1. Annamarie du Preez Head: Frik Scott Medical Library annamari@ufs.ac.za
CSIS6813
Annamarie du Preez
Head:
Frik Scott Medical Library
February 26, 2019

2. Overview
Bibliometrics
Referencing
Referencing software
Assessment

3. bibliometrics
Bibliometrics is a set of methods to quantitatively analyse academic literature.
Determine the “best” journals in your field
impact factors
Determine journals earning DHET subsidies
Determine prolific authors in a field
Researcher profiles: h-index

4. 1. Best journals: Impact factor
A measure of the frequency with which its published papers are cited up to two years after publication.
Calculation: for any given journal a count is made each year of the total number of times all its articles, reviews, proceedings or notes from the previous two years were cited during the current year. This number is then divided by the total number of “citable” items published by the same journal over the same two year period. Items deemed as “non-citable” such as editorials or letters to the editor are excluded.

5. 1. Best journals: Impact factor: Examples
In 2009 Econometrics had 392 citations to items it published in 2007 and 2008, during which time period it published 98 items in total. The 2009 impact factor is derived from dividing 392 by 98, resulting in
The Lancet received 18,270 cites in 2009 to articles it published in from a total of 594 articles altogether, producing a 2009 impact factor of

6. 1. Best journals: Impact factor: Limitations
Assesses a journal’s overall influence, and not that of individual papers or specific researchers.
Selective coverage of titles - very often South African journals do not feature.
Issues:
Some disagreement about whether letters, editorials, etc should count as “citable” articles.
Journals that publish more review articles are likely to get a higher number of cites than those which publish more research reports.
You can only compare impact factors within a subject area. Differences in citation patterns can make any other comparison meaningless (e.g. average for general medicine is 3.17, while for mathematics it is 0.71)

7. 1. Best journals: Impact factor
Access is through the Journal Citation Reports (JCR):
UFS
Library
Electronic resources
Accept
Databases
Web of Science
Journal Citation Reports
Search either on an individual journal title or on a category to see rankings
can export category lists

8. Impact factor: access

9. 3. Determining journals earning DHET subsidies
Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) list: library – electronic resources – accept – journals - DHET accredited journals for 2017 publications
Different lists: ISI, IBSS, Norwegian, ScieLO SA, Scopus, DHET

10. 4. influential authors: Web of Science
Do a topic search, analyse the results and see which authors have written the most articles on the topic or who has received the most cites.

11. 5. Determining a researcher’s h-index
On Web of :
Use the author search to get all the publications by that author. Now create a citation report – this will include the h-index

12. Why reference? Academic reasons Practical reasons
It is a requirement of the University
Provides supporting evidence for facts, opinions, data, approaches taken
Gives your work academic credibility
Avoid plagiarism!
Practical reasons
Allows others to easily find your sources
Helps you re-trace your reading in the future

13. Different styles Harvard, Vancouver, APA, Chicago, etc.
Determined by your field of study or academic department – get the guide
Sometimes tailored for publication in a specific journal

14. In-text and bibliography
Citation:
Appears in the text of your essay, wherever you use a quote or incorporate an idea you have picked up from another source. All in-text citations must appear in the bibliography.
Bibliography:
An integrated list at the end of your essay / article / dissertation, with the full details of all sources you have read, even if they are not referred to within the text.

15. When to reference?

16. In-text citations
Appears in the text of your essay, wherever you use a quote or incorporate an idea you have picked up from another source.
Usually the author's surname and the date of publication in brackets, together with the page number (Jones, 2005: pp. 52).
For each citation there should be a full reference in the bibliography.

17. bibliography Example:
Jones, A. (2005). References and citations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

18. In-text citations: tips
Tip 1: ALWAYS work with the source you have in hand.
To cite a source that you have read in another source:
(Matthews, 1998, as cited in Brown, 2001: 17). BROWN will be in the bibliography.
But it is ALWAYS better to get the original source.

19. In-text citations: tips
Tip 2: If you are citing items from the same author in the same year they should be distinguished by adding a lower-case letter after the year. Example:
It was emphasised that citations in a text should be consistent (Jones, 1998a: 24). In a work published later that year Jones (1998b: 78) proposed that...

20. In-text citations: tips
Tip 3: If there is no author:
(Anon, 2011: 4)
Tip 4: If there is no date:
(Jones, no date: 76)

21. bibliography
Different types of sources used for research, each with its own elements to be present:
A book
A chapter in an edited book
A journal article / electronic article in .pdf format
An electronic journal article in .html format
An article from an electronic reference work
A website

22. bibliography Elements: Author(s) or editor(s) of the work
Date of publication
Source: book - title, publisher, place of
publication
journal – article title, journal title,
volume, number, pages
website – address and date accessed

23. bibliography Reference to a book:
Jones, S., & Brown, F. (1998). Citing and referencing published material (3rd ed.). London: British Institution.

24. bibliography Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Lunnen, K. Y. (1999). Children with multiple disabilities. In Campbell, S. K. (Ed.). Decision making in pediatric neurologic physical therapy (pp. 141 – 197). New York: Churchill Livingstone.

25. bibliography Reference to an unpublished thesis:
Goedhals, D. (2014). Immune responses to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus and molecular characterization of viral isolates. Unpublished Ph.D. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State.

26. bibliography
Reference to a journal article / electronic article available in .pdf from the internet:
Hoffman, K. A., Aitken, L. M. & Duffield, C A comparison of novice and expert nurses’ cue collection during clinical decision-making: verbal protocol analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46, 1335–1344.

27. bibliography
Article in html from EBSCO or another database:

29. bibliography
Article from an electronic reference work, found on e.g. Credo Reference:

30. bibliography Article from a website: Corporate author
Womenshealth.gov. (2012). Graves' disease fact sheet. Retrieved from <

31. Bibliography – integrated list
Abbas, A. K. & Lichtman, A. H. (2001). Basic immunology: functions and disorders of the immune system. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.
Belz, F. & Schmidt-Riediger, B. (2010). Marketing strategies in the age of sustainable development: evidence from the food industry. Business Strategy and the Environment, 19(7),
Chase, K Jane Eyre’s interior design. In Glen, H. (Ed.). Jane Eyre (pp ). Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Tyagi, R. K. (2004). Technological advances, transaction costs, and consumer welfare. Marketing Science, 23(3),

32. Where can I store my references?
Use google to find expansive manuals on different referencing styles
Use google to find out how to reference strange sources such as s or lectures
BE CONSISTENT!

33. Use google to find expansive manuals on different referencing styles
Use google to find out how to reference strange sources such as s or lectures
BE CONSISTENT!

35. Referencing software e.g. mendeley
Register – create a free account
Install plugins: web importer, MS Word plugin
Capture references
Generate citations and bibliography

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50. Assessment: due date 22 march 2017
Bibliometrics – use the Web of Science to answer specific questions
Referencing – create a bibliography in the correct format

51. Annamarie du Preez

52. Thank You Dankie