Web of Science for ResearchWeb of Science for Research Discovery

SEE Diu Seng PhD (薛兆盛)SEE Diu Seng, PhD (薛兆盛)Thomson ReutersSolution Consultant, Southeast Asia

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1 Jun 2016Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaBangi, Selangor, Malaysia

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What Have These Numbers Got to With Research?

200 P d h~200 Papers read per researcher annually

~60,000 Journals in market today

~1.8 million Articles published in 2014*

*Ware Mark and Michael Mabe An Overview Of Scientific And Scholarly Journal PublishingWare, Mark, and Michael Mabe. An Overview Of Scientific And Scholarly Journal Publishing. International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, 2015.

90% of world’s Human knowledge90% of world s data generated in last 2 years

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What do you really need for research discovery?

“I only need to read the full text”

“More journals = better”“Search the publisher’sdatabase using keywords”

What do you really need for research discovery?

Agree or Disagree?

Google any common topic and you get millions of results

Not all results are equally important

You only have time for the most important and impactfuly p presults

The problem is not lack of information. It is too muche p ob e s ot ac o o at o t s too ucinformation

Identification of important and relevant work is key toIdentification of important and relevant work is key toeffective literature review

Bradford’s Law: A relatively small number of journals publish the majority of significant scholarly results

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WEB OF SCIENCE CORE COLLECTION

• It is a vast multidisciplinary collection of standardizedp ymetadata - source items and cited references - from aselected and rigorously curated collection of

16,316 High ImpactJOURNALS

170,738CONFERENCES

70,645SCHOLARLY BOOKSJOURNALS

1900 - 2016CONFERENCES1990 - 2016 2005 - 2016

• 61 Million Source Items61 Million Source Items• >1 Billion Cited References

Only the important and impactful resultsOnly the important and impactful resultsCorrect As of 28 Apr 2016

Why are we so selective about journals?

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3000+3000+Bradford’s Law:

A relatively small number of journalspublish the majority of significantscholarly resultsscholarly results.

Who in Thomson Reuters select journals?

• 18 FULL TIME EDITORS FULLY DEDICATED (150 Years of experience)WEB OF SCIENCE JOURNAL

SELECTION PROCESS • +3,000 JOURNALS EVALUATED IN 2014• 12% ACCEPTANCE RATE

SELECTION PROCESS

• NEUTRALITY + OBJECTIVITY =SELECTION OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY

INFORMATION PROVIDER, NOT PRIMARY PUBLISHER

• CONTENT DE-SELECTED FOR POORCONTINUOUS MONITORING CONTENT DE SELECTED FOR POOR PERFORMANCE OR UNETHICAL PRACTICES

CONTINUOUS MONITORING SINCE 1963

How much content is available on Web of Science?

SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED

8 700 Journals

SOCIAL SCIENCE CITATION INDEX

3 200 Journals

ARTS & HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX

1 700 Journals

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS CITATION INDEX

170 000 conferences

Core Collection subscription16,316+ unique titles8,700 Journals 3,200 Journals 1,700 Journals 170,000 conferences

BOOK CITATION INDEX

2005 - present

EMERGING SOURCES CITATION INDEX2,200 Journals

(T t 5 000)

CURRENT CHEMICALREACTIONS

1985 - present

INDEX CHEMICUS

1993 - present

, q(not counting Books and Proceedings)

C C ll ti b i ti~ 1 million (Target: 5,000) 232,600 392,000+

SciELO CITATION KCI KOREAN MEDLINE RUSSIAN CITATION

Core Collection subscriptionWith added content SciELO/Korean/MEDLINE/Russian

19,000+ unique titlesINDEX

881 Journals

JOURNAL DATABASE

2,030 Journals 5,530 Journals

INDEX

537 JournalsCitation Connection/Bundle subscriptionBIOSIS CITATION

INDEX5,300 Journals

ZOOLOGICALRECORD

4,900 Journals

DATA CITATION INDEX

325 repositories

DERWENTINNOVATIONS

INDEX57 Million Patents

CHINESE SCIENCECITATION

DATABASE1,900 Journals

25,000+ unique titles(not counting Patents, Books, Proceedings, Research Data)

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The Web of Science Core collection: One BILLIONCited references

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1900 1970 1996 2006 2016Why does it matter?A 1979 article on

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1976 Meeting Abstract A 1985 Review on A 2015 Article on“Heparin 2001 Article on

Citing various references

1976 Meeting Abstract on the “anticoagulant effect of heparin”

A 1985 Review on “acute venous thromboembolism”

A 2015 Article on Heparin sodium salt form used for dermal applications”

2001 Article on “lithium heparin”

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Access to the Full Text via SciELO open access database

The Web of Science Core collection: One BILLIONCited referencesf

1900 1970 1996 2006 2016

CITATION PATHWAYS ARE SHORTCUTS TO DISCOVERY.

