Sliced from LDLC (MIT library liaison meeting) presentation summarizing resources available at MIT for bibliometric analysis.

1. Overview of Citation Analysis
Meta-Resources

2. Summary (Background)
• Researchers and the institute have an
increasing interest in measuring outputs...
– citations, impact, researcher identifiers,
collaboration, bibliometrics, altmetrics,
scientometrics
• New databases/api’s, measures and tools are
being introduced frequently
• The Library is engaged in R&D in this area
• The Library is engaged with ORCID identifiers
Overview of Citation Analysis

3. Meta-Resources
• Libguides are available for patrons:
– Asking about additional data/API’s
– Asking about researcher identifiers
• IAP Bibliometrics Course materials available
– Include glossaries, bibliographies, examples, tools
• IAP Bibliometrics Course registration for July
– Includes demonstrations, 1-on-1 consulting
• Research program has expertise
– Available for consultation with library liaisons
Overview of Citation Analysis

4. MIT Library Guides
• Author identifiers guide:
libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=573578&sid=4729602
• Api’s for scholarly resources:
libguides.mit.edu/apis
• Introduction to impact factors:
libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/publishing/impact-factors/
Overview of Citation Analysis

5. IAP Course Materials
On informatics site:
informatics.mit.edu
Contains:
- More tools, more data
- Worked examples
- Recommended readings
- Glossary of measures
- Directory of tools,
databases
Overview of Citation Analysis

6. IAP Bibliometrics Course
Not Just in January
- Iapril
- JulyAP
(register through the libraries)
Features:
- Worked examples
- Demonstrations
- One-on-one consultation followups
Overview of Citation Analysis

7. Related MIT Libraries Research
• K. Smith-Yoshimura, et al., 2014, Registering Researchers in
Authority Files, OCLC Research.
• Liz Allen, Jo Scott, Amy Brand, Marjorie M.K. Hlava, Micah
Altman, Beyond authorship: recognising the contributions to
research; Nature.
• Data Synthesis Task Group. 2014. Joint Principles for Data
Citation.
• CODATA Data Citation Task Group, 2013. Out of Cite, Out of
Mind: The Current State of Practice, Policy and Technology for
Data Citation. Data Science Journal. 2013;12:1–75.
Slides and reprints available from:
informatics.mit.edu
Overview of Citation Analysis

8. Consultation available to Library Staff
• New measures, complex analyses:
contact research program escience@mit.edu
• Access to/working with MIT internal data:
contact Program Manager for Scholarly
Repository: sthomas@mit.edu
Overview of Citation Analysis