Research Tools: Increasing Research Visibility

Saturday, 3 September 2022

Increasing Research Visibility

Source: https://libguides.lib.hku.hk/researchsupport

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Summary of the Research Support@HKU Libraries

1. Ideation

• Prior searching using patent databases: Espacenet; Google patent; Japan Platform for Patent Information; KIPRIS; Lens.org; Patentscope; SciFinder; CNIPA; USPTO

• Identify emerging research trends using analytical tools: ESI (InCites Essential Science Indicators); SciVal

2. Write Research Proposal

• Find a supervisor/collaborator: HKU Scholars Hub; SciVal

• Explore funding opportunities: Research Services website

• Research Data Management (RDM): HKU Research Data Services website

• Ensure research integrity and intellectual property rights: check research integrity by HKU Research Services and University’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy

• Writing skills: Attend workshops by HKU Graduate School or read books on proposal writing

3. Literature Review

• Electronic Resources:

• Refer to Subject Guides

• Install the HKUL Search Assistant and Reload via HKUL

• Use search tools: Find@HKUL; Google Scholar; Multi-disciplinary databases; E-Theses Databases; HKUL Digital Initiatives; BrowZine; Alerts in databases; Pre-prints; HKALL; Interlibrary Loans; JULAC Card; Book Recommendation Online; Electronic Resources Recommendation Online; Journal Recommendation Online

• Skills: Build search statement with Boolean Operator; Truncation and Wildcard; Wildcard, Brackets and Quotation Marks

4. Organize References

• Endnote 20: download: Endnote; visit: Endnote@HKUL website; enroll in Online Endnote Course

• Zotero

• Mendeley

5. Research Methods

• Collect and analyze data by using HKUL resources:

• SAGE Research Methods • Cochrane Library • Covidence

• Springer Protocols • Cold Spring Harbor Protocols • Data analysis: Quantitative and Qualitative

6. Research Data

• Deposit data and visit:

• HKUL Research Data Services • DataHub • DataHub LibGuide

7. Ethical Considerations

• Get information on Research Integrity

• Write and cite sources: Endnote 20; ILT02 eLearning@HKUL: Manage Citation with Endnote; Endnote@HKU LibGuide

• Avoid plagiarism: What is plagiarism; Information Literacy Training: Academic Honesty

• General Similarity Check: Turnitin@HKU

• Copyright in Teaching and Learning at HKU: Copyright in Teaching and Learning at HKU; Copyright Classroom –HKU videos

• Ethical Use of Library Resources & Services: Terms & conditions of use; Downloading from databases; Copying of copyrighted materials; Policy and guidelines.

8. Publishing

• Guidelines and resources from publishers: How to Publish a Paper

• Open Access Publishing

9. Research Assessment

• Research Metrics@HKUL

• Key Metrics Tools: Web of Science; InCites; Essential Science Indicators (ESI); Journal Citation Reports (JCR); Scite; Scopus; SciVal; Scimago Journal & Country Rank; Scite.

• Types of Metrics:

• Journal-level metrics: Journal Impact Factor (JIF); Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)l; CiteScore; SCImago Journal Rank (SJR); Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)

• Article-level metrics: Times Cited; Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI); Altmetrics; Scite

• Author-level metrics: Times Cited; H-index; Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI)

• International Collaborations: % International Collaborations

10. Research Visibility