WEB OF SCIENCE IS AN EFFICIENCY TOOL,

LEADING RESEARCHERS TO

UNCOVER RELATED INFORMATION IN UNIQUE WAYSUNCOVER RELATED INFORMATION IN UNIQUE WAYS

Li k t G l Link to Full Text via A t th f ll t t A t th F ll T tLink to Google Scholar to locate full text

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Access to the Full Text via SciELO open access database

The Web of Science Core collection: One BILLIONCited references

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Powerful search capabilitiesf p

Refine your search at each step

Sort results to reveal correlations

Analyze results

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• conferences• books

• research institutions• funding bodies

• country distribution• open access options

Create citation reports

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Publication in Web of ScienceCitation Mapping For Discoverypp g y

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Web of Science Demonstration

• Find what is essential to your research

• Identify the most recent and influential papers in the field

• Use the power of citations to establish links between ppublications and subjects

• Identify key opinion leaders in the field and find potential de t y ey op o eade s t e e d a d d pote t acollaborators

• Find the relevant journals and conferences to presentFind the relevant journals and conferences to present your research

WoS Quiz - True/False questions

Web of Science covers only scholarly journals

False! It also covers conferences and books

Web of Science Core Collection is the largest scientificgdatabase in the world

Depends!epe ds

In terms of number of documents…False! Google Scholaris by far the largest However note that large size ≠ mostis by far the largest. However, note that large size ≠ mostuseful.

In terms of number of cited references TRUE! ~1 billionIn terms of number of cited references, TRUE! ~1 billion

WoS Quiz - True/False questions

Thomson Reuters is a scientific publisher and has atendency to choose their own journals to be included intoy jWeb of Science

False! Thomson Reuters has always maintained aFalse! Thomson Reuters has always maintained apublisher neutral stance and DOES NOT compete withscientific publishers.

Web of Science is a full-text provider

False! Thomson Reuters does own full text copyrights as itFalse! Thomson Reuters does own full text copyrights as itis not a scientific publisher.

Journal Citation ReportsJournal Citation Reportscreate your publication y pstrategy

Where does JCR draw their data from?

WEB OF SCIENCE PLATFORM

Web of Science Core Collection• Science Citation Index Expanded

• Social Sciences Citation Index

Journal Citation Reports• Impact Factor uses data from most

recent JCR data year + prior 2 yearsSocial Sciences Citation Index

• Arts & Humanities Citation Index

• Emerging Source Citation Index

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• Conference Proceedings Citation Index • Science• Social Science & Humanities

Book Citation Index• Book Citation Index• Science• Social Science & Humanities

Explore journals by categoriesp j y g

See relations among journalsg j

Check the latest citation metrics

Compare journals easilyCompare journals easily

The world well-known Journal Impact Factor

IF =# of citations to all items published in 2012 and 2013

IF2014 =Articles & reviews published in 2012 and 2013

2012 2013 20142012 2013 2014

Impact Factor is Proprietary to Thomson Reuters!

Vi j lView summary journal information within the Web of Science interface

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How good an impact factor is depends on subject!

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Metrics are Subject Discipline Dependent

Journal ranking is subject dependent

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How to Access InCites: JCR

Alternatively, visithttps://jcr.incites.thomsonreuters.com/

JCR Home Page: Journals by Rank

See all journalsin JCR

Many indicators areavailable

S h fSearch fornames ofjournalshere

JCR Home Page: Categories by Rank

Show all 232categories

Click to seejournals injournals inthe category

Journal Citation Reports Demonstration - 1

• Journals by Rank How to search for journals How to search for journals

How to customize indicators

Categories by Rank• Categories by Rank See characteristics of different subject categories

Fi d li f j l i i bj Find list of journals in a certain subject category

Many more journal metrics are available

Impact Factor without Journal

Journal Ranking 5 year

Impactwithout Journal Self Cites

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ImmediacyIndex

EigenfactorScore

Impact Factor

And many more….. For more info, please visit:http://ipscience-help.thomsonreuters.com/incitesLiveJCR/glossaryAZgroup/g1/9587-TRS.html

Note: Metrics such as Impact Factor is useful butNote: Metrics such as Impact Factor is useful butDOES NOT replace informed peer review.

