Transcript Web of Science

Citation Searching and
Journal Rankings
16 Mar 2015
Outline
• Part 1: Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
• Part 2: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
• Part 3: Scopus
• Part 4: Q&A
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Journal Citation Reports
(JCR)
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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.
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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.
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http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/journalmetrics/
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Finding a Journal in JCR
HKIEd has JCR
- Social Sciences Edition
(1998 – 2013) &
- Science Edition (2008 –
2013)
Browse by Subject /
Publisher / Country; or
Search by Title or ISSN; or
View all Journals
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Journal Information Provided by JCR
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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.
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Below is only a simplified explanation of the metrics. For
definitions and details, click the help in the JCR journal report
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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)
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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
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Impact Factor Calculation
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Working Example: Impact Factor of Early Childhood Research
Quarterly (JCR SSC 2013) = 2.058
Impact Factor =
No. of Cites to 2011 or 2012 items in 2013
No. of items published in 2011 or 2012
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Impact Factor Trend of a Journal
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Impact Factor Trend of a Journal
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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category
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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
different ranks
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The Meaning of Category Box Plot
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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category
Click "View Journal
Summary List" for a list
of all journals in this
category
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Journal Summary List
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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
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Category Summary Data
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To Browse and Sort by Subject Categories
Subject category selection
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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
Mark All
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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
Click Marked List
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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
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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 2013 Social
Sciences Edition? What is its Impact Factor?
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Additional Information
• Using Journal Citation Reports Wisely
– http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_using.htm
• JCR Help Pages
– http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_toc.htm
• JCR Subject Category Scope Notes
– http://adminapps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/static_html/scope_notes/SOCIAL/2013/SCOPE_SOC.htm
– http://adminapps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/static_html/scope_notes/SCIENCE/2013/SCOPE_SCI.htm
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Social Sciences Citation
Index (SSCI)
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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?
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Web of Science Summary
Citation Counts in Web of Science include citations from:
1. 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)
2. BIOSIS Citation Index
3. Chinese Science Citation Database
4. Data Citation Index
5. SciELO Citation Index
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Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
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A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences.
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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.
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Coverage: 1992-present
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Examples of Subject categories:
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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
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How to access
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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)
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How to access
Also available under Research Support at Library Web Site
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http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/journalmetrics/
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Basic Search
Search Field
Operator
Search Tips
Add another field
Year Range
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Search Tips
Operator
AND
Example
Find records that contain …
theory AND practice
both terms
OR
theory OR conception
either term or both terms
NOT
theory NOT hypothesis
first term but not the second
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
NEAR/x
“…”
Refine & Sorting Results
Sorting options
Refine search
Narrow results by
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Check for Full Text via
EdLINK or Google Scholar
Detailed View of A Record
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Export / Email / Print Your Search Results
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e.g. directly export the
marked records to RefWorks
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Cited References
Click "Cited References" to see the
References Cited by this Article
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Cited References of this Article
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Click "Times Cited" for Citing References
“Times Cited” Counts in Web
of Science Core Collection
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Citing References (Articles that are Citing Peisner-Feinberg’s Article)
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Citation Hierarchy
2008
citing reference
2004
1997
2000
2005
2007
cited reference
citing reference
2003
cited reference
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"Related Records" – Other Articles Using At Least One Cited
References in Peisner-Feinberg’s Article
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Use Related Records to Identify Similar Articles
4,946 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
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Record
C
A is a “Cited Reference” of C,
i.e. A is cited by C
Record
A
Reference
Reference
Record
A is a “Citing
Reference” of B,
i.e. B is cited by A
Record
D
Reference
D is a “Related
Record” of A,
because B is cited
by both of them
Reference
B
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Exercise
1. Search for topics: social and cognitive development
2. Refine with keywords “language” and “school”
3. Limit to “Article” document
How many records found?
What is the most highly cited record?
How many times this article is cited?
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Category Breakdown Under Refine Results
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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
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Analysis Tools
Analysis tools
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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
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2. Create Citation Report
Citation statistics of
records found
Most highly cited article
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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?
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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
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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 email alert using the
"cited reference search" function.
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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.
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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
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Select the relevant entries from the
result list and then click "Finish
Search"
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Number of times cited in Web
of Science = 290
Click "Create Citation
Report" for quick summary
of the 290 citing articles
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Most highly cited article
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Create Citation Alert
• Email alerts / RSS feeds
• Sign up for your free account first
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Modify the Cited Reference Search for Future
Email Alerts
Based on what has been entered
for the 290 citations, enter the "cited
work" field with what Thomson
Reuters uses (Use "*" and "or" as
necessary)
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Click "Select All" and "Finish
Search"
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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
Email Alerts option
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Other than email alerts option, you may subscribe to the feed
via your browser, e.g. the URL of this RSS feed is:
http://rss.webofknowledge.com/rss?e=9ce8c7ffb07dc59f&c=49
86bd28097949dd1d9ac4aff4de9cf3
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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.
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View Journal Impact Factor via SSCI
Check Journal’s
Impact Factor
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Online Help
http://images.webofknowledge.com/WOKRS5
14B4/help/WOS/hp_my_citation_alerts.html
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Reference Materials
 Online Tutorials
http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science/
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 Email Alerts
 Quick Reference Guide of Web of Science Core Collection
http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/wos_core_collection_qrc.pdf
 Social Sciences Citation Index Source Publications List 2015
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/publist_ssci.pdf
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Scopus
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Search Interface
Scopus Search
Interface
Search Basics
- use double quotes to search as phrase
- search for “Keywords” instead of “Article Title, Abstracts, Keywords” for
better precision
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Search Results
Add additional search terms, filter by
year, subjects, etc.
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We can also enter Additional Search Terms, use “Limit to”
Options (by year / document type / subject areas) in the
Search Form
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At the Results Screens: you can also change the Sorting Order
(Default Order is by Date)
Various Output Options like Export,
Print, Email or Create a Bibliography
Check EdLINK for Full Text
Availability
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Like SSCI, Citing
Articles are
Offered
Emails / RSS
Alerts can also
be Set Up
A SCOPUS Detailed Record
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Like SSCI, Related
Articles are Offered; In
addition, you can
choose which shared
references to use
A SCOPUS Detailed Record
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Analytics Tools in Scopus
Search by Source Title
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Select “Analyze
search results”
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Various citation data will be provided in charts & table format
and you may also compare it with other journals
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