Transcript Publishing strategies – A seminar about the scientific

ARC – 2014-11-25
Publishing strategies – A seminar about
the scientific publishing landscape
Peter Sjögårde, Bibliometric analyst
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, ECE School of Education and
Communication in Engineering Sciences (ECE), Unit for Publication Infrastructure
Outline
1. Introduction to bibliometrics
2. Publishing strategies
What is bibliometrics and why bother about
it?
Is someone reading and building on your results?
Statistics on publications and citations
Measuring Impact on research society
Used for evaluation of research
• Publication level
• Individual level
• Organizational level
Citation
Research
Publication A
Reader
Writer
Publication B
with Reference to
the publication A
Impact?
• On society
• On industry
• On research community
As measured by the use of bibliometrics (citations)
Citation indicators > Research Quality
• Correlation between peer review assessments and
bibliometric indicators.
• High quality necessary to receive high citation scores at
aggregated levels.
• But not enough
• There are research groups who get good judgments by
reviewers but has low citation scores. Applied research
and research for which the bibliometric methods are
insufficient.
Lutz Bornmann and Hans-Dieter Daniel, “Selection of Research Fellowship Recipients by Committee
Peer Review. Reliability, Fairness and Predictive Validity of Board of Trustees’ Decisions,”
Scientometrics 63, no. 2 (April 1, 2005): 297–320, doi:10.1007/s11192-005-0214-2; A. F. J. van Raan,
“Advanced Bibliometric Methods as Quantitative Core of Peer Review Based Evaluation and Foresight
Exercises,” Scientometrics 36, no. 3 (July 1, 1996): 397–420, doi:10.1007/BF02129602; Charles
Oppenheim, “The Correlation between Citation Counts and the 1992 Research Assessment Exercise
Ratings for British Research in Genetics, Anatomy and Archaeology,” Journal of Documentation 53,
no. 5 (December 1, 1997): 477–87, doi:10.1108/EUM0000000007207; Fler studier är refererade i
Bornmann and Daniel, “What Do Citation Counts Measure?”; och i Blaise Cronin, The Hand of Science:
Academic Writing and Its Rewards (Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005), 125–129
Differences between research fields
affecting bibliometric indicators
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Publication pace (time for publishing and peer review process)
Size of research field
Coverage of publications in citation database
Number of references
Length of publications
Document type (e.g. reviews get more citations, proceedings
papers are often excluded)
Field normalized citation rate
For a publication:
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𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
Same research field
same year
same document type
Average = 1
Bibliometrics at KTH
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Research Assessment Exercise (research groups, UoA)
Yearly indicator report
Funding allocation
• Journals’ mean field normalized citation rate
• Multiplied with the number of faculty
Reports and analyses on demand from management and
schools
Consultancy work for other universities
New bibliometric indicator for funding
allocation at KTH
Why?
• Incitement to publish in highly cited journals indexed by
Web of Science.
Field normalized journal impact
• Average of the citation rate of the journals in which KTH:s
researchers have published the last three years.
• Calculated for each department. Multiplied with the
number of faculty at each department.
• Aggregated to Schools and used for allocation to the
Schools.
Outline
1. Introduction to bibliometrics
2. Publishing strategies
What should a researcher think of when
publishing?
