Best Practices and Strategies to Achieve Scopus Publication KPIs through Human Resource and Structural Optimization Prof. Dr. Amran Rasli

Components of presentation UTM Publication Best Practices and Strategies to Achieve Scopus Publication KPIs Human Resource and Structural Optimization Ethical Issues

UTM Publication

Welcome to UTM Website UTM: www.utm.my Engineering vs Social Science

Everything begins with a KPI The same applies to UTM. This is our publication KPI for 2015: Published articles in SCOPUS/Web of Science (WOS)/Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 6,500

Performance Must Always be Compared 2014 2015 Improvement (%) 1st Q 2nd Q 3rd Q # Pub Scopus WOS Article Conference Review Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Imp. Factor 1st Quarter: Good Focus on High Impact Publications Overall reduction in Conference is Good Sign Increase in Review paper in 3rd Quarter will set traction for Citations But why so much RED?

Scenarios must always be planned

Measure everyone Measurement based on: Scival and Google Scholar

Collaborate, as no man is an island

Celebrate success

You need a game plan

BEST PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE SCOPUS PUBLICATION KPIs (Faculty approach)

Promotional Policy Based on publication, research, teaching (including supervision of PhD students), consultancy and community service

POLISI & KRITERIA KENAIKAN PANGKAT STAF AKADEMIK http://registrar.utm.my/hcm/files/2014/08/KRITERIA-KENAIKAN-PANGKAT-STAF-AKADEMIK-VERSI-TERKINI-NOVEMBER-2014.ppt

KRITERIA PENYELIDIKAN & PENERBITAN

NOTA RUJUKAN : Bagi jawatan DS54 ke VK07, calon hendaklah memperolehi sekurang-kurangnya dua (2) PI atas jawatan semasa. Bagi jawatan VK07 ke VK06, calon hendaklah memperolehi sekurang-kurangnya tiga (3) PI atas jawatan semasa. Bagi jawatan VK06 ke VK05, calon hendaklah memperolehi sekurang-kurangnya empat (4) PI atas jawatan semasa. i. Jumlah melebihi minimum perolehan dana dalam setiap kategori boleh diambilkira untuk memenuhi kriteria perolehan dana ii. 30% daripada jumlah dana bagi jawatan yang dipohon dan mesti diperolehi atas jawatan semasa. iii. Merujuk kepada perkara (ii), bagi permohonan ke jawatan VK07 dan ke atas mestilah dana dari geran luar. i. Ditakrifkan sebagai jurnal yang diindeks oleh ISI / WOS dan SCOPUS sahaja bagi sains dan teknologi dan TIDAK TERMASUK Prosiding Terindeks. Untuk bidang Sains Sosial termasuk Jurnal yang diindeks oleh Excellence Research Australia (ERA). ii. Bagi staf yang berumur 48 tahun ke atas, kesetaraan yang diambilkira adalah penerbitan paper sebelum 1 Januari 2011: a. 3 paper in indexed proceeding = 1 indexed journal b. 5 paper in non indexed journal = 1 indexed journal c. 10 paper in proceeding = 1 indexed journal Bagi permohonan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred VK07 dan ke atas untuk bidang sains teknologi, 15 jurnal diperolehi atas jawatan semasa, dan 5 daripadanya mestilah dari jurnal ISI. Bagi permohonan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred VK07 untuk bidang sains sosial, 10 jurnal diperolehi atas jawatan semasa, dan 3 daripadanya mestilah dari jurnal ISI. (H) Bagi permohonan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred VK06 untuk bidang sains sosial, 15 jurnal diperolehi atas jawatan semasa, dan 4 daripadanya mestilah dari jurnal ISI. (I) Bagi permohonan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred VK05 untuk bidang sains sosial, 15 jurnal diperolehi atas jawatan semasa, dan 5 daripadanya mestilah dari jurnal ISI. Rujukan singkatan : VK-PU : Profesor Penyelidikan Utama VK-PP : Profesor Penyelidikan & Pengajaran VK-PK : Profesor Penyelidikan & Perkhidmatan PI : Penyelidik Utama

Supervisor Development Program (AS102) Academic staff with less than 5 years experience in PhD supervision must undergo 15 hours of training to qualify as doctoral student supervisor Critical module: Publication for graduation (3 hours)

Supervision and Publication Refer UTM graduate studies rules and regulations “normal PhD” PhD by publication

Getting Students’ Research Papers Published: Where? PhD: 1 ISI indexed journal paper Masters by research: 1 Scopus and 1 book chapter Masters by mixed-mode: 1 non-indexed journal and 1 book chapter Undergraduate thesis: 1 non-indexed journal or 1 book chapter