Journal Immediacy Index

• Measure of how often the average article from a journalis cited within its same year of publicationis cited within its same year of publication

• A reflection of the “hotness” of journals in a specificdisciplinediscipline

• Calculated using only 1 year of data

Immediacy Index =# of citations to all items published in 2014

Immediacy Index2014 =Articles & reviews published in 2014

Impact Factor & Journal Ranking

• Choose a subject category to see all journals in thatsubject category, sorted by default by impact factors.j g y y y p

• Each journal has at least one subject category. JCRprovides the context for you to understand howprovides the context for you to understand howgood/poor an impact factor is.

• Total Cites refer to citations to all articles in the journalTotal Cites refer to citations to all articles in the journal,whatever the years.

• Note: Impact factor is useful but DOES NOT• Note: Impact factor is useful but DOES NOTreplace informed peer review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RPsvgfi0RY&list=PLM1kuGdwRdGnkuPNk9xw6xZUdi7iwDxAW

Information on other journal metrics

• Immediacy index – measure of how quickly, on average, y q y, g ,items from a journal is cited. The higher, the quicker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or9kfXUAhcE&index=2&list=PLM1kuGdwRdGnkuPNk9xw6xZUdi7iwDxAW

• Eigenfactor score – metric intended to measure the importance of a journal to the scientific community byimportance of a journal to the scientific community, by considering the origin of the incoming citations, and is thought to reflect how frequently an average researcher would access content from that journal.

http://www.eigenfactor.org/

Enhancements in JCR 2015

Several metrics

Remove self citations for

Is this journal cited by

You know the Quartile of the journal, but docitations for

deeper understanding

cited by Influencialjournals?

of the journal, but do you know where it

ranks in this quartile?

A pillar rule of Bibliometrics: Do not rely on a single indicator! (e.g. Impact Factor)

Any Metric Can be Manipulated

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Journal Self-Citations Affects Impact Factor

Journal: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEWCategories: BUSINESS / MANAGEMENT

Journals with Excessive Self-Citations Will be SuppressedppJournal: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia-Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy

Effect of Self Citations

on rank in category:From Q1From Q1

To Q4

•Chemistry, Medicinal

•Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Source: 2010 Journal CitationJournal was suppressed from 2010.

Source: 2010 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2010)

Thomson Reuters is the ONLY database provider that monitors journalsj

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http://ipscience-help.thomsonreuters.com/incitesLive/JCRGroup/titleSuppressions.html

Thomson Reuters is transparent about why journals are suppressedpp

http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/jcr-suppression.pdf

Journal Citation Reports Demonstration

• Where to find impact factors

• Journal quartiles. How do they affect you?

• How to find journals in your field of study?j y y

• How to find related journals

• Effect of self-citations

JCR Quiz - True/False questions

Any journal can calculate and publish its own impact factor.

False! Impact factors are published ONLY by ThomsonReuters in its annual Journal Citation Reports. Be careful offake impact factors!fake impact factors!

JCR covers Science, Social Sciences and Arts &Humanities journalsHumanities journals.

False! JCR does not cover Arts & Humanities journals ascitation analysis is less useful in those subjectscitation analysis is less useful in those subjects.

JCR Quiz - True/False questions

High impact factor journals are always better than journalswith lower impact factorsp

False! Impact factors are subject dependent and it is unfairto compare impact factors superficially between differentto compare impact factors superficially between differentsubjects.

Thomson Reuters take serious actions against citationThomson Reuters take serious actions against citationmanipulation

True! Thomson Reuters monitors its database and is theTrue! Thomson Reuters monitors its database and is theONLY database provider that has a history of annualdeselections.

Not all publishers are ethical

Self-citationFake peer

review Fake impactimpact factor

Hijacked journals Fake editorial board

Non-transparent chargingClaims

about being indexed

http://www.scs.stanford.edu/~dm/home/papers/remove.pdf

ISI – Thomson Scientific – Thomson Reuters

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Even big publishers can be problematic…

http://www.nature.com/news/publishers-withdraw-more-than-120-gibberish-papers-1.14763http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.fullhttps://pdos.csail.mit.edu/archive/scigen/

Who wrote this crap?

http://www.sciencealert.com/two-scientific-journals-have-accepted-a-study-by-maggie-simpson-and-edna-krabappel

What do you think of this journal website?

Predatory Journals Often Show These Traits….

• Stolen images/pictures

• Fake editorial board members

• Fake Impact FactorsFake Impact Factors

• Incoherent addresses

• Publishes every subject

• Promises acceptance of manuscripts

• Publishing costs are not made knownPublishing costs are not made known

Impact Factor is Proprietary to Thomson Reuters!