1. Quality of the research and publication
2. Making the research visible
- Reaching other researchers (citers)
Citation
Research
Publication A
Reader
Writer
Publication B
with Reference to
the publication A
From paper to reader/citer
Publishing strategies
1. Planning the publishing of the research results
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research
available
3. Collaboration, networks and communication
4. Open Access
1. Planning the publishing of the research
results
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Formal/Informal communication
1. Planning the publishing of the research
results
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Formal/Informal communication
Choosing publication type
Number of KTH publications in Web of Science and
DiVA (RAE2012)
16000
14000
Web of Science
12000
DiVA
10000
8000
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4000
2000
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Article in journal
Book
Chapter in book
Conference Paper
1. Planning the publishing of the research
results
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Formal/Informal communication
Choosing publication type
Quality vs. Quantity
1. Planning the publishing of the research
results
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Formal/Informal communication
Choosing publication type
Quality vs. Quantity
Publishing the same results in multiple publications
1. Planning the publishing of the research
results
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Formal/Informal communication
Choosing publication type
Quality vs. Quantity
Publishing the same results in multiple publications
Search-ability
1. Planning the publishing of the research
results
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Formal/Informal communication
Choosing publication type
Quality vs. Quantity
Publishing the same results in multiple publications
Search-ability
Language
2. Choosing publishing channel and making
the research available
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The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the
outreach within the research area
2. Choosing publishing channel and making
the research available
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The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the
outreach within the research area
The availability of the publication
2. Choosing publishing channel and making
the research available
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The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the
outreach within the research area
The availability of the publication
The permanency of the availability of the publication
2. Choosing publishing channel and making
the research available
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The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the
outreach within the research area
The availability of the publication
The permanency of the availability of the publication
The indexing of the channel in databases
2. Choosing publishing channel and making
the research available
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The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the
outreach within the research area
The availability of the publication
The permanency of the availability of the publication
The indexing of the channel in databases
Citation rate of journals
Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
Citations/Paper
Citations from 2012
Papers from 2010-2011
Thomson Reuters description http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/free/essays/impact_factor/
SNIP and SJR
Alternative to JIF
Scopus data - Different coverage
Normalized to field
Find Journal indicators:
https://www.kth.se/kthb/publicering/bibliometri/faqbiblimetrics/faq/journal-impact-factor-and-alternativejournal-metrics-1.436351
2. Choosing publishing channel and making
the research available
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The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the
outreach within the research area
The availability of the publication
The permanency of the availability of the publication
The indexing of the channel in databases
Citation rate of journals
Availability of meta data
2. Choosing publishing channel and making
the research available
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The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the
outreach within the research area
The availability of the publication
The permanency of the availability of the publication
The indexing of the channel in databases
Citation rate of journals
Availability of meta data
Using DiVA for dissemination of publications
3. Collaboration, networks and
communication
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Participation in the communication within the research
area
3. Collaboration, networks and
communication
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Participation in the communication within the research
area
Participation in conferences
3. Collaboration, networks and
communication
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Participation in the communication within the research
area
Participation in conferences
Collaboration with other researchers (Internationally)
3. Collaboration, networks and
communication
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Participation in the communication within the research
area
Participation in conferences
Collaboration with other researchers (Internationally)
References as means of communication
3. Collaboration, networks and
communication
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Participation in the communication within the research
area
Participation in conferences
Collaboration with other researchers (Internationally)
References as means of communication
Digital social networks
3. Collaboration, networks and
communication
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Participation in the communication within the research
area
Participation in conferences
Collaboration with other researchers (Internationally)
References as means of communication
Digital social networks
Research profiles in Google Scholar, ResearcherID, Orcid,
KTH´s web
4. Open Access
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OA to research publications
Open Access
Green – Parallel publishing
Gold – Publishing in Open Access journals
Open acccess and the publishing
infrastructure
More impact/citations with Open Access?
Some studies show that OA articles get more downloads and more
citations - Other show no advantage - debate is still going on
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More possible citers
Easier access
Easier indexing for web crawlers
Better visibility outside the research community
Easier to share in social media and other networks
Traditional, subscription accessed
high impact journal
or
new Open Access journal?
No contradiction between OA and high impact factor journals
• If choosing to publish in OA journals the same recommendations apply
– Check outreach and impact
– Check the peer review process
– Relevance
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4. Open Access
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OA to research publications
OA to research data and/or software
Further information
www.kth.se/kthb > Publishing
For publishing strategies see p.37 in ”Projektrapport –
Fördjupande studie av KTH:s publikationskultur med högre
citering som mål” (in Swedish)
https://www.kth.se/polopoly_fs/1.508323!/Huvudrapport_KT
Hs_publiceringskultur.pdf
Thank you!
Peter Sjögårde, Bibliometric Analyst
[email protected]
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
School of Education and Communication in Engineering Sciences (ECE)
Unit for Publication Infrastructure