Transcript Using bibliometrics

THOMSON REUTERS INCITES
Marta Plebani – Country Account Manager – Italy,
Slovenia, Croatia
12 May 2011
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CITATION INDEX
• Concept first developed by Eugene Garfield
– Science, 1955
• The Science Citation Index (1963)
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SCI print (1960’s)
On-line with SciSearch in the 1970’s
CD-ROM in the 1980’s
Web interface (1997) Web of Science
• Content enhanced:
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Science Citation Index – Expanded (SCI-E)
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI)
Book Citation Index (BKCI) – coming soon!
WHY NOT INDEX ALL JOURNALS?
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40% of the journals:
% of database
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• 80% of the publications
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• 92% of cited papers
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4% of the journals:
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• 30% of the publications
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# of journals
Articles
Citations
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• 51% of cited papers
HOW DO WE DECIDE
WHICH JOURNALS TO INDEX?
• Approx. 2.500 journals evaluated annually
– 10-12% accepted
• Thomson Reuters editors
– Information professionals
– Librarians
– Experts in the literature of their subject area
Web of Science
Journals under evaluation
Journal ‘quality’
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JOURNAL SELECTION POLICY
• Publishing Standards
– Peer review, Editorial conventions
• Editorial content
– Addition to knowledge in specific subject field
• Diversity
– International, regional influence of authors, editors, advisors
• Citation analysis
– Editors and authors’ prior work
GLOBAL RESEARCH REPRESENTATION
WEB OF SCIENCE COVERAGE
Region
# Journals from Region in Web of Science
Europe 5,573
49%
North America 4,251
38%
Asia-Pacific 965
9%
Latin America 272
2%
Middle East/Africa 200
1%
Language
# Journals in Web of Science
English
9114
81%
Other
2147
19%
WEB OF SCIENCE
SUMMARY
• World’s largest citation index
– >49 millon papers (75% with citations)
– Approx. 800 million citations
• Multidisciplinary
– 252 categories covering Science, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
• 110 years consistent coverage
– Publishers, societies, open access and electronic journals
• Content derived from
– 12,000 scholarly journals
– 120,000 conferences
• Updated weekly
• Exclusively hosted on ISI Web of Knowledge platform
GLOBAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY
USING WEB OF SCIENCE
North 760 institutions
America 2 countries
Europe,
Middle 2,500+ institutions
East and 50 countries
Africa
AsiaPacific
353 institutions
26 countries
Latin
244 institutions
America 12 countries
 4.000 Research institutions
 91 countries
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GOVERNMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS
USING TR DATA FOR EVALUATION (INCL.)
•Germany: DFG-IFQ, Max Planck Society
•United Kingdom: King’s College London; HEFCE
•France: Min. de la Recherche, OST - Paris, CNRS
•Russia: Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), St. Pete State U
•European Union: EC’s DGXII(Research Directorate)
•US: National Science Foundation (since 1974), NASA
•South Africa: Ministry Sci & Tech, Univ Pretoria, Natl Research Foundation
•Canada: NSERC, FRSQ (Quebec), Alberta Research Council
•Australian Academy of Science, gov’t lab CSIRO
•Japan: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry
•People’s Republic of China: Chinese Academy of Science
•University rankings agencies (THE, Shanghai, etc.)
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JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
All
Previous
Years
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2009 Impact
Factor
Citations
Source paper – published in 2009
Cited reference – published in 2007 or 2008
JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS
- JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
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CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY TO VALIDITY
 Authoritative data from the world’s leading provider of research
evaluation data
 Strict selection policy applying consistent criteria over the last 50
years
 This has created a large set of journals containing comparable
papers and citations
 One consistent editorial policy
 Unique set of multi-disciplinary comparable data
GLOBAL COMPARISONS
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PRODUCTIVITY
CROATIAN PAPERS IN WEB OF SCIENCE
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PERFORMANCE
CROATIAN PAPERS IN WEB OF SCIENCE
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CROATIA’S BEST PERFORMING
RESEARCH AREAS
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CROATIA’S PHYSICS PAPERS
PERFORMANCE
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SUBJECT AREAS
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SELECT FIELDS FOR DEEPER ANALYSIS
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DETECT EMERGING & DECLINING FIELDS
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GLOBAL COMPARISONS
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UNIV ZAGREB’S PHYSICS PERFORMANCE
COMPARED GLOBALLY
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SAVING AND SHARING REPORTS
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RESEARCH PERFORMANCE PROFILES
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JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
USE AND LIMITATIONS
Journal Impact Factor = 2,011
Source: Thomson Reuters InCites
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BENCHMARK YOUR PAPERS AGAINST
GLOBAL AVERAGES – IS THIS A HIGHLY CITED PAPER?
Articles published
in ‘Blood’ from
2004 have been
cited 34,30 times
This paper has received
40/34,30=1,17 times the
expected citations for
this journal
Hematology articles from
this year have been cited
18,83 times
This article is ranked in the
12,92nd percentile in its
field by citations
This paper has received
40/18,83=2,12 times the
expected citations for
this subject category
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ALL WEB OF SCIENCE PAPERS FROM
UNIVERSITY 1981 - 2011
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WHICH AUTHORS’ PAPERS HAVE
PERFORMED BEST IN THEIR FIELD?
Computer
Science
Medicine
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Source: Thomson Reuters InCites
OVERVIEW OF A RESEARCHER
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PRODUCTIVITY
BY UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENTAL COMPARISON
Cardiovascular Division
Computer Science
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DEPARTMENTAL ANALYSIS
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DEPARTMENTAL ANALYSIS
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SELF-CITATIONS
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WITH WHOM DOES OUR FACULTY
COLLABORATE?
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WHICH OF THOSE COLLABORATIONS ARE
THE MOST VALUABLE?
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IN WHICH JOURNALS DO OUR
PHYSICISTS PUBLISH?
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AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY
INFLUENCED BY OUR RESEARCH?
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WHO IS CITING US
IN THE FIELD OF PHYSICS?
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THE FUTURE
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INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES
A WIDER LOOK AT RESEARCH EVALUATION
VIEW AN INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE
CREATE A CUSTOMISED
RESEARCH FOOTPRINT …
… COMPARE CHARACTERISTICS OF
DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES
Better
reputation
Better citation
score
CREATE A TREND GRAPH …
… COMPARE SELECTED PARAMETERS
NATIONALLY & GLOBALLY
CREATE A SCATTER PLOT …
… COMPARE SELECTED INSTITUTIONS
WITH 500 GLOBAL PEERS
THOMSON REUTERS INCITES
Marta Plebani – Country Account Manager – Italy,
Slovenia, Croatia
12 May 2011