How to Improve Research Visibility and Impact: Session 6, Document publishing

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Determining Your Research Impact

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Determining Your Research Impact

An impact factor is one measure of the relative importance of a journal, individual publication, or research to literature and research.

Journal impact factors, citations to publications, h-index of researchers are used to measure the importance and impact of research.

Informed and careful use of impact and citation data is essential.  It is important to ensure data is being used to compare like with like:

• The number of times a paper is cited is not a measure of its actual quality.
• Some tools that measure the impact data do not incorporate books. So citations appearing in books are underrepresented.
• Different disciplines have different publication and citing patterns. When making comparisons, ensure the data has been adjusted to account for differences between disciplines as cross-disciplinary comparisons of individual scholars' h-indexes are not valid.
• Document age influences the number of citations it has.  Because it examines impact over time, the h-index favors established authors.
• Review articles are cited more often and can change results.
• Self-citing may skew results.

Journal Impact

The journal impact factor is calculated on the average number of citations per paper published in that journal during the three preceding years.  

Immediacy index based on the number of times articles published in the preceding year were cited in that year.

Eigenfactor Score, based on the number of citations received by articles in a journal, weighted by the rank of the journal the citations appear in.

Article Influence Score is a measure of the average influence of each of its articles over the first five years after publication.    

Acceptance and circulation rates can be useful metrics in determining the relative importance of particular journals.

CiteScore is based on the average citations received per document.  It is calculated on the number of citations received by a journal in on year to documents published in the three previous years, divided by teh number of documents indexed in Scopus published in those same three years. 

Citation Analysis

Citation analysis is a way of measuring the relative importance or impact of an author, an article, or a publication by counting the number of times that author, article, or publication has been cited by other works.

Why is citation analysis important?  It provides answers to:

• What are the best journals in my field?
• How do I check who is citing my articles?
• How many times have I been cited?
• How do I know this article is important?
• How can I compare the research impact between journals so I know which journal I should publish in?

The results of citation analysis in various databases will vary depending on the tool(s) used and thoroughness of the search.

Why do different databases retrieve different results?

The citation data will relate only to articles indexed within the database.  Variations occur because databases

• Index different publications
• Cover different date ranges
• Include poor-quality data (duplicate records, misspellings, incorrect citations, etc)

The h-index

The h-iindex is based on the set of a researcher's cited papers and the number of citations that the researcher has received in other people's publications.  

The h-index is the largest number of articles/books that a researcher has published (N) that have been cited N times. 

Example: If a researcher has 6 papers thave have been cited 6 or more times, their h-index is 6.

Three resources include the necessary citation data for h-index in their respective databases. 

• Web of Science
• Scopus (UNF does not subscribe)
• Google Scholar

The h-index of an author will be different in each of these databases, since they calculate using their own journal content.  

Alternative Metrics

Alternative Metrics (Altmetrics) measure the impact of articles by counting mentions by social media sites and other web sources, not considered in traditional bibliometrics such as citation counts and impact factors. Altmetrics measure the impact of articles outside the means of traditional publishing, including

• number of 'talkbacks' or amount of discussion an article has received in blogs and on Twitter
• mentions on social networking sites such as Facebook and bookmarking sites
• discussions on scholarly networking sites and repositories such as Mendeley

Additional Resources

• Metrics Toolkit

  "The Metrics Toolkit provides evidence-based information about research metrics across disciplines, including how each metric is calculated, where you can find it, and how each should (and should not) be applied. You’ll also find examples of how to use metrics in grant applications, CVs, and promotion dossiers."
• What are Altmetrics?
• Rise of 'Altmetrics' Revives Questions About How to Measure Impact of Research

  Howard, J. (2013, June 03,). Rise of 'altmetrics' revives questions about how to measure impact of research. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Someday, Altmetrics Will No Longer Need ‘Alt’

  June, A. W. (2016, July 18,). Someday, altmetrics will no longer need ‘Alt’. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Editors’ JIF-boosting stratagems – which are appropriate and which not?

  For a description of how it's possible to game journal metrics.
  
  Martin, B. R. (2016). Editors’ JIF-boosting stratagems – which are appropriate and which not? doi://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2015.09.001

Interfolio Assistance

Marianne Jaffee

Gordon Rakita

Journal Impact Factor

• Journal Citation Reports

  Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides the impact factor, immediacy index, and other citation data for approximately 12,000 scholarly and technical journals and conference proceedings from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries in the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. Journals listed exclusively in Arts and Humanities Citation Index are not included. .

• CiteScore (Scopus)

  CiteScore provides citation impact of over 22,000 journal and book series titles from Scopus. Searchable by journal or book series title, subject area, publisher.

Citation Tools

• Web of Science

  Indexes over 12,000 of the highest impact journals, includes conference proceedings, but no books.
  UNF coverage from 1991 to present
• Google Scholar

  Searches articles, theses, books from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and other websites.
  Data from Google Scholar should be verified for accuracy as citation figures can be artificially inflated.

• Publish or Perish

  Free software which tracks research impact using Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search.

Altmetrics

• Altmetric.com

  "Altmetric.com tracks and demonstrates the reach and influence of your work to key stakeholders."
• Plum Analytics

  "Plum Analytics uses research metrics to help answer the questions and tell the stories about research."
• Kudos

  "Kudos is a web-based service that aims to increase the visibility of academic publications and their eventual impact."
• ImpactStory Profiles

  "Researcher impact profiles highlighting altmetrics and nontraditional scholarly products."
• Mendeley

  "Mendeley is a social reference manager that tracks readership of scholarly articles posted to the site; manage your research in the cloud and control who you share it with or make it publicly available and citable"

Why publish articles in journals?

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Why publish articles in journals?

Publishing articles in journals may help:

• Receiving comments and earning approval from prestigious and professional editorial board
• Reaching a wider audience and enhancing your research visibility
• Gaining a concrete academic job qualification

How to choose a journal for publication?

Journals vary widely, so think about the following factors when choosing a journal for publishing:

• Impact and ranking (may refer to Bibliometrics & Research Impact databases)

• Audience

• Peer Reviewed

• Journal Indexing

• Circulation Count

• Acceptance Rate

• Editor and Editorial Board

 

Predatory publishers are publishers whose primary goal is financial gain, based on unethical business practices, demonstrate unusually high acceptance rates, and oftentimes list high-profile editorial board members who have not agreed to serve as reviewers for the publication.

Some journals appear to have been hijacked, meaning that their websites or branding have been co-opted by a predatory journal or publisher.

Check the List of Predatory Journals and List of Hijacked Journals by Stop Predatory Journals and think before you submit your works.

 

Source:

• Turkiewicz, K. (2017). Pay to review and/or publish. In M. Allen (Ed.), The sage encyclopedia of communication research methods (Vol. 3, pp. 1202-1203). SAGE Publications, Inc, http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483381411.n416
• List of Hijacked Journals by Stop Predatory Journals
• Research Impact Metrics: Citation Analysis by University of Michigan Library

 

How to prepare and submit articles to a journal?

Journal's editorial policy, instructions to authors and other pertinent information are very useful for you to prepare and submit an article to a journal. Make sure you read and understand such kinds of information clearly before preparing a final version of your article. Please refer to websites of individual publisher or journal for more details.

Bibliometrics & Research Impact

Compare journals and look for high-impact articles using citation bibliometrics:

• Chinese science citation database
• InCites (Benchmarking & analytics)
• InCites essential science indicators
• InCites Journal citation reports
• Science citation index
• SciVal
• Scopus

Author Identifiers & Profiles

• ORCID

  ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other researcher. You can connect your iD with your professional information — affiliations, grants, publications, peer review, and more. You can use your iD to share your information with other systems, ensuring you get recognition for all your contributions, saving you time and hassle, and reducing the risk of errors.

What is ORCID?

• Publons (Web of Science ResearcherID)

  You can join Publons to track your publications, citation metrics, peer reviews, and journal editing work in a single, easy-to-maintain profile.

Publons: Track more of your research impact

• Scopus Author ID and Profile

  You can register for your unique ORCID and use Scopus to import your records. If you need to make corrections to your Scopus profile, use Author Feedback Wizard to do so.

Scopus Tutorial: Understand how author profiles work

• Google Scholar Profile

  Having a public Google Scholar profile helps you to increase the visibility of you and your scholarly work by making your published work discoverable and visible on one page.

   

   

If you need more information on setting-up the different author profiles, please take a look at the Libraries' guide on Researcher Profiles.

HKU Scholars Hub: Institutional Repository

 

 

HKU Scholars Hub is to enhance the visibility of HKU authors and their research:

• ResearcherPages (RPs) for
  • Research or teaching Staff with a UGC Grade A - I
  • RPG Students
• Research Output such as
  • Patents
  • Publications
  • Theses

Data Hub: HKU data repository

 

 

The University of Hong Kong Libraries is providing a comprehensive repository for research data and other forms of scholarly outputs. DataHub is the cloud platform for storing, citing, sharing, and discovering research data and all scholarly outputs. It collects, preserves, and provides stable, long-term global open access to a wide range of research data and scholarly outputs created by HKU researchers and RPG students in the course of their research and teaching.

To know more, check out the LibGuide on DataHub.

Open Access

 

 

Open Access brings you the following benefits:

• More exposure for your work
• Practitioners can apply your findings
• Higher citation rates
• Your research can influence policy
• The public can access your findings
• Compliant with grant rules
• Taxpayers get value for money
• Researchers in developing countries can see your work

To know more, check out the Open Access@HKUL guide.

 

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1. What are citation metrics?
Citations are an indicator of an article’s worldwide influence and the means by which researchers acknowledge other researchers. Citation metrics are a quantitative way of measuring and ranking research impact based on citations counts. They measure productivity, influence, efficiency, relative impact and specialization and can be applied to an individual, group, institution, subject area or geographic region.

Examples of citation metrics:

• Total number of papers: the number of papers published by a research within a stated timeframe.
• Total number of citations: the sum of the citation counts across all papers.
• Hirsch's h-index: “a researcher has index h if h of his/her x papers have at least h citations each”

2. What does the h-index measure? Why are researchers so interested in it?
The h-index is a measure of an author's impact based on the citation rates of their articles published. The h-index is calculated by establishing how many publications are attributable to an author that contain at least that same number of citations e.g. if an author has a h-index of 8, they have 8 publications that have been cited at least 8 times.

3. How can I find my h-index?
The h-index can be generated in both the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The h-index may not be the same in both databases because different citation databases cover different publication sources as well as date ranges. Citation data obtained from a particular database is derived from journal titles that are indexed by that particular database.  

4. Why use citation metrics?
Citation metrics can be used as an indication of the importance and impact of an individual researcher or that of a research group, department or university, and their value to the wider research community. Applications for funding, research positions or promotion may require citation metric data. University rankings also take citation metrics into account.

5. Is citation metric data reliable?
Citation metrics have their limitations. Self-citations, differences in metrics depending on the data source, multi-author publications giving equal credit to all authors and certain metrics favouring experienced researchers over early career researchers are just some factors that affect the “reliability” of citation metrics.

6. Which databases can I use to search for citations and generate citation metrics?
The main resources for citation searching include Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar.

7. How can I find out how often my publications have been cited?
A number of databases include journal article citation information:

• Web of Science
• Scopus
• Google Scholar

You can conduct a search for a published article in any of these databases and you will be able to view a list of all the articles in the database that have cited that published article. This is highly dependent on the journal coverage of that database.

8. Can I be notified each time my publication is cited?
You can set up a citation alert in Web of Science or Scopus so that you receive a notification each time your publication is cited by other sources that are added to the database.

9. What is a Journal Impact Factor?
The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) uses citation data to assess and track the impact of a journal in relation to other journals. The impact factor is recalculated each year: the number of citations received in that year is divided by the total number of articles published in the two previous years.

10. How can I find the impact factor for a particular journal?
You can find out the Journal Impact Factor for a particular journal using Journal Citation Reports (JCR).

11. How can I find out which journals in my field have the highest impact factor?
You can find out the Journal Impact Factors for journals in a particular field using Journal Citation Reports (JCR).

12. How reliable are Journal Impact Factors?
The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) has been criticised for not accurately reflecting the value of the work published in journals. As the measure is based on the number of citation counts received by articles in a journal it cannot be used to compare journals across disciplines and is biased towards journals that contain more heavily cited publication types, such as review articles or methods papers. It is also open to editorial manipulations. The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) makes recommendations for improving the way in which the quality of research output is evaluated, including the need to eliminate the use of journal-based metrics, such as the Journal Impact Factor.

13. Are there alternatives to the Journal Impact Factor?
Alternative metrics available to measure the impact of a journal include:

• Eigenfactor score - This is similar to the Journal Impact Factor, but citations are weighted, with citations from highly ranked journals making a greater impact on the final Eigenfactor score than citations from journals with lower rankings. The Eigenfactor score is based on data from the Web of Science database.
• CiteScore - similar to Journal Impact Factor, this looks at publications indexed in Scopus and provides the average number of citations that are received in the respective journals.
• SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) - The SJR is very similar to the Eigenfactor score and also gives more weight to highly ranked journals. The SJR is based on data from the Scopus database.
• SNIP (Source Normalized Impact Per Paper) - SNIP weights citations according to subject field, with higher value given to a citation if it is from a field where articles tend to be cited less frequently. SNIP is based on the Scopus database.

14. What are Altmetrics?
Altmetrics is an emerging field which aims to measure the impact of published research on the social web. This type of measure can supplement the information gained from traditional Citation metrics. Altmetrics can also be used to gauge the impact of publications that would not be included in traditional citation metrics, for example data sets, software, or presentations.

Altmetrics are based on data such as:

• Blog cites
• Twitter cites
• Mendeley records
• Online repository records
• Article views and/or downloads
• News or media mentions etc

Besides demonstrating impact, Altmetrics can be used to find collaborators, or to provide evidence of engagement with the content of a publication.

More information about Altmetrics can be found on our Altmetrics page.

15. What effect does open access publishing have on citation metrics?
Various studies have been carried out to determine whether open access publishing has an effect on the number of downloads or citations a piece of work receives. The results vary across disciplines. SPARC maintains a list of studies which addresses this question.

16. I would like to know more about predatory journals, publishers or conferences. Where can I find out more?
You can refer to our libguide on predatory publishing for more information about predatory publishing and predatory journals. Resources like Think Check Submit or Think Check Attend are also useful as they provide a checklist for authors to refer to when they come across any predatory publisher or organisers. You can also contact us for more information and advice on the topic.

How to improve research visibility and impact: a Scopus workshop with USM

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How to Improve Research Visibility and Impact: Session 5, Online Repository

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Research Visibility and Impact

Author Impact

An author's impact on their field or discipline has traditionally been measured using the number of times they have published and the number of times their academic publications are cited by other researchers. Although the simplest way to demonstrate your impact is to create a list of your publications and the number of times they have been cited, numerous algorithms based on publication data have also been created. Below are some of the more common metrics and tools you can use to measure research impact.

Citation Counts

Simply put, citation counts are the number of times an article has been cited in other articles, books, or other sources. However the exact number is often difficult to determine because different sources (such as databases) search article references differently.  As a result the counts will differ from source to source.

H-index

The h-index, or Hirsch index, measures the impact of a particular scientist rather than a journal. "It is defined as the highest number of publications of a scientist that received h or more citations each while the other publications have not more than h citations each." 1 For example, a scholar with an h-index of 5 had published 5 papers, each of which has been cited by others at least 5 times. The links below will take you to other areas within this guide which explain how to find an author's h-index using specific platforms. 

NOTE: An individual's h-index may be very different in different databases. This is because the databases index different journals and cover different years. For instance, Scopus only considers work from 1996 or later, while the Web of Science calculates an h-index using all years that an institution has subscribed to. (So a Web of Science h-index might look different when searched through different institutions.)  

G-index

A newer metric proposed by Leo Egghe in 2006 in the g-index.  The g-index is an alternative for the h-index, which does not average the numbers of citations. The h-index only requires a minimum of n citations for the least-cited article in the set and thus ignores the citation count of very highly cited papers. Roughly, the effect is that h is the number of papers of a quality threshold that rises as h rises; g allows citations from higher-cited papers to be used to bolster lower-cited papers in meeting this threshold. Therefore, in all cases g is at least h, and is in most cases higher. However, unlike the h-index, the g-index saturates whenever the average number of citations for all published papers exceeds the total number of published papers.  It is worth noting that the g-index is not as widely accepted as the h-index, 

• 1 Schreiber, M. (2008). An empirical investigation of the g-index for 26 physicists in comparison with the h-index, the A-index, and the R-index. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(9), 1513.

Find your h-index in Web of Science

The Citation Report feature displays bar charts for the number of items published each yea, the number of citations each year, the counts for the average number of citations per item, the number of citations per year per publication, average number of citations per year per publication, and the H-index.

For more information on building a Citation Report or read the Citation Report help page.

How to Improve Research Visibility and Impact: Session 4, Online CV

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How to Improve Research Visibility and Impact: Session 3, Make a paper ID

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Maximized Research Impact: Effective Strategies for Increasing Citations

• Nader Ale Ebrahim
• Hossein Gholizadeh
• Artur Lugmayr

Abstract

The high competitive environment has forced higher education authorities to set their strategies to improve university ranking. Citations of published papers are among the most widely used inputs to measure national and global university ranking (which accounts for 20% of QS, 30% of THE, and etc.). Therefore, from one hand, improving the citation impact of a search is one of the university manager’s strategies. On the other hand, the researchers are also looking for some helpful techniques to increase their citation record. This chapter by reviewing the relevant articles covers 48 different strategies for maximizing research impact and visibility. The results show that some features of article can help predict the number of article views and citation counts. The findings presented in this chapter could be used by university authorities, authors, reviewers, and editors to maximize the impact of articles in the scientific community.

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Citation, Citation impact, Article, Highly citable papers, Scientific production, Author Citación, Impacto de citación, Artículo, Artículos altamente citados, Producción científica, Autor

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Rafael Repiso

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, UNIR, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2803-7505

Alicia Moreno-Delgado

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, UNIR, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3425-061X

Ignacio Aguaded

Universidad de Huelva, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0229-1118

Abstract

The relevance of citations is clear since they constitute a substantial part of most bibliometric indicators. The aims of the present paper are to identify several factors associated with obtaining citations to explain these and, finally, to offer authors a number of useful suggestions. Those studies that have had the greatest influence on science are also those that are most frequently cited. The essential factor leading to a study being cited is that it should make a significant contribution to the advance of science; that is, the relevance of the research. But other essential dimensions exist: Accessibility; Dissemination; Scientific authority. Other predictive factors allow us to predict the number of citations a document may receive: Prior production by the authors; Structural context of the work; Scientific trends; Validity/Obsolescence (expiry) of results; Quality of formal aspects; Theoretical context of the study; Types of work. Finally, some ways are suggested to improve the citations of their works and thus contribute to a wider dissemination and development of science.

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Repiso, R., Moreno-Delgado, A., & Aguaded, I. (2020). Factors affecting the frequency of citation of an article. Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication, 1(1), 007. https://doi.org/10.47909/ijsmc.08

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