We are proud to introduce CiteScore metrics from Scopus – comprehensive, current and free metrics for serial titles in Scopus. Search or browse in Scopus to find a source and see the new metrics. Use the annual metrics for reporting, and the 2016 metrics for up-to-date tracking.
Be sure to use qualitative as well as the below quantitative inputs when presenting your research impact, and always use more than one metric for the quantitative part.
5 hours course taught by Nicolás Robinson-García and Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras in June 23-July 3, 2014 in the University of Granada within the exchange program with Al-Faraby Kazakh National University students 'Current problems of modern philology'.
5 hours course taught by Nicolás Robinson-García and Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras in June 23-July 3, 2014 in the University of Granada within the exchange program with Al-Faraby Kazakh National University students 'Current problems of modern philology'.
The powerpoint presentation of google scholar focuses on the basics of google scholar and its metrics. The researchers/scholars will be benefited with this.
This presentation shows how to use ENDNOTE software for citation management in different databases.
See also Biomedical Databases Handout and
Engineering Databases Handout in http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/refengineer.html
Presentació realitzada per Ana Marušić en el marc del Seminari sobre la revisió per experts (peer review) que va tenir lloc a la Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació de la UB el 20 de juny de 2011, dins el marc del programa de doctorat “Informació i Documentació en la Societat del Coneixement”. Aquest seminari va ser organitzat conjuntament amb l'EASE (European Association of Science Editors).
The academic search engine provides search results by localizing the scientific results required by the user. There are various types of search engines with different characteristics.
https://www.cognibrain.com/top-academic-search-engines-for-research/
There is no straight formula to determine the best journal to publish your manuscript. However, analyzing various parameters may help you to decide the journal that best suits you for publishing. Following are some of those criteria:
https://www.cognibrain.com/criteria-for-selecting-journal-for-publication/
Defining the h index and the calculation process. Also the main advantages and limitations besides how to increasing the h index.
Dr. Hassan Najman MUHAMED
hassan.muhamed@uod.ac
The University of Duhok - Kurdistan region of Iraq
Dear Colleague,
One of the main goals of Research Leap is to increase the productivity of researchers.
To achieve this goal, we create different contents as manuals and presentations on different topics related to academic writing. Recently, we have been wondering what else we can do to help researchers work smarter and be more productive.
To our surprise, we found that not many researchers are interested in the H-index of their research articles. Though, h-index is not just a number. It is also the number of significant works in the career of a researcher. So, comparing the works contributing to the h-index with the other works of the researcher can give an idea about the research behavior of the scientist. Its importance for researchers is growing depending on the country and management practices.
Therefore, “Citation Index: What is it and why do we need it?” presentation had been created to introduce the “citation index” and “h-index” terms as well as showing guidance to the ways of calculating the h-index of the research articles. Moreover, this presentation will also provide the advice and techniques for increasing the h-index of the research articles.
Chances are you already know some of these terms and techniques. Chances are also that you know somebody who knows none of these techniques… So please share and help spread the word.
Research Leap team created “Citation Index: What is it and why do we need it?” presentation to introduce the “citation index” and “h-index” terms as well as showing guidance to the ways of calculating the h-index of the research articles. Moreover, this presentation provides the advice and techniques for increasing the h-index of the research articles.
You can find the Citation Index: What is it and why do we need it? presentation in the attachment below.
You can find the Citation Index: What is it and why do we need it? presentation in the attachment.
Get expert academic writing tips straight to your inbox, and become a better academic writer.
Access more academic resources and subscribe at https://researchleap.com/category/resources/
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SciVal offers quick, easy access to the research performance of 8,500 research institutions and 220 nations worldwide. A ready-to-use solution with unparalleled power and flexibility, SciVal enables you to visualize research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyze research trends.
The powerpoint presentation of google scholar focuses on the basics of google scholar and its metrics. The researchers/scholars will be benefited with this.
This presentation shows how to use ENDNOTE software for citation management in different databases.
See also Biomedical Databases Handout and
Engineering Databases Handout in http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/refengineer.html
Presentació realitzada per Ana Marušić en el marc del Seminari sobre la revisió per experts (peer review) que va tenir lloc a la Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació de la UB el 20 de juny de 2011, dins el marc del programa de doctorat “Informació i Documentació en la Societat del Coneixement”. Aquest seminari va ser organitzat conjuntament amb l'EASE (European Association of Science Editors).
The academic search engine provides search results by localizing the scientific results required by the user. There are various types of search engines with different characteristics.
https://www.cognibrain.com/top-academic-search-engines-for-research/
There is no straight formula to determine the best journal to publish your manuscript. However, analyzing various parameters may help you to decide the journal that best suits you for publishing. Following are some of those criteria:
https://www.cognibrain.com/criteria-for-selecting-journal-for-publication/
Defining the h index and the calculation process. Also the main advantages and limitations besides how to increasing the h index.
Dr. Hassan Najman MUHAMED
hassan.muhamed@uod.ac
The University of Duhok - Kurdistan region of Iraq
Dear Colleague,
One of the main goals of Research Leap is to increase the productivity of researchers.
To achieve this goal, we create different contents as manuals and presentations on different topics related to academic writing. Recently, we have been wondering what else we can do to help researchers work smarter and be more productive.
To our surprise, we found that not many researchers are interested in the H-index of their research articles. Though, h-index is not just a number. It is also the number of significant works in the career of a researcher. So, comparing the works contributing to the h-index with the other works of the researcher can give an idea about the research behavior of the scientist. Its importance for researchers is growing depending on the country and management practices.
Therefore, “Citation Index: What is it and why do we need it?” presentation had been created to introduce the “citation index” and “h-index” terms as well as showing guidance to the ways of calculating the h-index of the research articles. Moreover, this presentation will also provide the advice and techniques for increasing the h-index of the research articles.
Chances are you already know some of these terms and techniques. Chances are also that you know somebody who knows none of these techniques… So please share and help spread the word.
Research Leap team created “Citation Index: What is it and why do we need it?” presentation to introduce the “citation index” and “h-index” terms as well as showing guidance to the ways of calculating the h-index of the research articles. Moreover, this presentation provides the advice and techniques for increasing the h-index of the research articles.
You can find the Citation Index: What is it and why do we need it? presentation in the attachment below.
You can find the Citation Index: What is it and why do we need it? presentation in the attachment.
Get expert academic writing tips straight to your inbox, and become a better academic writer.
Access more academic resources and subscribe at https://researchleap.com/category/resources/
In the meantime, you are welcomed to share our work through Linked in, Facebook, Youtube, Slideshare, Instagram, and Pinterest
Kind regards
SciVal offers quick, easy access to the research performance of 8,500 research institutions and 220 nations worldwide. A ready-to-use solution with unparalleled power and flexibility, SciVal enables you to visualize research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyze research trends.
E-PIC Elsevier Product Insights for Customers - Available for Administrators ...Genevieve Musasa
- Elsevier Product Insights for Customers offers you a free and unique view on your organization's engagement with Elsevier's research content and tools.
- The dashboard is meant for administrators and librarians who recognize the role of great content and tools in a successful research strategy. It is the result of Elsevier's enduring focus on customer value and transparency.
- The Dashboard is designed to provide an easy view on the engagement of your researchers with Elsevier products: content as well as information tools.
- The current product is under development and we will continuously add more data points and insights, so please stay up to date with developments.
ScienceDirect & Scopus usage reports via the Admin tool - For Administrators...Genevieve Musasa
Reports on usage are an important tool to show the value of digital resources. Elsevier supplies customers with usage reports for most of their products. Several of Elsevier’s products supply customers with COUNTER-compliant usage reports. Usage reports for ScienceDirect, Journal Websites, Journal Mobile Apps and Scopus can be accessed via the AdminTool.
I. Introduction to scholarly publishing
II. How to get published? Practical Advices
III. Structuring your article
IV. The reviewing process
V. How not to Publish
VI. Get noticed
Mendeley is:
1. a reference manager allowing you to manage, read, share, annotate and cite your research papers.
2. a social & academic collaboration network with 6 Million users to connect like-minded researchers & discover research trends and statistics
3. a crowdsourced database with a unique layer of social research information and an Open API
The valuable tools contributing to your research cycle “Discover, Read, Cite,...Genevieve Musasa
I. Introduction
II. Why Scopus helps you finding the best academic literature
III. How author profile helps you to showcase your research & how affiliation profile increase the visibility of your institution
IV. Reading full-text of quality with ScienceDirect
V. Mendeley: beyond reference management
ScienceDirect is Elsevier’s leading information solution for researchers, teachers, students, health care professionals and information professionals. It combines authoritative, full-text scientific, technical and health publications with smart, intuitive functionality so that you can stay informed in your field, and can work more effectively and efficiently.
ScienceDirect empowers smarter research
The value of Scopus: an eye on global research "Search | Discover | Analyze"Genevieve Musasa
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database
of peer-reviewed research literature from around the world
and features bibliometrics tools that allow you to track, analyze and visualize scholarly research
Understanding impact through alternative metrics: developing library-based as...Kristi Holmes
There’s never been a more critical need to better understand the impact of research efforts. The challenging state of funding models (1) and an enhanced pressure on young investigators to stand out from the crowd magnify this need as well as the perceived value of locally based impact services. These services are leveraged by a diverse range of stakeholders, from individuals to university-level decision makers and strategists. Individuals often wish to better demonstrate impact of published works to promotion committees or describe the impact of research studies to funding agencies when applying for funding or complying with institution-level or federal reporting exercises. Research groups, departments, and institutions often wish to discover how research findings are being used to promote science and gain a better overall view of research publications and outputs.
Libraries are particularly well poised to meet the need to understand a more nuanced view of impact. Libraries are trusted, neutral parties with a tradition of service and support and often act as technology hubs on campus with IT and data expertise. Librarians are trained information professionals with information and searching skills and a keen understanding of the research, education, clinical landscape of their institution. This presentation will discuss general trends in the field, including an overview of resources, assessment frameworks and tools; strategies for partnering with stakeholders; and examples of library based service models, from basic services to highly integrated library-based core research units.
(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aac5200
Intervention d'Anne Catherine Rota, Spécialiste en Research Intelligence chez Elsevier au Forum du GFII 2015 : http://forum.gfii.fr/forum/les-nouvelles-mesures-de-l-influence-scientifique-l-apport-des-metriques-alternatives-au-pilotage-de-la-recherche
Webinar slides from June 8 Library Connect webinar "Researcher profiles and metrics that matter" with: Chris Belter, Bibliometrics Informationist, NIH Library; Andrea Michalek, VP of Research Metrics, Elsevier | Managing Director of Plum Analytics; Ellen Cole, Scholarly Publications Librarian, Learning and Research Services, Northumbria University.
View the webinar at: http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/library-connect-webinars?commid=257883
Practical applications for altmetrics in a changing metrics landscapeDigital Science
"Practical applications for altmetrics in a changing metrics landscape" - Sara Rouhi, Altmetric product specialist, and Anirvan Chatterjee, Director Data Strategy for CTSI at UCSF
Measuring and Enhancing Your Academic Medical ImpactMarion Sills
Overview of measuring and enhancing the impact of your scholarly work in academic medicine. The talk reviews how impact is defined and measured, how to improve your own impact metrics and how to describe the impact of your scholarly contributions to science.
