1. Make me famous: quick guide to citation benchmarking
UTS Library: Meijun Huang and Helen Chan 2 November 2018

2. Here’s the plan for today:
UTS Library
Here’s the plan for today:
Welcome!
Introduction to benchmarking
Common citation indicators
Tools:
SciVal
InCites

3. What’s one thing you’d like to know / ask / discuss?

4. UTS Library
Library web site

5. Use cases for citation benchmarking
UTS Library
Use cases for citation benchmarking
Career planning
Applying for work
Grant applications
Promotion
Finding collaborators

6. Common citation indicators
UTS Library
Common citation indicators
h-index
g-index = top g articles ≤ g2 citations
m-index = h-index ÷ (# years of activity)
Outputs
Total outputs
Total citations
Average # citations
Documents in top % (1%, 10%, 25%)
Field-weighted citation impact (FWCI)
Category-normalised citation impact (CNCI)
1.00 = world average
0.80 = 20% below average
1.10 = 10% above average

7. Example from RIO’s grants guide
UTS Library
Example from RIO’s grants guide

8. SciVal InCites Citation data = Scopus
UTS Library
SciVal
InCites
Citation data = Scopus
Metrics: h-index, CiteScore, SNIP, SJR, altmetrics, FWCI, collaboration
Company = Elsevier
Citation data = Web of Science Core Collection
Metrics: h-index, JIF, Eigenfactor, CNCI, altmetrics, highly cited papers, collaboration
Company = Clarivate Analytics

9. UTS Library
Questions?