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Citation databases and social networks for researchers: measuring research impact and disseminating results - exercise
Elisavet Koutzamani
Linköping University Library
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2. Agenda Facts about: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar
Agenda
Facts about: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar
Online searches in:
Web of Science
Scopus
Google Scholar
Practical session with exercises
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3. Agenda Facts about: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar
Agenda
Facts about: Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar
Online searches in:
Web of Science
Scopus
Google Scholar
Practical session with exercises
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4. Citation databases – functions
Topic search
Citation tracking
Author metrics
(h-index)
Journal evaluation
Impact factor
SNIP

5. When to use citation databases?
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?
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6. Citation databases
Content: journals as well as conference proceedings and book series
Inclusion criteria: Transparent journal selection process
Content: 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. … ”

7. 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

8. - Core Collection WoS Core collection includes: 12000 journals
- Core Collection
WoS Core collection includes:
12000 journals
conference proceedings
Updated weekly
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9. Register for an account in Web of Science
Register for an account in Web of Science
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10. Formulate a search question
Formulate a search question
How can mesenchymal stem cells differentiate in vitro to insulin producing cells for the treatment of diabetes?
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11. Topic search in Web of Science
Topic search in Web of Science
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12. Different reasons for citing publications
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. [ ]
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13. - Citation Network

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

15. - 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).

16. Identify trends and patterns
- Analyze results
Identify trends and patterns

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

18. – h-index

19. – h-index

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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?
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21. – 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.

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

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

24. Author identifier tools The solution to author name ambiguity
Author identifier tools The solution to author name ambiguity
ORCID: go to and register
Researcher ID (via Web of Science): go to and register. Link your Researcher ID to your ORCID
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25. - Journal Citation Reports

26. - Journal Citation Reports
Search by title or ISSN

27. - Journal Citation Reports
Journal profile

28. - Journal Citation Reports

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

30. 21 000 peer reviewed journals 367 trade publications
Register for an account in Scopus
Updated daily
Scopus includes:
peer reviewed journals
367 trade publications
Over 400 book series
6.4 million conference papers
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31. 21 000 peer reviewed journals 367 trade publications
Register for an account in Scopus
Updated daily
Scopus includes:
peer reviewed journals
367 trade publications
Over 400 book series
6.4 million conference papers
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32. Offers same search possibilities/functions as WoS:
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
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33. - author search using tab ”Document search”
- author search using tab ”Document search”
View citation overview
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34. - author search using tab ”Authors”
- author search using tab ”Authors”
Search by name or ORCID
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35. - author search using tab ”Authors”
- author search using tab ”Authors”
Choose author profile
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36. - author search using tab ”Author search”
- author search using tab ”Author search”
Analyze author output!
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37. Author identifier tools The solution to author name ambiguity
Author identifier tools The solution to  author name ambiguity
ORCID: go to and register. your ORCID to
Researcher ID (via Web of Science): go to 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.
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38. - Compare sources

39. - Compare sources

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Create your profile
using My profile
Access via to obtain additional functions available only to LiU students and LiU employees
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41. – advanced search Limits: Only the first 1000 results are displayed
– advanced search
Limits:
Only the first 1000 results are displayed
A maximun of 256 characters can be used in the search boxes
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– advanced search
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43. How to obtain metrics based on Google Scholar data?
How to obtain metrics based on Google Scholar data?
Create My profile in Google Scholar
Download the software programe ”Publish or Perish”, perish
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44. A public user profile in Google Scholar with h-index
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
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45. LiUB bibliometrics web site
LiUB bibliometrics web site
Contact:
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Time for exercises!
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47. Elisavet Koutzamani elisavet.koutzamani@liu.se 2019-10-09
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