Sunday 28 May 2017

Researcher Impact - Research Impact - LibGuides at City, University of London

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Research Impact

Web of Science Author Search

It is possible to create an author citation report on the Web of Science.

To do this, login to Web of Science and click on the down arrow on the Web of Science home screen and select Author.

Type in the author's surname and initials. You can select a research domain and institution if you wish.

You will see a list of publications by the author, click on Create
Citation Report to provide an overview of the author's papers and the
citations they have received.

Scopus Author Search

To create an Author report in Scopus, click on Author Search and type in the author's surname and first names or initials and click Search.

From the list of results, click on the author's name. This should produce an Author details page.

This shows the list of the author's publications which are indexed on Scopus and

also a list of the publications which cite them.

It is possible to produce an author citation report and

analyse the author's output and see any co-authors.

Tracking your Research

Set up citation alerts for your publications in Web of Science and Scopus
Create a profile in Google Scholar Citations and receive citation alerts
Sign up to researcher social networking sites such as ResearchGate and Academia.edu and list your publications there and track how often they have been viewed and who is following you.
Use alternative metrics (Altmetrics) to track the impact of your
research. Downloads, tweets, likes or mentions are indicators on how
often you publication has been discussed. You can create an account with
ImpactStory Some databases such as ScienceDirect and some resource discovery tools such as CityLibrary Search display Altmetrics data where available.

H Index

The h-index ( the Hirsch index) is a combined measure of both
productivity and impact. An index of h means that your h most
highly-cited articles have at least h citations each, e.g. a
researcher's h-index will be 5 if 5 of his/her articles have been cited
at least 5 times.

The h-index is more informative than total number of articles (which
ignores how well those articles have been received by other researchers)
or total number of citations (which can be inordinately influenced by a
small number of highly-cited articles and therefore not an accurate
reflection of productivity).

The h-index can be calculated by using the following tools:

Web of Science
Scopus
Google Scholar (with Publish or Perish software)

There are a number of limitations and cautions to be taken into account when using the h-index. These include:

Academic disciplines differ in the average number of references per
paper and the average number of papers published by each author
The length of the academic career will impact the number of papers
published and the amount of time papers have had to be cited. The
h-index is therefore a less appropriate measure for junior academics.
There are different patterns of co-authorship in different disciplines.
Individual highly cited papers may not be accurately reflected in an h-index.

Calculating the h-index

You can also download a datasheet "Calculating the h-index" from the MYRI website.

Improving your Impact

As the number of publications increases each year, it can be
difficult for researchers to keep track of recently published materials
in their disciplines.

A few factors may increase the visibility of your publication:

Always use the same name version consistently throughout your
career, e.g. “John J. O’Sullivan”, NOT “J. J. O’Sullivan”, “John
O’Sullivan”, “John James O’Sullivan”
Use a standardised institutional affiliation and address
Publish in journals with high impact factor
Collaborate with researchers in other institutions
Deposit your publication (final draft or published paper -
depending on copyright policy of publisher) in an institutional
repository such as City Research Online.
Take advantage of SEO (search engine optimisation) by carefully selecting title and keywords for your publication
Register for an ORCID and/or Researcher ID in order to be more easily found in databases
Present preliminary research findings at meetings and conferences
Join academic social networking sites, e.g. Academia.edu, ResearchGate, LinkedIn and include your publications on them.
Utilise social bookmarking tools such as Mendeley, Zotero or CiteULike
Start a blog devoted to your research project
Consider communicating information about your research via Twitter