1. Why are there differences in citation impact? Some success factors in gaining citation impact Michael Norris

2. The Anna Karenina Principle Tolstoy’s first sentence in Anna Karenina: ‘All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is un-happy in its own way.’ Tolstoy, L. 1998. Anna Karenina. Trans. Maude, L & Maude A. Oxford: University Press Bornmann, L. & Marx, W. 2012. The Anna Karenina Principle: a way of thinking about success in science. JASIST 63(10), 2037-2051

3. Or making films in Hollywood William Goldman ‘ Nobody knows anything’ Goldman, W. 1996. Adventures in the screen trade:: a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting. London: Abacus

4. Factors which can affect citation impact Journal Prestige Collaboration Matthew and Matilda Effects

5. Journal Impact Factors / SCImago Journal Rank In journals indexed by WoS or Scopus Overall the higher the impact the better But to the right audience Who will cite you

6. Data - University of Surrey & 1994 Group Subject areas made up from faculties Mean JIF 2006-10 Mean citation rate 2006-10 Significant correlation 0.64 to 0.69* Institution Avg IFAvg cites York2.037.94 Imperial1.736.5 Exeter1.714.79 E Anglia1.666.11 Lancaster1.545.02 Leicester1.514.66 Holloway1.465.68 Bath1.435.2 Durham1.435.57 Surrey1.434.46 Reading1.344.86 Sussex1.327.52 Birkbeck1.313.62 Q Mary1.283.45 St Andrews1.243.24 Loughborough1.234 Essex1.23.86 * SubjectPearsonSpearman Eng/Physical0.640.89 Business/Econ0.690.7

7. Collaboration Domestic International Countries

8. China & UK International Impact InCites - Thomson Reuters

9. UK Mathematics - Impact

10. InCites - Thomson Reuters UK Chemistry - Impact

11. Collaboration Data - SCImago Journal and Country Rank

12. Mean citation count by publication status AllInternationalNationalNational ExtNational Int Cardiff2.363.172.082.262.04 Sheffield4.446.443.845.933.40 Southampton3.215.032.587.802.00 Surrey2.003.171.714.781.35 Collaboration - Electronic Engineering Data – Thomson Reuters Web of Science

13. The End! AllInternationalNationalNational ExtNational Int E Anglia11.9414.4910.2911.848.97 Leicester11.5112.6310.868.91 Surrey7.685.609.238.889.47 Sussex9.088.919.2614.096.20 Collaboration - Chemistry Mean citation count by publication status Data – Thomson Reuters Web of Science

14. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance : but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath …. Matthew 13:12 Merton, R.K. 1968. The Matthew effect in science. Science 159(3810), 56-63. Matthew and Matilda Effects

15. Success breeds success The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

16. Mathew and Matilda Effect Source – SciVal Strata

17. Mathew and Matilda Effect Source – SciVal Strata

18. The End! Michael Norris University of Surrey michael.norris@surrey.ac.uk