The development of bibliometric and citation analysis services at The University of Manchester Library
The Northern Collaboration 2014 ConferenceStephen Pearson (Research Information Analyst)& Scott Taylor (Research Services Librarian)
Outline of the session
Introduction
Citation Services to University centrally
Reports for Faculties
and SchoolsAltmetrics
Introduction
Citation Services to University centrally
Reports for Faculties
and SchoolsAltmetrics
‘The Manchester Model’
• Academic Engagement• Research Services• Teaching and Learning
Services
Service Teams(2012 onwards)
• Arts• Business and
Management• Engineering and Physical
Sciences• Life Sciences• Medical and Human
Sciences• Social Sciences
Subject Teams(up to 2012)
Where we are
Research Services
Citation Services
Business Data Service
Institutional Repository
Research Data Management
Research Resource
Management and
Development
Scholarly Communication
and Open Access
Who we are
Citation Services Team
Research Information Analyst
Research Services Librarian
What is a citation?
What does a citation database look like?
• ... reference to earlier work implies value of earlier work?
• ... the more citations a piece of work receives, the greater its value is?
Can we be sure that ...
Which article has received the most citations?
A. F. Brown, 'Occurrence of vitamin-E in cod and other fish-liver oils'. Nature 171 (4357) 1953, pp.790-791.
B. W.R. Davis, R.J. Slawson, G.R. Rigby, 'An unusual form of carbon'. Nature 171 (4356) 1953, p.756
C. J.D. Watson, F.H.C. Crick, 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids'. Nature 171 (4356) 1953, pp.737-738
D. A. Wilska, 'A new method of light microscopy'. Nature 171 (4347) 1953, p.353
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• F. Brown, 'Occurrence of vitamin-E in cod and other fish-liver oils'. Nature 171 (4357) 1953, pp.790-791.13 citations
• W.R. Davis, R.J. Slawson, G.R. Rigby, 'An unusual form of carbon'. Nature 171 (4356) 1953, p.756169 citations
• J.D. Watson, F.H.C. Crick, 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids'. Nature 171 (4356) 1953, pp.737-7385,170 citations
• A. Wilska, 'A new method of light microscopy'. Nature 171 (4347) 1953, p.35324 citations
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6a3B499nwY&t=19m15s
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7INnQGoBkE&t=2m52s
NBA 2013-2014Player Field Goals
Kevin Durant 849
LeBron James 767
Carmelo Anthony 743
Blake Griffin 718
Al Jefferson 700
Stephen Curry 652
LaMarcus Aldridge 652
Kevin Love 650
Dirk Nowitzki 633
DeMar DeRozan 604
Premier League 2013-2014Player Goals
Luis Suarez 31
Daniel Sturridge 22
Yaya Toure 20
Wayne Rooney 17
Wilfried Bony 17
Sergio Aguero 17
Edin Dzeko 16
Olivier Giroud 16
Jay Rodriguez 15
Romelo Lukaku 15
In which field would you expect citation levels to be highest?
A. ClassicsB. Economics and
EconometricsC. EducationD. Philosophy
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Articles published: 9
Citations received: 13
Citations received per article: 1.44
Articles published: 379
Citations received: 13,251
Citations received per article: 34.96
• Of 29,702 articles in the field of Atomic and Molecular Physics published worldwide in 2007 ...
• The most-cited 1% (297 articles) have received at least 108 citations
• The most-cited 5% (1,485 articles) have received at least 45 citations
• The most-cited 10% (2,970 articles) have received at least 30 citations
• The most-cited 25% (7,425 articles) have received at least 15 citations
• Of 10,624 articles in the field of History published worldwide in 2007 …
• The most-cited 1% (106 articles) have received at least 26citations
• The most-cited 5% (531 articles) have received at least 10 citations
• The most-cited 10% (1,062 articles) have received at least 6 citations
• The most-cited 25% (2,656 articles) have received at least 2 citations
Introduction
Citation Services to University centrally
Reports for Faculties
and Schools
Altmetrics
Reviewing institutional performance
Number of items published 2008-2012
Number of items in top 10%
Percentage of items in top 10%
Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health
731 232 31.74
Institute of Cancer Sciences
978 305 31.19
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
371 83 22.37
Institute of Human Development
1044 237 22.7
Institute of Inflammation and Repair
1826 562 30.78
Institute of Population Health
1307 331 25.33
MHS Total (also including Schools)
9917 2495 25.16
Excel
Authors Title Year Journal title
Cited by Subject Article in 1%?
Article in 5%?
Article in 10%?
Nock M.K. Self-Injury 2010 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
75
Wolfer A., Ramaswamy S.
MYC and metastasis
2011 Cancer Research
27
Valiant L.G. Evolvability 2009 Journal of the ACM
12
Shleifer A., Vishny R.W.
Unstable banking
2010 Journal of Financial Economics
43
Carey S. Beyond fast mapping
2010 Language Learning and Development
12
Bates R.H. State failure 2008 Annual Review of Political Science
14
Narayana S., Sato Y.
DC magnetic cloak
2012 Advanced Materials
13
De Leon N.P., Lukin M.D., Park H.
Quantum plasmonic circuits
2012 IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
5
Authors Title Year Journal title
Cited by Subject Article in 1%?
Article in 5%?
Article in 10%?
Nock M.K. Self-Injury 2010 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
75 Psychiatry and Mental Health
Yes
Wolfer A., Ramaswamy S.
MYC and metastasis
2011 Cancer Research
27 Cancer Research
Yes
Valiant L.G. Evolvability 2009 Journal of the ACM
12 Artificial Intelligence
Yes
Shleifer A., Vishny R.W.
Unstable banking
2010 Journal of Financial Economics
43 Accounting Yes
Carey S. Beyond fast mapping
2010 Language Learning and Development
12 Education Yes
Bates R.H. State failure 2008 Annual Review of Political Science
14 Sociology and Political Science
Yes
Narayana S., Sato Y.
DC magnetic cloak
2012 Advanced Materials
13 Materials Science
Yes
De Leon N.P., Lukin M.D., Park H.
Quantum plasmonic circuits
2012 IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
5 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Yes
Setting a target
Manchester highly cited papers: ?%
Manchester target for highly cited papers: ?%
UK top university highly cited papers: ?%
World top university highly cited papers: ?%
What are the top universities in the UK and the world for citations?
A. Cambridge and Stanford
B. Edinburgh and Pennsylvania
C. Manchester and Penn State
D. Oxford and Harvard
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University Total number of publications 2008-2012
Proportion in top 10% most cited
Harvard 87,784 35.7Stanford 41,816 31.1Oxford 36,679 29.3University of Pennsylvania 35,130 28.4Cambridge 35,272 27.8University College London 39,939 27.1Imperial College London 28,392 26.2Edinburgh 20,285 26LSE 3,792 25.6Toronto 52,852 24.2Melbourne 27,531 23.5Liverpool 12,776 22.8Manchester 27,183 22.3Sheffield 15,479 21.8Penn State 29,496 21.1
Outline of the session
Introduction
Citation Services to University centrally
Reports for Faculties
and Schools
Altmetrics
Standard reporting
Demo
Standard reportingScript
automation
(Python)
Ready-made
clusters
Citation centile
thresholds
Outline of the session
Introduction
Citation Services to University centrally
Reports for Faculties
and Schools
Altmetrics
Thank you!
Questions?