Publication strategyHow to enhance your citation scores

Marianne RenkemaInformation Specialist, Wageningen UR Library

Citation analysis

Number of articles Citations Relative impact

Where to publish

It is better to publish one paper in a quality journal than multiple papers in lesser journals. …… Try to publish in journals that have high impact factors; chances are your paper will have high impact, too, if accepted.

Bourne PE (2005) Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published.

PLoS Comput Biol 1(5): e57 doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010057

Citation impact versus journal impact

Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl)

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Impact indicators for journals

Journal impact factor (ISI Journal Citation Reports) Citations per paper (ISI Journal Citation Reports)

Journal Ranking (ISI Essential Science Indicators)

SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR)

H-index (Web of Science, Scopus, …)

Effect of subfield in ESI

Research Field N C RI

Agricultural Sciences 137 1097 1.59

Chemistry 54 484 1.27

Biology & Biochemistry 52 370 0.64

Plant & Animal Science 17 362 3.46

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All research fields 287 2652 1.29

Effect Open Access

Author fee journals (BMC, PloS, …) Open Choice journals (Springer,...) Delayed access Public Repositories

Small effect on citation impact, but high effect on global participation in science (Evans & Reimer, 2009)

Publish in the right journals

With a high impact Subfield in ESI Open Access(?)

Indexed in Web of Science

Be consistent with names Stick to one personal name

don’t vary with initials or family namesSuch as: B.G. Temmink and H. Temmink for the same personor A. Dieleman-van Zaayen and A. van Zaayen

Use a standardized name for research group or institute

Include Wageningen UR or Wageningen University in the affiliation

Not: ALTERRA Res Inst, P.O.box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands But: ALTERRA Res Inst, Wageningen UR, P.O.box 47, 6700 AA

Wageningen, Netherlands

“Repair” your entry in databases

Standardize your name in Scopus Register for ResearchID in Web of Science Check your name(s) in Metis/Wageningen

Yield

Effect of cooperation on relative impact

Without cooperation

International cooperation

% output impact % output impact

WUR 21 1.12 49 1.27

All Dutch U

25 1.15 44 1.53

Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl)

Advertise yourself

Advertise yourself

Submit preprints/postprints to digital Open Archives (Metis/WaY)

Write or enhance Wikipedia entries and refer to your publications

Blog about your research Bookmark your publications in del.icio.us,

connotea, 2Collab, etc.

How to enhance your citation score

Write high quality papers Publish in the right journals Be consistent with names Cooperate with other research groups Advertise yourself

Good luck!