2019-10-09 Citation databases and social networks for researchers: measuring research impact and disseminating results - exercise Elisavet Koutzamani elisavet.koutzamani@liu.se Linköping University Library Linköpings universitet

Agenda Facts about: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar 2019-10-09 Agenda Facts about: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar Online searches in: Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar Practical session with exercises Linköpings universitet

Agenda Facts about: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar 2019-10-09 Agenda Facts about: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar Online searches in: Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar Practical session with exercises Linköpings universitet

Citation databases – functions Topic search Citation tracking Author metrics (h-index) Journal evaluation Impact factor SNIP

When to use citation databases? 2019-10-09 When to use citation databases? You to find articles with your research area! How many times have my articles been cited? Who is citing my papers? Which is my h-index? Which journals are most frequently used within my field? Which journals have had the highest impact within my field? Linköpings universitet

Citation databases Content: 12 000 journals as well as conference proceedings and book series Inclusion criteria: Transparent journal selection process Content: 22 000 journals as well as conference series, trade publications and book series Covers all journals in Medline (the core of PubMed) and Embase (pharmacological database) Inclusion criteria: Transparent journal selection process Content: scholarly literature; articles, theses, books, abstracts, patents, etc Inclusion criteria: No transparency “Which specific journals do you cover? Ahem, we index papers, not journals. … ”

Citation databases – journal coverage The citation databases cover a broad range of journals within different fields BUT The coverage of individual fields can be weak and uneven within and between the databases

- Core Collection WoS Core collection includes: 12000 journals 2019-10-09 - Core Collection WoS Core collection includes: 12000 journals 160 000 conference proceedings Updated weekly Linköpings universitet

Register for an account in Web of Science 2019-10-09 Register for an account in Web of Science Linköpings universitet

Formulate a search question 2019-10-09 Formulate a search question How can mesenchymal stem cells differentiate in vitro to insulin producing cells for the treatment of diabetes? Linköpings universitet

Topic search in Web of Science 2019-10-09 Topic search in Web of Science Linköpings universitet

Different reasons for citing publications 2019-10-09 Different reasons for citing publications Give credit to ideas, concepts, methodology and empirical findings of others Identify related body of work Provide background reading Correct the work of other’s Criticize previous work Dispute the claims of others to have been first with the work Maintaining of professional and/or social connections Raise citation count/self-citation Ease of access to the cited work The cited publication is frequently cited by other authors in the field Mijnhardt, W. (2011). Reasons for citation; why would you cite an author or the work? [blog], February 1st. https://rmimr.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/reasons-for-citation-why-would-you-cite-an-author-or-the-work [2015-11-02] Linköpings universitet

- Citation Network

Get updated when the article is cited - Citation Network older articles newer articles related articles Get updated when the article is cited

- Analyze results Analyze results for identifying trends and patterns For example if you wnat ot know which journals is are frequently occuring within the dataset This function allows you to group and rank records in a results set by extracting data values from a variety of fields. Use this function to find the most prevalent authors in a particular field of study or generate a list of institutions ranked by record count based on your search query. Usage Count The Usage Count is a measure of the level of interest in a specific item on the Web of Science platform. The count reflects the number of times the article has met a user’s information needs as demonstrated by clicking links to the full-length article at the publisher’s website (via direct link or Open-Url) or by saving the article for use in a bibliographic management tool (via direct export or in a format to be imported later).

Identify trends and patterns - Analyze results Identify trends and patterns

– h-index Conduct an author search – select from index when needed

– h-index

– h-index

2019-10-09 Task The citation databases Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar provide amongst other bibliometric data on the author level. Reflect on if any problems can occur when obtaining data via an author search! If so, what can you do to avoid the problem? Linköpings universitet

– h-index How to identify your publications from a result’s list containing publications from multiple authors? Refine by choosing: organization or affiliation or etc Review the results list and mark the publications to be included by selecting the checkbox and then choose ”Add to marked list”. The publications are then added to the ”Marked list” and can be analyzed further from there.

ORCID Search for a researcher’s ORCID ID at http://orcid.org

- author identifiers Create a new citation report Search by ORCID-number instead of name Create a new citation report

Author identifier tools The solution to author name ambiguity 2019-10-09 Author identifier tools The solution to author name ambiguity ORCID: go to http://orcid.org and register Researcher ID (via Web of Science): go to http://www.researcherid.com/ and register. Link your Researcher ID to your ORCID Linköpings universitet

- Journal Citation Reports

- Journal Citation Reports Search by title or ISSN

- Journal Citation Reports Journal profile

- Journal Citation Reports

- Journal Citation Reports Journal titles within a category ranked by impact factor

21 000 peer reviewed journals 367 trade publications 2019-10-09 Register for an account in Scopus Updated daily Scopus includes: 21 000 peer reviewed journals 367 trade publications Over 400 book series 6.4 million conference papers Linköpings universitet

21 000 peer reviewed journals 367 trade publications 2019-10-09 Register for an account in Scopus Updated daily Scopus includes: 21 000 peer reviewed journals 367 trade publications Over 400 book series 6.4 million conference papers Linköpings universitet

Offers same search possibilities/functions as WoS: 2019-10-09 Offers same search possibilities/functions as WoS: 1) Structure the search in blocks 2) Analyze search results visual analys of the results 3) View citation overview h-index Linköpings universitet

- author search using tab ”Document search” 2019-10-09 - author search using tab ”Document search” View citation overview Linköpings universitet

- author search using tab ”Authors” 2019-10-09 - author search using tab ”Authors” Search by name or ORCID Linköpings universitet

- author search using tab ”Authors” 2019-10-09 - author search using tab ”Authors” Choose author profile Linköpings universitet

- author search using tab ”Author search” 2019-10-09 - author search using tab ”Author search” Analyze author output! Linköpings universitet

Author identifier tools The solution to author name ambiguity 2019-10-09 Author identifier tools The solution to  author name ambiguity ORCID: go to http://orcid.org and register. E-mail your ORCID to ep@ep.liu.se Researcher ID (via Web of Science): go to http://www.researcherid.com/ and register. Link your Researcher ID to your ORCID Scopus author ID – is automatically assigned to an author. Use the tab Author search in Scopus to find your profile together with your author ID. Link your Scopus Author ID with ORCID. Linköpings universitet

- Compare sources

- Compare sources

2019-10-09 Create your profile using My profile Access via https://liu.se/biblioteket/databaser to obtain additional functions available only to LiU students and LiU employees Linköpings universitet

– advanced search Limits: Only the first 1000 results are displayed 2019-10-09 – advanced search Limits: Only the first 1000 results are displayed A maximun of 256 characters can be used in the search boxes Linköpings universitet

2019-10-09 – advanced search Linköpings universitet

How to obtain metrics based on Google Scholar data? 2019-10-09 How to obtain metrics based on Google Scholar data? Create My profile in Google Scholar Download the software programe ”Publish or Perish”, https://harzing.com/resources/publish-or- perish Linköpings universitet

A public user profile in Google Scholar with h-index 2019-10-09 A public user profile in Google Scholar with h-index Web of Science h-index: 32 Scopus h-index: 34 Google Scholar h-index: 41 Web of Science hits: 119 Scopus hits : 142 Google Scholar hits: 269 Linköpings universitet

LiUB bibliometrics web site 2019-10-09 LiUB bibliometrics web site https://liu.se/en/library/publishing Contact: bibliometri@bibl.liu.se Linköpings universitet

2019-10-09 Time for exercises! Linköpings universitet

Elisavet Koutzamani elisavet.koutzamani@liu.se 2019-10-09 Linköpings universitet