A new research impact measuring system by nader ale ebrahimNader Ale Ebrahim
For years, scientists have been trying to measure the quality of scholarly work by the number of times an article is cited in other articles or the impact factor of the journal which published an article. However, citation is a lagging indicator and journal impact factor may be misleading since a Journal's citation count is usually caused by a small number of articles in that journal.
With the rise of the web as the archiving and emerging interaction platform, there is a need for new ways to measure articles and books impact. Altmetrics attempts to use the online activity to measure impact, buzz, word of mouth for scientific information and it includes new ways to measure usage at the citation level. In this workshop, I will explain about application of altmetrics tools such as: Altmetric.com, Impactstory.org, Plumanalytics.com, and PLoS metrics.
Putting Well-being Metrics into Policy Action, 3-4 October 2019, Paris, France. More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/putting-well-being-metrics-into-policy-action.htm
4th OpenAIRE Workshop - Legal and Sustainability Issues for Open Access Infrastructures
Nov. Vilnius
Preliminary Results of the OpenAIRE Sustainability Study - Phoebe Koundouri, Associate Professor - Athens University of Economic and Business
Analysis of Bibliometrics information for selecting the best field of studyNader Ale Ebrahim
Bibliometrics can be defined as the statistical analysis of publications. Bibliometrics has focused on the quantitative analysis of citations and citation counts which is complex. It is so complex and specialized that personal knowledge and experience are insufficient tools for understanding trends for making decisions. We need tools for analysis of Bibliometrics information for select the best field of study with promising enough attention. This presentation will provide tools to discover the new trends in our field of study in order to select an area for research and publication which promising the highest research impact.
With Great Power Comes the Responsible Use of MetricsClaire Sewell
Metrics have long been used as an indicator of academic success and as a way to make key decisions. As the measurement of impact becomes increasingly important within academia there has been something of a backlash against trusting purely quantitative methods of assessment. The Responsible Metrics movement aims to ensure that metrics are used fairly alongside other measures to gather a true assessment of impact.
This webinar will discuss what the Responsible Metrics movement is, why it was developed, its importance and how library staff can best educate their research staff.
June 18, 2014
NISO Virtual Conference: Transforming Assessment: Alternative Metrics and Other Trends
Assessing and Reporting Research Impact – A Role for the Library
- Kristi L. Holmes, Ph.D., Director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Analysis of Bibliometrics information for select the best field of studyNader Ale Ebrahim
Bibliometrics can be defined as the statistical analysis of publications. Bibliometrics has focused on the quantitative analysis of citations and citation counts which is complex. It is so complex and specialized that personal knowledge and experience are insufficient tools for understanding trends for making decisions. We need tools for analysis of Bibliometrics information for select the best field of study with promising enough attention. This presentation will provide tools to discover the new trends in our field of study in order to select an area for research and publication which promising the highest research impact.
Scholarly Metrics in Specialized SettingsElaine Lasda
Presentation for the Bibliometric and Research Impact Community (BRIC) of Canada on case studies of research impact in specialized settings. Focus on Michigan Publishing by co-presenter Rebecca Welzenbach
June 18, 2014
NISO Virtual Conference: Transforming Assessment: Alternative Metrics and Other Trends
Assessing and Reporting Research Impact – A Role for the Library
- Kristi L. Holmes, Ph.D., Director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
"Impact2: through the power of collaboration. How we increased our impact by ...Hester Mountifield
Strategic planning and delivery of services at the University of Auckland's Libraries and Learning Services (L&LS) is underpinned by institutional collaboration and consultation. L&LS continues to strengthen its specialist research support services with an enhanced focus on strategic partnerships. L&LS is the institutional owner of Research Outputs (Symplectic Elements), the system used by University of Auckland (UoA) researchers to record and manage their research publications and professional activities. Research Outputs is also a key data source for services that support UoA researchers increase their visibility, track and measure their research impact, and generate data for performance reviews. A reference group of senior academic and professional staff, chaired by the University Librarian, is a forum for strategic decision making on best practice use and development of Research Outputs. The UoA external facing university directory and academic profiles use a publication feed from Research Outputs and is one example of L&LS collaborating on an enterprise wide project to increase the visibility of researchers. L&LS actively contribute to several working groups including an initiative to promote ways to enhance academic reputation and profile, and increase citations. One outcome was a marked increase in deposits to the UoA research repository. A research impact publication service was launched by L&LS in 2014. The multi-faceted BiblioInformatics Service, developed with input from strategic partners and stakeholders, offers researchers consultations with librarians on how to track and maximise the impact of their research outputs and is supported by online guides. A self-service platform, drawing on Research Outputs as a data source, provides information such as h-index and top cited publications. To support strategic decision making the service also delivers benchmarking and collaboration reports to Senior Management on research and citation performance.
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Earliest Galaxies in the JADES Origins Field: Luminosity Function and Cosmic ...Sérgio Sacani
We characterize the earliest galaxy population in the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the deepest
imaging field observed with JWST. We make use of the ancillary Hubble optical images (5 filters
spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
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and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
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Richard's aventures in two entangled wonderlandsRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
(May 29th, 2024) Advancements in Intravital Microscopy- Insights for Preclini...Scintica Instrumentation
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Scopus as a bibliometrics tool: CiteScore metrics, more metrics & the importance of ranking
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Scopus as a bibliometrics tool:
