1. Research Productivity: Importance, Measurements & Approaches for Improvement
Dr. Mohammed A. A. Abdulaziz
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Health
Faculty of Public Health & Health Informatics
Umm Al-Qura University

2. Importance of Research Productivity
World University Rankings
National Research Performance Report
Academic Accreditation
Deanship of Scientific Research Report
Faculty Promotion

3. World University Rankings
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

4. World University Rankings
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings
% weighing
Individual indicators
Overall indicators
15 %
4.5 %
2.25 %
6 %
Reputation survey
Staff-to-student ratio
Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio
Doctorates awarded-to-academic staff ratio
Institutional income
Teaching (the learning environment)
18 %
Research income
Research publication
Research (volume, income and reputation)
30 %
Citation impact (Normalized average citation per paper)
Citations (research influence)
2.5 %
International-to-domestic-student ratio
International-to-domestic-staff ratio
International collaboration
International outlook (staff, students, research)
Research income from industries
Industry income (knowledge transfer)

5. National Research Performance Report

6. Academic Accreditation
NCAAA

7. Deanship of Scientific Research Report
1- Published by Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) every six months.
2- It gives statistical information on the percentage of submitted proposal for grants of each college or institute belongs to the University in comparison with the total proposal submitted.
3- It gives information on the submitted proposal for each program in the college and the total amount of the required budget

8. Faculty Members Promotion
Assistant Professor
الحد الادنى للإنتاج العلمي المطلوب للتقدم للترقية إلى أستاذ مشارك أربع وحدات منشورة أو مقبوله للنشر، اثنتان منها على الاقل عمل منفرد
Associate Professor
الحد الادنى للإنتاج العلمي المطلوب للتقدم للترقية إلى أستاذ ست وحدات منشورة أو مقبوله للنشر،منها ثلاث وحدات على الاقل عمل منفرد
Professor

9. Research Productivity Measurement
Importance
Decision making
College mission
Benchmarking

10. What to measure? 1. Number of Research Publications 2. Citations
Articles
Reviews
Conference proceeding
Letter to the editor
2. Citations
Web of Science
Scopus
Google Scholar

11. Number of Research Publications
It is affected by:-
Variations in research capacity,
Relative funding
Volume is no indicator of quality

12. Before writing your manuscript
Remember That:- Getting acceptance from high impact journal is not an easy job

13. While writing your manuscript
“Take home” Message
Language
Manuscript Structure
Instruction for Author
Cover Letter

14. Before submission the manuscript
Plagiarism
Authorship misconduct
Choosing a Journal
Pre-submission enquiry

15. Searching for high-impact Journal
Avoid predatory publishers
Misleading metrics
Select ISI Journals
Science Citation-indexed expanded (SCIE)
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
Emerging Source Citation Index (ESCI)

16. Predatory Publishers What is predatory publisher?
Number of predatory publishers
Predatory publishers list

17. Predatory Publishers

18. Misleading Metrics

19. ISI Journals Journal Citation Report (JCR) Journals by field
Impact factors
Journal by quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3 & Q4)

20. How to select the ISI journals?

21. King Abdullah Library

22. Information databases

23. Saudi Digital Library (SDL)

24. Change the Language

25. English Databases

26. Web of Science

27. Journal Citation Report (JCR)

28. Journal Citation Report (JCR)

29. Journal by Categories

30. Journal by Categories

31. Journal by Quartiles

32. Citation
ISI
Scopus
Google scholar

33. Citation Self citation will not be accounted anymore Author Co-Author
Research group
Department
College
University

34. H-index
In 2005, physicist Jorge E. Hirsch developed the h-index as a process for quantifying the output of an individual researcher.

35. Approaches for Improvement
Research emphasis
Positive group climate
Communication
Mentoring

36. Approaches for Improvement
Collaboration
Resources
Sufficient time
Rewards

37. RECOMMENDATIONS
Scientific research is an effective and short way for getting reputation
Communication of manuscripts to web of science journals
Subscription for Q1 Journals of different fields by the Library Deanship
Indicate our college address clearly in your affiliation
All are encouraged to register in web of science, Scopus and Google scholar

38. REFERENCES
Emad M. El-Omar, How to publish a scientific manuscript in a high-impact journal, Advances in Digestive Medicine (2014) 1,
KACST, Research Performance Indicators Report, Sept 2011
Hanover Research, Building a Culture of Research: Recommended Practices, Hanover Research, May 2014, 1700 K Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20006

39. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION