RESEARCH Visibility and Reputation

-Library assistance-

PHD conference, May 26th 2011Henk van den Hoogen

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Presentation

• Research Cycle: Publishing• Aim • Choices• Library assistance

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Research cycle

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Publishing

Focus on articlesChoices:

- journal / publisher- licensed vs open access- institutional/subject repository

Aim:- impact factor; rating- audience

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Submitting articles

Journal:• Quality assurance• Long procedure• Citation analysis• Limited access full

text

Repository:• Quality control? • Short procedure• Downloads • Open, free

accessible fulltext

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Optimal Solution

• Reputation: publish in journal (IF)

• Visibility: publish in Open Access

Solution:1. Open Access Journal with IF2. Regular Journal PLUS Repository

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Optimal Solution

Journal publication:-Credit points-Citations Repository:- Visibility

reputation

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Repository deposit

Visibility via metadata harvesting

- search enginesgeneral (Google, Yahoo)geographic (Narcis, OAister)

- service providerssubject communities(RePEc, SSRN, Xarchiv)

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Harvesting

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Linking services• Personal –publication-

Pages

• iGoogle, Netvibes, LinkedIn, etc

• UM-websites, Alumninet, EleUM, Research blog

• ...

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Reaction Publishers

Tendency for Open Access- Hybrid model- author’s version- embargo period

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Where the Library comes into the picture

- Finding OA-friendly journals- Copyright issues related to OA- Fulltext/metadata depositing and making visible- Linking Services (networking visibility)

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Library supportRelevant URL’s:- Institutional Repositoryhttp://darchief.ub.unimaas.nl/default.asp?lang=ENG- Narcishttp://www.narcis.nl/- Copyright Info pointhttp://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/ServiceCentres/home/ResearchSupport/CopyrightInformationPoint1.htm- Economists Onlinehttp://www.economistsonline.org/home

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What’s in a name

Example from presentation of:W. Gerritsma: Publishing for impact

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What’s in a name

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Henk van den Hoogen,h.vandenhoogen@maastrichtuniversity.nl