The document provides an overview of citation analysis meta-resources, highlighting the growing interest in measuring academic outputs such as citations and impact through new databases and tools. It discusses available resources, including LibGuides, bibliometrics course materials, and consultation services for researchers. The document also details opportunities for training and support related to citation analysis within the MIT libraries.

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