CiteScore metrics, more metrics
& the importance of ranking
May 2017
Genevieve Musasa
Customer Consultant
for Africa
for ScienceDirect, Scopus
& Mendeley
G.Musasa@elsevier.com
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Mounir El Bedraoui
Account Manager
French-Speaking Countries
in Africa
M.Elbedraoui@elsevier.com
Sherif Ghazy
Account Manager
Sub-Sahara Africa
S.Ghazy@elsevier.com
Karen Metcalf
Account Manager
South Africa
K.Metcalf@elsevier.com
3. TITLE OF PRESENTATION
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Agenda
I. Introduction
1. Elsevier is empowering knowlegde
2. How to use research metrics appropriately
and why Scopus offers a basket of metrics
II. Journal metrics including CiteScore™ metrics
1. Why add CiteScore metrics to the basket?
2. What are CiteScore metrics?
3. How will CiteScore metrics be offered?
4. How does CiteScore compare to the Impact Factor?
5. Other journals metrics: SJR & SNIP
III. Article level metrics
Citation count, Field Weight Citation Impact, Scholarly
Activity online, Scholarly commentary online, Social activity
online, Media mentions
IV. Author profile & its algorithm
1. Scopus – ORCID integration
2. Author level metrics: Document count, h Index, Monitoring
your article via the article metrics
V. The importance of rankings
4. Dear valued Scientific and Academic Community,
here is a little word about myself:
I am one of Elsevier Customer Consultants for Africa. I am based in The
Netherlands, in the headquarter office of Elsevier. I am your dedicated expert
for three solutions of Elsevier: ScienceDirect, Scopus and Mendeley.
My aim is to help you creating more added value of these research solutions and
much more. I am responsible among others for customer engagements in nearly
all Africa, for conducting author workshops and trainings on those three
solutions.
I am working for Elsevier for more than 6 years of which nearly 3 years in this
role. Always dedicated and passionate, I won one of the Elsevier Worldwide
Customer Consultant Awards in 2015 and the Elsevier Customer Focus Value
Award for emerging markets in 2014.
Have a fruitful experience in reading this presentation!
7. Our mission: Lead the way in science, technology and health
Galileo’s last and greatest work,
published in 1638 by Elzevir,
Discorsi e Dimostrazioni
Matematiche
Louis
Pasteur
(Chemistry)
Alexander
Fleming
(Medicine)
Albert
Einstein
(Physics)
Craig C
Mello
(Medicine)
John C.
Mather
(Physics)
Francoise
Barre-Sinoussi
(Medicine)
Shinya
Yamanaka
(Medicine)
Marie Curie
(Physics,
Chemistry)
Some of the Nobel Prize winners published with Elsevier:
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Since the year 2000, 154 of the
155 Nobel laureates in science
and economics have published
in Elsevier journals. That’s
more than 99%
TRADITION | EXCELLENCE
437 Years | 137 Years
We commemorate the founding
of the House of Elzevier in
1580 and celebrate the
establishment of the Elsevier
company in 1880.
YEARS OF PUBLISHING
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Elsevier, the modern publishing company, was founded in 1880. It has evolved from a
small Dutch publishing house devoted to classical scholarship into an international
multimedia publishing company.
Today, Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the
performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make
better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries that
advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress.
Elsevier provides workflow solutions and digital tools in the areas of strategic
research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support and professional
education. Elsevier publishes over 2,500 digitized journals, including The Lancet and Cell,
more than 35,000 book titles, and many iconic reference works, including Gray’s Anatomy
Learn more about our mission: “Leading the way in advancing science, technology and health”
Who is ELSEVIER ?
9. Novel Solutions that will enhance research
Paperless Office
(Databases)
Physical Library
Integration
(Workflow
Tools)
Content Technology
and Analytics
Improved
Outcomes
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10. This is Elsevier
Professionals in science, technology, engineering and health have more information at their
disposal today than any time in history; yet understanding, discovery and knowledge are often
beyond reach. At Elsevier, we create the tools that make sense of information, to help make
better decisions, deliver better healthcare, save lives and make breakthrough discoveries
that advance science and society.
That means sorting through the overflow of information and choices to reveal knowledge that
helps to make critical decisions. We do this by applying smart technology to complex
problems, drawing from our unique foundation of authoritative information and structured data.
We apply advanced technology and analytics to filter, extract and learn from vast data sets,
social networks and collaboration platforms. We provide insight into global research
productivity, helping researchers find funding and collaborate with colleagues. We provide
the right clinical answers to physicians and nurses, shorten the path to actionable data for R&D
professionals, and build adaptive learning technologies to help students learn more effectively.
Quite simply, Elsevier is Empowering Knowledge.
Source: Read “This is Elsevier” brochure on www.elsevier.com
Watch the video” This is Elsevier”
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11. TITLE OF PRESENTATION
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KNOWLEDGE:
Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience
or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of
a subject
The sum of what is known
= comprehension, mastery, command,…
INFORMATION:
Facts provided or learned about something or someone
What is conveyed or represented by a particular
arrangement or sequence of things
= details, figures, statistics, data
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com
Elsevier is Empowering Knowledge
Information Elsevier research productivity tools Knowledge
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2. How to use research metrics
appropriately and why Scopus offers
a basket of metrics
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When used correctly, research metrics together with qualitative input
give a balanced, multi-dimensional view for decision-making
Two Golden Rules for using research metrics
Always use both qualitative
and quantitative input into
your decisions
Always use more than one
research metric as the
quantitative input
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A basket of metrics for research excellence
Theme Sub-theme
A. Funding Awards
B. Outputs Productivity of research outputs
Visibility of communication channels
C. Research Impact Research influence
Knowledge transfer
D. Engagement Academic network
Non-academic network
Expertise transfer
E. Societal Impact Societal Impact
Available for articles, researchers, journals, institutions, subject fields…
F.Qualitativeinput
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Example: importance of using multiple metrics from
the basket - compensate for weaknesses
Compensates for differences in
field, type and age
Meaningful benchmark is “built in”
– 1 is average for a subject area
× People may not like small numbers
× Complicated; difficult to validate
× No idea of magnitude: how many
citations does it represent?
