1. Citation Searching and Journal Rankings
2 Apr 2014

2. Outline Part 1: Citation Analysis at Researcher or Article Level
Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Part 2: Citation Analysis & Ranking Tools at Journal Level
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
Part 3: Q&A

3. Part One: Mastering Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

4. Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
Help you answer questions like:
What is the most highly cited article on Education Policy?
Which journal has the highest number of articles on Sociolinguistics?
Who are the top researchers in Chinese Politics?
How many times my journal articles are cited? ……

5. Web of Science Summary
Citation Counts in Web of Science include citations from:
Web of Science Core Collection • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) • Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) • Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) • Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) • Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Sciences & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) • Book Citation Index– Science (BKCI-S) • Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH) • Current Chemical Reactions (CCR-Expanded) • Index Chemicus (IC)
BIOSIS Citation Index
Chinese Science Citation Database
Data Citation Index
SciELO Citation Index

6. Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences.
Covers over 2,900 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines and indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.
Coverage: 1992-present
Examples of Subject categories:
Area Studies
History
Psychiatry
Social Work
Cultural Studies
Linguistics
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
Management
Public Adm.
Urban Studies
Education & Educational Research
Political Science
Social Issues
Women’s Studies
Notes: we have an archive of Arts & Humanities Citation Index covering 1992 – Nov 2011 at a dedicated PC in the Library

7. How to access Search the Library Catalogue, or
HKIEd Library Homepage > E-Resources
Search or Browse by alphabet
S (Social Sciences Citation Index) or W (Web of Science)

8. Also available under Research Support at Library Web Site
How to access
Also available under Research Support at Library Web Site

10. Basic Search Search Tips Search Field Operator Add another field
Year Range

11. Find records that contain …
Search Tips
Operator
Example
Find records that contain …
AND
theory AND practice
both terms OR
theory OR conception
either term or both terms
NOT
theory NOT hypothesis
first term but not the second
NEAR/x
theory NEAR/5 knowledge
terms within a specified number of words (x) of each other
“…”
“knowledge economy”
exact phrase *
child*
child, children, childhood ?
wom?n
woman, women $
colo$r
color, colour

12. Refine & Sorting Results
Sorting options
Refine search
Narrow results by

13. Detailed View of A Record
Check for Full Text

14. Export / Email / Print Your Search Results3 2 1 4
e.g. directly export the marked records to RefWorks

15. Click "Cited References" to see the References Cited by this Article

16. Cited References of this Article

17. Click "Times Cited" for Citing References
“Times Cited” Counts in Web of Science Core Collection

18. Citing References (Articles that are Citing Peisner-Feinberg’s Article)

19. Citation Hierarchy citing reference cited reference citing reference
2005
2007
2008
citing reference
cited reference
2004
cited reference
citing reference
1997
2000
2003

20. "Related Records" – Other Articles Using At Least One Cited References in Peisner-Feinberg’s Article

21. Use Related Records to Identify Similar Articles
4,847 articles have at least one common citation with this Peisner-Feinberg’s 2001 article
The more references the articles share, the more related they are

22. C A D B Record Record Record Record
A is a “Cited Reference” of C, i.e. A is cited by C
Record A
Record D
Reference
A is a “Citing Reference” of B, i.e. B is cited by A
D is a “Related Record” of A, because B is cited by both of them
Reference
Reference
Record B

23. Exercise Search for topics: social and cognitive development
Refine with keywords “language” and “school”
Limit to “Article” document
How many records found?
What is the most highly cited record?
How many times this article is cited?

24. More Analysis Tools
To use more analysis tools, change the default “All Databases” to “Web of Science Core Collection”

25. Category Breakdown Under Refine Results

26. Analysis Tools Analyze Results
extract citation data from a selected field (e.g. source title, country, author), and produces a report showing the values in ranked order
Create Citation Report
view aggregate citation statistics for a set of search results
e.g. breakdown of citations over years, average citations per year

27. Analysis Tools
Analysis tools

28. 1. Analyze Results Max number of items to display: top 500 results
You can rank the search results with different field options, e.g. source titles
e.g. Rank the journals by number of articles on this topic

29. 2. Create Citation Report
Citation statistics of records found
Most highly cited article

30. Exercise Search for articles with topic “mobile learning”
Analyze Results
How many articles are found?
What is the source title with the highest no. of publications?
How many percentage of articles are published in 2013?
Creation Citation Report
How many times these articles have been cited?
What is the average citations per year received by the top article?

31. Cited Reference Search
To discover how the works of an author are being cited
How many citations received?
Cited by whom?
It can also cover the variant citation data in your search

32. Finding Citation Counts and Create Alerts for Works Not Indexed in Web of Science
Important Note: Citation data by Web of Science are only limited to citations recorded in the Web of Science indexed publications.
Author Finder only finds the citation data for a particular researcher’s publications that are indexed by Web of Science.
If your article is not indexed in Web of Science or may be it is a book, you can still check how many times it has been cited by Web of Science journals and create an alert using the "cited reference search" function.

33. Cited Reference Search
E.g. I want to know how many times the following book has been cited:
Bond, M. H. (1991). Beyond the Chinese face: Insights from psychology. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.

