The document discusses researcher identities and profiles. It defines the h-index and how it is calculated. It emphasizes setting up profiles in ORCID, Google Scholar, Scopus, and ResearcherID to distinguish researchers from others with similar names and group all of their publications together. These profiles improve discoverability and metrics like citation counts. The document provides instructions on setting up ORCID and Google Scholar profiles.

1. H-Index and Researcher Identities
UCT Bibliometrics Working Group
15 June 2017
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2. Outline of the session
• Talking about the h-index
• Researcher Identity
– ORCID
– Google Scholar Profile
– Scopus
– Web of Science
• Practical: Setting up ORCID Profile
Setting up Google Scholar profile
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3. What is an H-index?
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4. The h-index: what does it mean,
how is it calculated and used?
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• Developed by Jorge E Hirsch in 2005
• Relatively simple way to calculate and measure the
impact of a scientist or scholar or groups of
scientists
• Small number with a big impact!
• Prof Ed Rybicki has an h-index of 47. What does
that mean?

5. •h-index is based on the set of the scholar’s most cited
papers and the number of citations these papers have
received in other publications.
•Citations to papers means that someone used your work or
thought it was relevant to mention in the context of their
own work.
•Counts the number publications for which the scholar has
been cited by other authors at least that same number of
times.
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6. •The definition of the index is that a scholar with an index
of h has published h papers each of which has been cited
in other papers at least h times
•So Prof Ed Rybicki has published at least 47 papers
that have each been cited at least 47 times
•The H index is always calculated on the entire career of
the author and not within a specific time frame.
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7. So how do you calculate the h-
index?
•Databases and Tools do
the hard work for you:
Web of Science
Scopus
Google Scholar
Citation
Publish or Perish
(software)
Scholarometer (add-on
in Chrome or Firefox)
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8. BUT ....
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• Each database is likely to produce a different h for the same
scholar, because of different coverage.
• The h-index is based on the citations contained in that index.
• Conference proceedings and books and book chapters are not
well covered.
• What is a good h-index differs depending on the discipline.
Can’t compare apples and pears and oranges!

9. Researcher ID
Standing out from the Crowd
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10. Would someone who searches for
you find all your publications?
Is the information complete and
up-to-date?
Does it give an accurate reflection
of your scholarship?

11. What is a Research Profile? (1)
• Aka scholarly or academic profile.
• Distinguishes you from other researchers.
• Demonstrates the uniqueness and impact
of your research.
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12. What is a Research Profile? (2)
• Create your own research profile in, for
example, Google Scholar.
• Import & add works you have authored.
• GS Profile – NRF requirement.
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13. What is a Research ID?
• Unique ID / Number.
• Distinguishes you from other researchers.

14. What is the Function of a
Research ID?
• Differentiates between authors with similar or
same names.
• Groups any name variations under which you
have published.
• Different databases can have different
identification numbers for the same author.
• Groups institutions where you have worked.
• Links all your publications together.

15. Research ID Function (2)
• Makes your work more discoverable (more
citations!)
– Assists with metrics such as citation counts and h-
indexes.
– Improves researcher impact.
• Get full credit for your work.
• Saves time e.g. ORCID’s mantra is “enter once,
re-use often”

16. Examples of Research IDs
• Scopus Author ID e.g. 7101929080
• Web of Science ResearcherID e.g. I-6897-2015
• ORCID - Open Researcher and Contributor ID-
e.g. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6845-8179

17. Research ID Function (3)
• Funders, Publishers & Institutions require a
unique ID
– See NRF Statement re ORCID
(ORCID is Open Researcher and Contributor ID)

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Title
8 April 2017

19. THE PLATFORMS TO USE
• ORCID Profile
• Google Scholar Profile
• Scopus
• ResearcherID
•https://www.slideshare.net/JenEidelman/rese
arch-ids-university-of-cape-town-libraries
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ORCID - Open Researcher and
Contributor ID
• enables you to obtain a unique 16 digit identification
number that can be used to tie you to your work
• enables communication across multiple platforms,
including Scopus and Web of Science's ResearcherID.
• https://orcid.org/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjx16xSdJ50
Setting up Your ORCID
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJBq0f0Qnrs
ORCID and Scopus: Manage your author profile
How to create and manage an
ORCID research profile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t92Nwbu_fA

28. GOOGLE SCHOLAR
How to do it guide
•https://www.slideshare.net/AwotKifluGebreg
ziabh/google-scholar-profile-setting-up
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30. Communication Across Platforms
• Link Scopus Author ID to ORCID.
• Link to ORCID from ResearcherID.
• ORCID links both “enter once, re-use often”
• Google Scholar Profiles not yet linked.

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Scopus Author ID
• creates an Author Profile with an associated Author
Identifier
• associates you with the publications that you have
authored
• allows you to request changes when you notice
inaccuracies in your Author Profile
• provides the Scopus 2 ORCID option as a way to link your
Author Identifier information with your ORCID
identification number

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Scopus Author ID
• creates an Author Profile with an associated Author
Identifier
• associates you with the publications that you have
authored
• allows you to request changes when you notice
inaccuracies in your Author Profile
• provides the Scopus2Orcid option as a way to
link your Author Identifier information with your
ORCiD identification number

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Web of Science ResearcherID
• providing a solution to the author ambiguity problem
• each author who registers for a ResearcherID is assigned a unique
number research community
• able to manage your publication lists, track times cited counts and h-
index, identify potential collaborators
• ResearcherID information integrates with the Web of Science and is
ORCID compliant

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http://www.researcherid.com

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SOUTH AFRICA RESEARCHER IDS ON WEB OF SCIENCE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOhZv
Q7YHoY
ResearcherID: Creating a Researcher ID
03 min 35 secs

37. Practical Session
•Setting up an ORCID
•Setting up a Google Scholar Profile
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