with
Large number
Simple, easy to validate
Communicates magnitude of
activity
× Affected by differences in field,
type and age
× Meaningless without additional
benchmarking
Field-Weighted Citation
Impact
= 2.53
Citations per Publication
= 27.8
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A basket of metrics to facilitate the use of metrics
Entities Articles
Custom
document set
Journals,
Conferences,
Books
Portfolio
Author,
Editor,
Reviewer
Institution or
group
Subject
area
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A basket of metrics to facilitate the use of metrics
Usage
Citations
Audience
Patents
Scholarly Activity
Academic Opinion
Social Activity
Media Activity
Outputs
Funding awards
Editor
Board
Authors
Community Contributions Consumption
Scholarly
Impact
Social Impact
Type of
metrics
Entities Articles
Custom
document set
Journals,
Conferences,
Books
Portfolio
Author,
Editor,
Reviewer
Institution or
group
Subject
area
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New metric to be added to the basket
Usage
Citations
Audience
Patents
Scholarly Activity
Academic Opinion
Social Activity
Media Activity
Outputs
Funding awards
Editor
Board
Authors
Community Contributions Consumption
Scholarly
Impact
Social Impact
Type of
metrics
Geographical
spread
Collaboration
network
Sector
distribution
h-, g-, m- indices
Scholarly Output
Research data
output
Conference
output
Citation counts
Usage counts
SNIP, SJR, IF
Audience
Scholarly
Discussion
Peer review
metrics
Prizes and
awards
Social media
mentions
Media mentions
Medical
guidelines
Influence policies
Mendeley
Counts
Individual
metrics
Funding sources
Patent metrics
Entities Articles
Custom
document set
Journals,
Conferences,
Books
Portfolio
Author,
Editor,
Reviewer
Institution or
group
Subject
area
CiteScore
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II. Journal metrics including
CiteScore™ metrics
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1. Why add CiteScore metrics
to the basket?
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• Journal metrics are still important complements to new and
alternative metrics
• Many titles are missing transparent and replicable metrics that
are easy to access
Journal metrics – still an important part of the basket
Q: How often do you use Journal Metrics
A Daily/Weekly
25%
B Monthly
21%
C Quarterly
25%
D Yearly
7%
E Not at all
21%
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
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CiteScore is a simple metric for all Scopus journals
CiteScore Impact Factor
A = citations to 3 years of documents A = citations to 2 or 5 years of documents
B = all documents indexed in Scopus, same as A B = only citable items (articles and reviews),
different from A
Note: at launch, all titles in the May 2016 title list, and with some documents indexed in 2016, will have CiteScore metrics
B
CiteScore 2015 value
B
=
A
Documents from 3 years
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
A
2011
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CITESCORE
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
# of documents in previous 3 years
citations in a year to documents published
in previous 3 years
This comprehensive, current and open metric for journal
citation impact (introduced in December 2016) is available
in a free layer of Scopus.com. It includes a yearly release
and monthly CiteScore Tracker updates. Find CiteScore
metrics for journals, conference proceedings, book series
and trade journals at https://www.scopus.com/sources
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average # of weighted citations
received in a year
# of documents published in previous 3 years
SCIMAGO JOURNAL
RANK (SJR)
Citations are weighted – worth more or less – depending
on the source they come from. The subject field, quality
and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the
value of a citation. Can be applied to journals, book
series and conference proceedings.
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
Calculated by SCImago Lab (http://www.scimagojr.com)
based on Scopus data.
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journal’s citation count per paper
citation potential in its subject field
SOURCE NORMALIZED
IMPACT PER PAPER (SNIP)
The impact of a single citation will have a higher
value in subject areas where citations are less likely,
and vice versa. Stability intervals indicate the reliability
of the score. Smaller journals tend to have wider
stability intervals than larger journals.
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
Calculated by CWTS (http://www.journalindicators.com)
based on Scopus data.
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Filling the gap in the Scopus basket of journal metrics
withSNIP and SJR
CiteScore
and associated metrics
Compensates for differences in
field, type and age
Meaningful benchmark is “built in”
– 1 is average for a subject area
× People may not like small numbers
× Complicated; difficult to validate
× No idea of magnitude: how many
citations does it represent?
Large number
Simple, easy to validate
Communicates magnitude of
activity
× Affected by differences in field,
type and age
× Meaningless without additional
benchmarking
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CiteScore is one of a family of related metrics
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Each metric provides a complementary
measure of performance
Measures
Validation in
Scopus?
Size-
normalized?
Subject field-
normalized?
Communicates
magnitude?
Update
frequency
CiteScore Citations per document Yes Yes No Yes
Annually,
and
monthly for
CiteScore
Tracker
metrics
CiteScore
Percentile
Relative position within
subject field based on
CiteScore
Yes Yes Yes No
Citation
Count
Raw impact of a journal
on the research
community
Yes No No Yes
Document
Count
Raw scale of a title within
the research community
Yes No No Yes
% cited Consistency with which a
title’s contents are
reliably cited
Yes Yes No No
SNIP Relative citations per
document
No Yes Yes No
Annually
SJR Prestige of citing sources No Yes Yes No
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3. How will the CiteScore
metrics be offered?
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Journalmetrics.scopus.com website
Static values 2011-2015 for reporting, showcasing and exporting
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Scopus.com: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
1. CiteScore tab
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Scopus.com: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
2. CiteScore rank and trend tab
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Scopus.com: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
3. Scopus content coverage tab
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CiteScore metrics on Elsevier.com
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4. How does CiteScore compare
to the Impact Factor?
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citations in a year to documents
published in previous 2 years
JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
Based on Web of Science data, this metric is updated
once a year and traditionally released in June following
the year of coverage as part of the Journal Citation
Reports®. JCR also includes a Five-year Impact Factor.
