A guide to the key tools for examining research impact, as well as setting up and managing your research profiles.
Citation impact
Citation is the process of acknowledging or citing the author
and title of a source (journal, book, or other) used in a published
work. Such citations can be counted as measures of the usage and impact
of the cited work. Among the measures that have emerged from citation
analysis are the citation counts for:
its forms, spanning from bias to discipline-dependence and limitations
of the citation data source. Further, each specific discpline has its
own citing behaviour and the value of citation impact will vary across
disciplines.
Citation impact may be used together with qualitative assessment (e.g. peer review) and other measures of esteem as an
indication of scholarly performance for the purposes of University
ranking exercises, awarding government block funding for research,
competitive research grants and promotions.
and title of a source (journal, book, or other) used in a published
work. Such citations can be counted as measures of the usage and impact
of the cited work. Among the measures that have emerged from citation
analysis are the citation counts for:
- an individual article (how often it was cited);
- an author (total citations, or average citation count per article);
- a journal (average citation count for the articles in the journal).
its forms, spanning from bias to discipline-dependence and limitations
of the citation data source. Further, each specific discpline has its
own citing behaviour and the value of citation impact will vary across
disciplines.
Citation impact may be used together with qualitative assessment (e.g. peer review) and other measures of esteem as an
indication of scholarly performance for the purposes of University
ranking exercises, awarding government block funding for research,
competitive research grants and promotions.
Major citation databases
The major citation databases enable researchers to track where,
by whom, and how often an article has been cited. However their coverage
of humanities & social sciences literature is limited.
For a detailed comparison of Scopus and Web of Science see the article in HLWiki (Canada).
Beyond these, some subject-specific databases also provide citation linking. See the Sciences/Medical & Dental or Humanities/Social Sciences sub-pages for more information.
by whom, and how often an article has been cited. However their coverage
of humanities & social sciences literature is limited.
For a detailed comparison of Scopus and Web of Science see the article in HLWiki (Canada).
Beyond these, some subject-specific databases also provide citation linking. See the Sciences/Medical & Dental or Humanities/Social Sciences sub-pages for more information.
Web of Science
Enables
researchers to track where, by whom, and how often an article has been
cited. Web of Science indexes more than 12,000 of the highest impact
journals worldwide across all subject areas. Citations extend as far
back as 1900.
Google Scholar
Citations in Google Scholar include Cited By
counts. Note that Google Scholar citations have been criticised for
duplications and mis-identifications and careful analysis and verification of results is strongly recommended. The Publish or Perish software program analyzes academic citations based on information from Google Scholar.
InCites (Thomson Reuters account required for access)
InCites
is a customized, citation-based research evaluation tool that enables
researchers to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark their
research output against peers worldwide.
Support for using the resource is available via Natalie Mast from Research Assessment Unit
Citation impact - Research Impact and Profiles - Guides at University of Western Australia
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