HUMAN RESOURCE AND STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION

Publication Workshop Create Champions For Scopus For ISI Small groups (15 academics and 15 PG students from FoM, FIS, FBE and FoE) 1st meeting (how to write) 2 weeks break 2nd meeting (simulated review process) Submission If good, ≥ Scopus If OK, indexed journals (e.g. Sains Humanika)

Publication Workshop is designed to eliminate fear

Create Publication Pathways UTM has 15 journals Only Jurnal Teknologi is Scopus Indexed Sains Humanika to be Scopus Indexed by end of 2017 Chief Editor: Prof Dr Rosli Ilias Chief Editor: Prof Dr Amran Rasli

Promote Publication to the max

Participation in Conferences Supported if backed by minimum Scopus Indexed journals Special issues vs proceedings

Faculty based Incentives Funding for conferences Bigger allocation if academic staff had papers published in a Scopus or impact factored journal in the previous year Funding for proof reading Usage of research grant or faculty allocation for editorial work

Policy for Publication

Policy for Publication

Policy for Publication

University based Incentives Empowering the Library Payment indexed publication Scopus publication ISI publication

Developing an On-line System RADIS

Developing an On-line System RADIS

Celebrate our Prolific Writers By research alliance By individual

Celebrating groups and individuals on a yearly basis with rewards

The Way Forward Enhance publication in Q1 journals Joint publication Problems for Social Scientists Need to reinvent ourselves Joint publication Reputable Journal Editorial Board The route to global branding of UTM academics: citation, citation, citation How? Hot topics Self promotion (own website, research gate, Linked in etc)

The Era of Self Promotion

ETHICAL ISSUES

Gift Authorship Inclusions, among the authors, of an individual who does not fulfill the requirement for authorship. It is common practice to oblige some seniors or colleagues http://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/12245125.pdf

Pressured Authorship A person when use his position of authority in order to be included as an author, regardless of not being qualified is referred as pressured authorship.

Ghost Authorship It is referred to denial of authorship of individuals who played an effective part in the work and were qualified for authorship

Duplicate Submission Is defined as publication of a paper that overlaps substantially with one already published. Most biomedical journals will not consider manuscripts that are simultaneously being considered by most quality journals. For practical purposes, any article that has similar or near similar hypothesis, sample characteristics, methodology, results and conclusions to a published article is a duplicate article, and if it is republished without the knowledge of the editors, it is called duplicate publication. The authors of the duplicate manuscript may be the same, as in most cases, but it may also be a different author(s) publishing the same article without the knowledge of the initial author(s).

Salami Publication On the other hand, slicing of data from a single research process or gathered during a single study period, into different pieces, creating individual manuscripts from each piece, and publishing these to different journals or even the same journal is called 'salami publication' or 'salami slicing'. In case of salami publications, readers have to read more than one article to get full information and a clear idea. Hence most reputable journals strongly discourages such publications. Here it is very difficult to find out salami publication as clever authors ensure to hide the dates of research work if they intend to send salami publication to the journal. Self-regulations and strict vigilance from the Heads of the Departments/Institutes can also help to overcome this problem

Plagiarism Is the use of another's ideas words and work in part or in whole without attributing it to the original source? It is not only unethical but it is a copyright violation. Those interested in knowing detail legal implication of plagiarism can log on www.plagiarism.org. This problem is also widely prevalent but many a times reasons may be ignorance on the part of new authors who are not made aware of this by their seniors. The awareness and strict peer reviewing can help to overcome this problem.

Publications which add no new information to knowledge base Many a time articles are submitted to journals which add no new information to medical knowledge base. This problem starts with the choice of the research topic and also reflects the problem in research methodology being adopted in medical institutions. We believe that it is unethical to spend resources on research if that research does not add any thing new to knowledge base. Thus, it is very important to answer these research questions before starting any research: What is already known about this topic? What does your work add to the existing body of knowledge? What is new (i.e. not already reported) in your work? (methodology/results/ conclusions)?

Scientific Fraud This is not a new problem especially in the history of Medicine. Many examples are there when studies have been retracted after becoming evident that they are fraud and cooked. Fabrication (altering truthful information) and Falsification (Inventing information where none previously existed) are the common types of scientific frauds. Published account suggest that paper containing recognizable fraudulent material is very low probably less than 0.02%. Self regulation, scientific audits and asking for the detail record of research data from the authors can help to certain extent to overcome this problem. Moreover, Institutional, Departmental Heads and Local Ethics Committees should have a supervisory role over the publications from the institutes. The institutes and/or Departments should keep a record of publications from their researchers and academicians along with the preliminary data supporting the research findings.

My Final Comments Avoid Unethical Thoughts

Let’s not be Desperados Avoid predatory journals at all cost. . . Your publication in these journals may haunt you later!!!

Except work harder. . . .