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
# of citable items in previous 2 years
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Calculate the IF in Scopus
British Journal of Nutrition : IF 3.302
1. Go to advanced search in Scopus: SRCTITLE(xxx )
2. Limit your search to 2010+2011= B (number of documents published in
2010+11)
3. Select ALL titles and “view citation overview”
4. Look up total number of citations in 2012: A
5. Divide A/B and you receive the Impact factor
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Advantages of CiteScore metrics
CurrentTransparentComprehensive
Based on Scopus, the
world’s broadest abstract
and citation database
CiteScore metrics will be
available for all serial titles,
not just journals
CiteScore metrics could be
calculated for portfolios
CiteScore metrics will be
available for free
CiteScore metrics are easy
to calculate for yourself
The underlying database
is available for you to
interrogate
CiteScore Tracker is
updated monthly
New titles will have
CiteScore metrics the year
after they are indexed in
Scopus
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Desirable characteristic CiteScore CiteScore Tracker Impact Factor
Metric measures citations per document
Replicate strong
characteristics
Simple method
Annual snapshot for reporting purposes
Document type consistency (num. and denom.)
Improved
methodologyFair compromise for all fields – 3y citation window
Derivative metric addresses disciplinary differences
Ongoing inclusion of error correction Comprehensive
Available for all serials indexed (not only journals)
CurrentNew titles have the metric next calendar year
Tracking view for verification and decision making
Metric is current – updated monthly
Transparent
It’s calculated from the same database I use
Metric and derivative metrics are free
I can use a free widget on my webpage
Journal-level evaluation functionality is free
Underlying database available to verify calculation
Comparison of CiteScore™, CiteScore™ Tracker and Impact Factor
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SJR measures the prestige or
influence of a scientific journal
SJR considers not only the raw number of citations
received by a journal…
but also the importance or influence of the source of those citations
SJR is a combination of the quantity & quality of the citations received
SCImago Journal Rank
On top of CiteScore, 2 other metrics to compare journals,SJR & SNIP:
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Source Normalized Impact per Paper
SNIP measures the contextual citation impact of a
journal by normalizing citation values
SNIP takes a research field’s citation frequency and the
database field’s coverage into account
It avoids delimitation and counters subject differences to
balance the scales
SNIP shows differences due to journal quality and not citation behavior
On top of CiteScore, 2 other metrics to compare journals,SJR & SNIP:
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• Elsevier adopted these 2 metrics which counter some of the limitations
of Impact Factor
• Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
• SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
• Corrections entail
1. Normalising across subjects (SNIP)
2. Weighting according to the citing journal (SJR)
The two different impact metrics are all based on methodologies
developed by external bibliometricians and use Scopus as the data
source.
More information available http://www.journalmetrics.com/
On top of CiteScore metrics: SJR & SNIP to compare journals
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A. Journal metrics
Via the Scopus sources list
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Journal metrics in Scopus Sources:
transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
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Journal metrics in Scopus Sources:
transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
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Journal metrics in Scopus Sources:
transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
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Journal metrics in Scopus Sources:
transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
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B. Journal metrics
via the “compare journal” feature
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The feature “Compare journal”: what is it?
It gives users a comparative overview of the journal landscape, showing how
titles in a given field are performing relative to each other
The objective data is presented in an easy, comprehensive graphical format
comparing citations of max. 10 journals from over 21,000 peer reviewed
journals from today all the way back to 1996
Data is updated bi-monthly to ensure currency
Its value for Administrators/Librarians
Identify journals and view their details and performance over time. Insuring you are
investing in the most influential and relevant journals
SNIP and SJR can also help you in your advisory role with your faculty to help them
identify the most impactful Journals even in niche areas
Its value for Researchers
Search for journals in a specific field, identify influential journal and who publishes them
Decide where to publish and get the best visibility for your work
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CiteScore measures
average citations
received per document
in the serial
Journal metrics in Scopus via the feature “compare journals”
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SJR is a prestige metric
and weights citations
according to the status the
citing journal
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“Using the Impact Factor alone to judge a journal
is like using weight alone to judge
a person’s health.”
Source: The Joint Committee on Quantitative Assessment of Research: “Citation
Statistics”, a report from the International Mathematical Union
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• Citations
• Scholarly Activity (Mendeley readers + CiteULike saves)
• Scholarly Commentary
- Provided by Altmetric.com
- Measures scholarly conversation in Blogs, Post-publication
Peer-Review sites, wikipedia
• Mass Media
- Provided by Altmetric.com based on conversation in Reuters and
National Public Radio
• Social Activity
- Provided by altmetric.com
- Number of times an article has stimulated social media comment
- Current sources covered are: Twitter, Facebook, Google+,
Reddit, Pinterest
Article level metrics in Scopus
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# of citations accrued since publication
CITATION COUNT
A simple measure of attention for a particular article,
journal or researcher. As with all citation-based measures,
it is important to be aware of citation practices. The paper
“Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency”
(http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id
=2344585) lists 33 different ways to increase citations.
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
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# of citations received by a document
expected # of citations for similar documents
FIELD-WEIGHTED
CITATION IMPACT (FWCI)
Similar documents are ones in the same discipline,
of the same type (e.g., article, letter, review) and of the
same age. An FWCI of 1 means that the output performs
just as expected against the global average. More than
1 means that the output is more cited than expected
according to the global average; for example,
1.48 means 48% more cited than expected.
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
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# of users who added an article into
their personal scholarly collaboration
network library
SCHOLARLY
ACTIVITY ONLINE
The website How Can I Share It? links to publisher
sharing policies, voluntary principles for article sharing
on scholarly collaboration networks, and places to share
that endorse these principles, including Mendeley, figshare,
SSRN and others. http://www.howcanishareit.com
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
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# of mentions in scientific blogs
and/or academic websites
SCHOLARLY
COMMENTARY ONLINE
Investigating beyond the count to actual mentions by
scholars could uncover possible future research
collaborators or opportunities to add to the promotion
and tenure portfolio. These mentions can be found in
the Scopus Article Metrics module and within free and
subscription altmetric tools and services.