34. Click the "Cited Reference Search"
Under the search menu, select Cited Reference Search
Use only Surname and initial(s); Chinese authors should consider using different variant forms (e.g. Cheung ABL or Cheung BL or Leung CB*)
Use abbreviated journal titles only (click the “View abbreviation list” for reference). For books, suggest to leave this blank first

35. Select the relevant entries from the result list and then click "Finish Search"

36. Number of times cited in Web of Science = 287
Click "Create Citation Report" for quick summary of the 287 citing articles

38. Create Citation Alert Email alerts / RSS feeds
Sign up for your free account first

39. Modify the Cited Reference Search for Future Email Alerts
Based on what has been entered for the 287 citations, enter the "cited work" field with what Thomson Reuters uses (Use "*" and "or" as necessary)

40. Click "Select All" and "Finish Search"

41. Use the "Save History / Create Alert" function to set up alerts
Select search history
Use the "Save History / Create Alert" function to set up alerts
Delete unwanted search history
Enter History Name and select desired options. Make sure you have checked the Alerts option

42. Other than alerts option, you may subscribe to the feed via your browser, e.g. the URL of this RSS feed is:

43. Hands-on Practice
Try Cited Reference Search or set up a Citation Alert on anything that interest you – a piece of your work, a key paper related to your research topic, etc.

44. Online Help

45. Reference Materials Online Tutorials
e.g. Web of Science Search Tips
Author Search Citation Reporting and the H-index
Citation Alerts Cited Reference Search
Saving Search Histories and Creating Alerts
Quick Reference Guide of Web of Science Core Collection
Social Sciences Citation Index Source Publications List 2013

46. Part Two: Mastering Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

47. What is Journal Impact Factor?
Journal Impact Factor is a simple statistics intended to reflect the “impact” of a journal. Basically it indicates the average number of times an article published in the particular journal during the past two years was being cited.
Journal Impact Factor is based on the Journal Citation Reports which is updated on annual basis.

48. Journal Citation Reports
"Journal Citation Reports® offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. By compiling articles' cited references, JCR Web helps to measure research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals. Available in “Science” and “Social Sciences” editions. "
JCR is part of based on citation data from the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index. In the past, SCI, SSCI and JCR were the only tools providing verifiable measurement tools of journal impact based on citation statistics. Therefore they have been and still are the most widely recognized journal ranking / measuring tools.

50. Finding a Journal in JCR
HKIEd has JCR
Social Sciences Edition (1998 – 2012) &
Science Edition (2008 – 2012)
Browse by Subject / Publisher / Country; or
Search by Title or ISSN; or
View all Journals

53. Journal Information Provided by JCR
Total Cites
Impact Factor
5-Year Impact Factor
Immediacy Index
Cited Half-Life
Citing Half-Life
Eigenfactor Score
Article Influence
In this workshop, we shall focus on the meaning of Impact Factor, which has been the most widely used JCR indicator for journal ranking.

54. Below is only a simplified explanation of the metrics
Below is only a simplified explanation of the metrics. For definitions and details, click the help in the JCR journal report pages
Total Cites
Total number of citations for this journal in the JCR year
Impact Factor
On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited – based on articles published in the two previous years
5-Year Impact Factor
On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited – based on articles published in the five previous years
Immediacy Index
On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited in the same year – based on last year's data (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)
Cited Half-Life
Indicates how far back the older articles in this journal are still being cited (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)

55. Below is only a simplified explanation of the metrics
Below is only a simplified explanation of the metrics. For definitions and details, click the help in the JCR journal report pages
Citing Half-Life
Indicates how recent or how old the bibliography referred by articles in this journal are (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)
Eigenfactor Score
The Eigenfactor Score is some kinds of enhanced 5-year impact factor – by giving higher score for getting cited in more influential journals and eliminates self-citation
Article Influence Score
The Article Influence Score is derived from the Eigenfactor Score based on matching the share of the journal's influence against the share of the journal's share of articles. The neutral influence score is 1.00 – thus a journal with article influence score greater than 1.00 indicates that each article in the journal has above-average influence and vice versa

56. Impact Factor Calculation

57. No. of items published in 2010 or 2011
Working Example: Impact Factor of Journal of Experimental Education (JCR SSC 2012) = 0.822
Impact Factor =
No. of Cites to 2010 or 2011 items in 2012
No. of items published in 2010 or 2011

58. Impact Factor Trend of a Journal

59. Impact Factor Trend of a Journal

60. So, is an Impact Factor of 0.822 Good or Bad?
Well, it largely depends on the subject category and which journals it is compared with
Q. If John is scoring 2 goals per football match, is he a good shooter?
A. May be. But is he scoring against professional goal keepers or is he playing at your backyard?

61. Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category

62. Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category
By default, journals are ranked by its current impact factor by subject
NOTE:
A journal can belong to more than one subject category; and therefore it is possible for a journal to have two different ranks

63. The Meaning of Category Box Plot

64. Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category
Click "View Journal Summary List" for a list of all journals in this category

65. Journal Summary List

66. Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category
Click "View Category Data " for the average values of impact factor and other indicators for all journals combined in this subject category

67. Category Summary Data

68. To Browse and Sort by Subject Categories

69. To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
Mark All

70. To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
Click Marked List

71. To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
or display the whole list in one page
for print or paste to Excel
You can Save to a Text File
which can be imported to Excel

72. View Journal Impact Factor via SSCI
Check Journal’s Impact Factor

73. Hands-on Practice
What is the Journal Impact Factor for the journal addictive behaviors?
What subject categories does the journal addictive behaviors belong to? What are the Impact Factor of these subject categories? What are the respective subject rankings of addictive behaviors in the respective subject categories?
What is the full name of the highest ranked journal under the subject category "women's studies" in JCR 2012 Social Sciences Edition? What is its Impact Factor?

74. Additional Information
JCR Fact Sheet
Using Citation Reports Wisely
JCR Help Pages
JCR Subject Category Scope Notes

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