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Research Tutorials 2013 Citation counting. 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. Why count citations?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Margaret French | July 2013
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.
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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: 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.
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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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SCOPUS
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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
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Other citation counting tools
ACM Digital Library (available via iCat)
SCImago available at http://scimagejr.com
Science Watch http://sciencewatch.com