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
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SOCIAL ACTIVITY ONLINE
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
# of mentions on micro-blogging sites
Micro-blogging sites may include Twitter, Facebook,
Google+ and others. Reporting on this attention is
becoming more common in academic CVs as a way
to supplement traditional citation-based metrics,
which may take years to accumulate. They may also
be open to gaming (http://www.altmetric.com/blog
gaming-altmetrics).
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# of mentions in mass or popular media
MEDIA MENTIONS
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
Media mentions are valued indicators of social impact
as they often highlight the potential impact of the
research on society. Sources could include an
institution’s press clipping service or an altmetric
provider. Mendeley, Scopus (Article Metrics module),
Pure and SciVal also report on mass media.
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compares items of same age, subject area
& document type over an 18-month window
PERCENTILE BENCHMARK
(ARTICLES)
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
The higher the percentile benchmark, the better. This
is available in Scopus for citations, and also for
Mendeley readership and tweets. Particularly useful
for authors as a way to contextualize citation counts
for journal articles as an indicator of academic impact.
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Article level metrics in Scopus
• Scholarly Activity
(E.g Mendeley
readers)
• Scholarly
Commentary
- Altmetric.com
- Blogs, Wikipedia
• Mass Media
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Google+
- Reddit
- Pinterest
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Article level metrics:
Social Activity
Scholarly Activity
Scholarly Commentary
Mass Media
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6) CONCLUSIONS
Scopus is the only database provider to use a combination of algorithm
and manual corrections on such a large A&I database.
As a result users benefit from some of the best author profiles in the
industry
We realize that Author Profiles are not perfect, but we strive for the best
possible quality .
Through constant algorithm enhancements, profile re-evaluations, manual
feedback and professional profiling services (i.e. SciVal Experts) our
profiles are increasing in both accuracy and completeness.
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Scopus Profiles are…
• Comprehensive (~ 12 million Author Profiles and 8.5 million
Affiliation Profiles)
• Easy to integrate (via RSS or the Scopus APIs)
• Widely used (interoperable with ORCID, VIVO)
• Are algorithmically created and can be manually updated
and corrected (unlike the competition)
Two ways profiles are used…
For Research (qualitative) :
• I search for a paper and then use author names to look for more content so I can
learn more.
• I look for an author so that I can see their work or collaborate with them.
For Metrics (quantitative) :
• I want to know how many papers a particular author puts out so I can measure
them (or myself!).
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The most powerful
ALGORITHMIC
data processing in the industry
MANUAL feedback via
the Author Feedback
Wizard
Groups papers to a profile with high degree of
accuracy based on matching of name, email,
affiliation, subject area, citations, co-authors,...
Combines the starting point from the algorithm
profiles and the manual feedback to create the
most accurate profiles with the least effort.
Scopus Author Profiles
The Universe of Research
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‘Temporary’
profile
becomes
a
new
single
author
profile
‘Temporary’ profile gets merged with
existing profile
MERGE③
• Reference
• Source title
• Subj. area
• Co-Author
MERGE②
•Normalized
keywords
•Title
•Abstract
MERGE①
Strongest
criteria
Affiliation
Email
FILTER
•Name
•Publication
Year Gap
•Co-Author
(e.g. now 300
matches
remaining)
‘Temporary’
profile
created
Search
existing
profiles &
find
candidates
(e.g. finds 1000
matches)
Incomin
g
Article
Remove
unmatched
profiles (e.g. 700)
New algorithm
enhancement
Current process
STEP1 STEP2 STEP3 STEP4INPUT OUTPUT
UNCOMMON
NAME
COMMON NAME
An algorithm processes every new article…
Profile is searchable when a new article is being processed
UNCOMMON NAME
match match match
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How do we look at Author Profile quality?
• Precision
• Precision is defined as average percentage (%) of articles that belong to
same author profile
• Recall
• Recall is defined as average percentage (%) of author’s publications that
are in the author’s largest single .5% profile
Current Levels for entire dataset:
Precision – 97.24 (+/- 1.6) %, Recall – 92.59 (+/- 1.6) %
Expected improvements:
Precision - 99%, Recall – 95%
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Why do we need feedback (in some cases)
to get to 100% accuracy of profile?
slide 83
• Variations in input metadata (received from publishers) makes it impossible
to profile with 100% accuracy
• Authors with high frequency names publishing in same fields and in some
cases within same affiliation and department
• Author changing the field in which they publish
• Author moving to a different affiliation
• Women changing last name upon marriage
• Author publishing with a new name variant
• Mixed name styles: Hong Kong, Singapore, Chinese authors in Western
countries
• Variation in use of local or English language for affiliations in input articles
• Ex: Free Universities of Brussels (English) and Université Libre de
Bruxelles (French)
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Many researchers that too closely
resemble one another.
Dr. Smith Dr. Smith Dr. Smith
Researchers publish
under name variations.
Dr. Smith
Dr. J. Smith
Dr. James Smith
The Challenge: Scholarly Name Ambiguity
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Dr. James Smith
46533489
ORCID Mission:
ORCID aims to solve the name
ambiguity problem in research
and scholarly communications by
creating a central registry of
unique identifiers for individual
researchers
The Solution: The ORCID Registry
Original Researcher Contributor ID
Dr. Smith
Dr. J. Smith
Dr. James Smith
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Enter via Scopus2ORCID
Wizard or from ORCID
ORCID.org
Scopus2ORCID: Easy ORCID Set Up
orcid.scopusfeedback.com
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# of items published by an individual
or group of individuals
DOCUMENT COUNT
A researcher using document count should also provide
a list of document titles with links. If authors use an
ORCID iD – a persistent scholarly identifier – they can
draw on numerous sources for document count
including Scopus, ResearcherID, CrossRef and PubMed.
