Thomson Reuters Citations & dual role of being the driver for expanding scientific knowledge and for supporting research evaluation MASSIMILIANO CARLONI May 2016
The importance of a true Citation Index Citation Connection: Thomson Reuters Agenda: Citations & dual role of being the driver for expanding scientific knowledge and for supporting research evaluation The importance of a true Citation Index Citation Connection: Research is not only articles: conference proceedings and books. Going beyond standard document types: patents and datasets. The growing importance of some countries (BRICK) and related Thomson Reuters strategy Citation Connection: some figures All databases functionalities (topic search mapping, indexing backbone, different information layers) The importance of backfiles The Cited Reference Search: a day by day tool Normalized citations data: the only way to really support evalution Misleading effects of using a single indicator (Other) Leiden Manifesto recommendations Example of a bibliometrics custom report: some evidences