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Research Tutorials 2013

Citation counting

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A journal article citation

Porter, M.E. and Millar, V.A. (1985) ‘How information gives you competitive advantage’, Harvard Business Review, 63 (4), pp. 149-160.

Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

Why count citations?

“The papers marked with frequent citations are regarded as useful by a comparatively large numbers of researchers and experiments”Thomson Reuters (2013) Using bibliometrics. Available at: http://www.thomsonreuters.com Accessed: 12 June 2013.

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Citation counting: advantages Demonstrates the impact of a work

Provides a bibliography for a topic area Identifies leading researchers in a field

Identifies emerging research in a field

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Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

Citation counting: issues to consider

Does not replace the qualitative, peer review process

Different disciplines vary according to citation patterns

No one citation counting tool includes every journal

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Citation counting tools

http://scholar.google.com - Google Scholar

My Kingston > Library> iCat > Database List > w or s for Web of Knowledge or Scopus.

Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

Web of Knowledge - Web of Science: (i)Arts and Humanities (ii) Science (iii) Social Science

Extensive journal list http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjlConference proceedings index & book citation index

Searchable by topic, researcher, article, institution, journal

Web of Knowledge for metrics

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JCR on Web of KnowledgeOn Web of Science under Additional Resources tab

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) identify top journals in a field

Provides journal rankings by discipline

Calculates the impact of a journal title – Journal Impact Factor

Measures impact within year of publication – Immediacy Index

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Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

SCOPUS

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Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

h-index

Hirsch index for scientific research

Used to measure the contribution of individual researchers

Tries to establish quality as well as citation counting

Only highly cited publications contribute to the h-index

Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

Citation counting | Margaret French | July 2013

Other citation counting tools

ACM Digital Library (available via iCat)

SCImago available at http://scimagejr.com

Science Watch http://sciencewatch.com