Register for an ORCID iD at http://orcid.org.
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
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the h-index indicates both the number of publications and
the number of citations per publication
H-index
1. h-index : Measures the productivity and impact
of a scientist’s published work
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The h-index: Hirsch index or Hirsch number
In other words: An author has an index of
18 if he has published at least 18 papers;
each of which has been cited at least 18
times (Published by Jorge E. Hirsch in August 2005)
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# of articles in the collection (h) that
have received at least (h) citations over
the whole period
h-INDEX
For example, an h-index of 8 means that 8 of the
collection’s articles have each received at least 8 citations.
h-index is not skewed by a single highly cited paper,
nor by a large number of poorly cited documents.
This flexible measure can be applied to any collection
of citable documents. Related h-type indices emphasize
other factors, such as newness or citing outputs’ own
citation counts (http://www.harzing.com/pop_hindex.htm).
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
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How to track the impact of your publications?
2. The citations per year : the total number of citations
received per year for an author’s published work
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How to track the impact of your publications?
3. By monitoring your article:
Social Activity
Scholarly Activity
Scholarly Commentary
Mass Media
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extent to which a research entity’s
documents are present in the most-cited
percentiles of a data universe
OUTPUTS IN TOP
PERCENTILES
https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
Found within SciVal, Outputs in Top Percentiles can
be field weighted. It indicates how many articles are
in the top 1%, 5%, 10% or 25% of the most cited
documents. Quick way to benchmark groups of
researchers.
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Source: University selection by students (IDP Research)
The Russian 5/100 program aims to have at
least 5 Russian universities in the top 100
universities by 2020
Do rankings matter?
85% of students find university ranking
important in their selection of a university
33% of students find university ranking as
the most important factor, followed by
employer recognition 21%
Students & Parents
University Management
David Willets (former UK Universities & Science
minister):
“We broadly accept the criteria used by the THE,
which is why our policies are focused on the
same areas.”
Policy Makers
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All rankings have their strengths and potential
disadvantages and we do not rank the rankings!
• We believe in working on fundamentals with a “basket of
metrics”, always as a complement to peer opinion
• Informed decisions are better decisions
• Metrics should complement, not replace human judgment
• Well-selected metrics drive positive behaviors
• Metrics does not only mean bibliometrics
• Metrics can help monitor and eliminate biases
• Assessments are costly, but availability of new tools help bring
cost down
• Data sources to cover humanities are becoming more
complete
A quick recap on Elsevier’s position on overall position
on university rankings and metrics in general
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Scopus data underpins
a portfolio of research solutions and tools
SCOPUS DATA
Scopus.com SciVal.com
Analytical
Services
APIs
Scopus
Custom Data
Pure
Mendeley
…
METRICS
RESEARCH OUTCOMES
*Analytical Services refers to the use of Scopus Custom data (and other data) in
reports, assessment exercises, rankings and other Custom Data commercial projects.
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Bibliometric data providers and ranking agencies
• ~30% of ranking agencies use bibliometric data of which 90% use citations in some form. The
70% not relying on bibliometric data rely a.o. on (student) surveys, research funding, admissions
and entrances
• 3 global ranking agencies dominate: ARWU, QS and THE. QS and THE use Scopus as the
exclusive source for bibliometric data. ARWU uses TR data for world ranking but Scopus for China
rankings
• Of the 15 global ranking agencies that use bibliometric data 8 are using Scopus of which 5
exclusive.
Scopus unique Shared with TR
Scopus provides bibliometric data for these rankings:
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A closer look at…
• Use Scopus:
- 2007-2009: Under QS
partnership
- Since Oct. 2014: Directly from
Elsevier
• Rankings existing: World University,
Reputation, Asia, Top 100 Under 50
(Young Universities), Africa
Universities, BRICS & Emerging
Economies, Rankings by Subject
• Data provided: citation score,
number of papers per faculty, number
of internationally co-authored papers
• Affiliations: SciVal institutions
• Support:
- Reputation data: Elsevier runs
the reputation survey using
Elsevier author list for THE
- Affiliation handling: Affiliation
corrections, mergers, split, etc.
handled with THE for the
respective universities
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A closer look at…
• Uses Scopus since 2007
• Rankings: World University, World
University Rankings by Subject, Asia,
Arab Region, BRICs, EECA, Latin
America, Top 50 Under 50
• Data provided:
- Scopus raw data
- Sharing SciVal institution profiles
- (Re)classification of
multidisciplinary articles
• Affiliations: Scopus profiles
• Support is provided at the level of
Scopus data corrections incl. those
related to affiliations
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Ongoing content curation of the Scopus base to ensure
continuous high quality content
Identification of poor
performing journals
using metrics and
benchmarks
“Radar” to predict
journals with outlier
performance
Direct feedback from
users and
stakeholders on poor
performing journals
Re-evaluation by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB)
Content Curation
Curation of the full Scopus journal base is essential and expected by
our customers and users.
Review:
Curate:
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Get Involved
https://blog.scopus.com/get-involved
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Thank you!
[..] the intertwined tree and vine represent
a fruitful relationship […]
the logo represents […] the symbiotic
relationship between publisher and
scholar. The addition of the Non Solus
inscription reinforces the message that
publishers, like the elm tree, are needed to
provide sturdy support for scholars, just as
surely as scholars, the vine, are needed to
produce fruit.
Publishers and scholars cannot do it
alone. They need each other. This
remains as apt a representation of the
relationship between Elsevier and its
authors today – neither dependent, nor
independent, but interdependent.
Non Solus – Not Alone