Transcript Bibliometrics - White Rose University Consortium

Getting started with
bibliometrics
White Rose Research Support Forum
Jane Saunders & Marion Tattersall
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For exploration …
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What are bibliometrics?
What are the different measures?
Where can you find the data?
Why do we need to know about
them?
What are bibliometrics?
 Quantify research
 Often make use of citation counts
Different measures
 Relate to journals
 Relate to researchers
 individuals or groups
Where can you find basic data?
 Web of Science
impact factors, citation counts, h- index
9,500 journals 12,000 conferences pa
 Scopus
citation counts, h-index
16,500 journals, 3.6 m conference items
 (Google Scholar) Publish or Perish
h-index, g-index etc
coverage????
H-index
 Examples to try
different data sources & subjects
 Issues to keep in mind NB support
 Note key reactions & comments
 Decide on 1 to share with the other
groups
 feedback
More complex data?
Benchmarking, analysis etc
 Journal impact factors by WoS
subject area
 Discussion of normalisation issues
arising from REF bibliometric pilot
study
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/200
9/09_39/09_39c.pdf
 Research output analysis tools
 InCites Thomson Reuters
Research output analysis tools:
Analyse, benchmark, showcase
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Know where your strengths lie
Make comparisons with competitors
Identify research partners
Identify staff to recruit, retain ….
 InCites Thomson Reuters
http://researchanalytics.thomsonreuters.com/incites/
 SciVal Elsevier http://www.scival.com/
Spotlight=performance
Funding
Bibliometrics summary
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Measures and data sources
Subject variations
Taking it further
Library support role
The debate continues
Bibliometrics and academics?
 1989 Times 26 Aug. 4/3 The use of
‘bibliometric’ methods to assess
academics' performance by
measuring the number of times a
person's work is cited by others has
caused much controversy in the
United States.
 OED online
accessed 19/11/09