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Edith Cowan UniversityResearch OnlineECU Research Week Conferences, Symposia and Campus Events2012Using Metrics to Determine Research ImpactJulia GrossEdith Cowan University, j.gross@ecu.edu.auPresented at the ECU Research Week 2012, 17 - 21 September 2012This Presentation is posted at Research Online.http://ro.ecu.edu.au/creswk/32Contact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekUsing Metrics to Determine Research ImpactJulia Gross, ECU LibraryContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekWhat is  bibliometrics?• Quantitative analysis of research publications based on citations• Online trackingContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekBibliometrics applications• Review the literature in a discipline• Map influential researchers in a field• Measure research quality and impact• Map collaboration between researchers• Compare output of individuals, research centres, and institutions  (ERA)• Compare national publicationContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekCitation analysis - toolsWeb of ScienceScopusPublish or PerishContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekWeb of Science journal coverageScience Citation Index ~8,300Social Science Citation Index ~4,500Arts & Humanities Citation Index ~2,300Contact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/week• Search (topic, author, publication)• Author finder• Cited reference searchTypes of Web of Science searchesContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekResearcher cites others …Web of ScienceContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekResearcher is cited by others…Web of ScienceContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekScopus• Citation database• Subject coverage– Scientific – Technical – Medical– Social sciences– Arts & Humanities Contact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/week• Document search• Author search• Affiliation search• Advanced searchTypes of Scopus searchesContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekScopus – Analyse results toolContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekScopus – author evaluator toolContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/week01234567Hamilton, G.Resnicow, K.Shaw, TWaters, S.Milne, E.Johnston, R.Giles-Corti, B.English, D.R.Hall, M.Hearn, L.Jacoby, P.Burns, S.Maycock, B.McManus, A.Monks, H.Shaw, T.James, S.Hart, B.Howat, P.Gabebodeen …Kambaran, N.S.Beatty, S.E.Langner, H.G.Lower, T.Bishop, B.Broughton, H.R.Miller, M.Kane, R.Brown, G.Nichols, T.O'Connell, M.Pearce, N.Perren, S.Reddy, S.P.Costa, C.Roberts, C.M.Runions, K.Dooley, J.Epstein, M.Slee, P.Stevenson, M.Vaughan, R.D.Falconer, S.Fenton, J.Williams, P.Series2Excel graphs of bibliometrics data Contact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekScopus Web of Science overlapContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekPublish or Perish (Google Scholar)Citation analysis of Google Scholar dataSoftware download Contact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekGoogle Scholar“cited by”Contact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekWhy use Publish or Perish?• Better than using Google Scholar on its own• Broad multidisciplinary coverage• Includes results across many major databases• Better for social sciences, arts and humanities• Produces research performance metrics• Download results to ExcelContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekWhich database to use?• Scopus• Web of Science• Publish or PerishContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekJournal metricsContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekJournal metrics, measuring journal impact• Journal Citation Reports (JCR)– Science Edition– Social Sciences Edition• Impact factors• Highly cited journals in a discipline• Leading journals in a discipline• Discipline specificContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekJCR impact factors in Nanotechnologye.g. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology …Contact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekComparing journals on ScopusContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekOther tools, new developments…Future developments…Contact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekAltmetrics to determine research impact• Altmetrics manifesto• New ways to measure impact• New metrics based on analysing the social web• Scholarship is changing• Scholars use the Web: blogs, Twitter, social mediaContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekAltmetrics new tools – Web 2.0• Reference managers• Social media• Social bookmarking• Mendeley, Zotero• Blogs, Twitter• DeliciousContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekBibliometrics – handle with care!• Disciplinary differences• Citation impact vs Impact of research• Assumption that• Cited articles have been read/used• But we also have• Time-lag• Self citing• Diplomatic citing/non-citingContact Info: www.ecu.edu.au/research/weekAny questions? 

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