage
• Highly cited papers are not reflected in the h-index
• Limited to maximum number of publications
Limitations of h-index
3 places to check H-indices
41. ORCID’s
• With about two thirds of authors sharing a last name and single initial, it has
becomes extremely difficult for scholars to build their research brand
• ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from other
researchers and supports automated linkages between you and your research
activities
• This unique code identifies authors, and tracks their scholarly contribution
with an open and independent registry
• Once registered, you can import works from Scopus and Web of Science
57. Further Assistance:
Please feel free to email me:
Pepler Head - pv.head@uct.ac.za
Remember the Computer Science Library Guide:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/chemistry
Also have a look at UCT Libraries’ YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/UCTLibraries
Check out the Savvy Reseacher Series:
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/savvy-researcher-workshop-series
The journal Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. The Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous years.
ResearchGate & Academia acknowledge copyright laws and include information about self archiving restrictions from publishers
If archiveable, it is best to share a link to the article on the archive or IR