Fake journal website

Address isAddress isSeychelles

Misleading infoWrongname

Text full of grammar And spelling errors

Misleading infoname

Anatomy of a Hijacked JournalWrongspelling

Fake ImpactFake

ImpactImpact FactorImpact Factor

The authentic journal

Which journal is fake?

Predatory journals can also be hijacked!

https://scholarlyoa.com/2015/06/18/predatory-journal-is-hijacked/

Conferences can also be unethical…Covers ALLsubjects?

Conferences andtour together? 

REALLY?

One conference  EVERY 2 WEEKS?

https://www.internationaljournal.org/EVERY 2 WEEKS?

Use image search to detect stolen/copied images

How about fake conferences?

19 conferences, same date as venue!•ICAQSP 2015: International Conference on Applied Quantum and Statistical Physics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICAMP 2015: International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICAPEC 2015: International Conference on Atomic Photonic and Electronic Collisions Bangkok (Dec 17-18 2015)ICAPEC 2015: International Conference on Atomic, Photonic and Electronic Collisions, Bangkok (Dec 17 18, 2015)

•ICCSP 2015: International Conference on Computational and Statistical Physics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICCP 2015: International Conference on Computational Physics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICCMMP 2015: International Conference on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)ICCMMP 2015: International Conference on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Bangkok (Dec 17 18, 2015)

•ICGG 2015: International Conference on Gas Geochemistry, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICMLSLD 2015: International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICNPA 2015: International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)y p y , g ( , )

•ICNAP 2015: International Conference on Nuclear and Atomic Physics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICNEST 2015: International Conference on Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICNMNS 2015: International Conference on Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Security, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)y g ( )

•ICNPPE 2015: International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants Engineering, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICNSE 2015: International Conference on Nuclear Science and Engineering, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICNSSE 2015: International Conference on Nuclear Systems Science and Engineering, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICNTHS 2015: International Conference on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICPO 2015: International Conference on Photonics and Optoelectronics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)

•ICPM 2015: International Conference on Physics and Mathematics, Bangkok (Dec 17-18, 2015)https://www.waset.org/conference/physical-and-mathematical-sciences

Who in Thomson Reuters select journals?

• 18 FULL TIME EDITORS FULLY DEDICATED (150 Years of experience)WEB OF SCIENCE JOURNAL

SELECTION PROCESS • +3,000 JOURNALS EVALUATED IN 2014• 12% ACCEPTANCE RATE

SELECTION PROCESS

• NEUTRALITY + OBJECTIVITY =SELECTION OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY

INFORMATION PROVIDER, NOT PRIMARY PUBLISHER

• CONTENT DE-SELECTED FOR POORCONTINUOUS MONITORING CONTENT DE SELECTED FOR POOR PERFORMANCE OR UNETHICAL PRACTICES

CONTINUOUS MONITORING SINCE 1963

More information of Fake Publishers and Bad Publishing Practicesg

• https://www.digital-science.com/blog/perspectives/predatory-publishing-isnt-the-

problem-its-a-symptom-of-information-inequality/• http://library-blog.syr.edu/drs/2014/09/03/a-cautionary-tale-about-predatory-

publishers/• http://www nature com/news/predatory publishers are corrupting open access• http://www.nature.com/news/predatory-publishers-are-corrupting-open-access-

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• http://www.vox.com/2014/4/24/5647106/a-reporter-published-a-fake-study-to-expose-how terrible somehow-terrible-some

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h-index Calculation Can be Automated

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h-index Measures Both the Output and Impact

“I propose the index h, defined as the number of papers ith it ti b ≤ h f l i d t l l t thwith citation number ≤ h, as a useful index to calculate the

scientific output of a researcher” (2005).Jorge E. Hirsch

h-index of 1 = 1 paper with at least 1 citation h-index of 2 = 2 papers with at least 2 citations .......h-index of h = h papers with at least h citations

To have high h-index, you need many papers and many citations to those papers!

h-index can be calculated by listing all your published papers in orderp p p

To manually calculate your h-index, organize articles in descending order, based on the number of times they have been cited.

Article Number No. of Citations1 502 453 304 235 18 h i d 65 186 107 5

h-index=6i.e 6 articles with 6 or more citations

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These articles do not contribute to the h-index

What’s the h-index for this researcher?

To manually calculate your h-index, organize articles in descending order, based on the number of times they have been cited.

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h-index measures both the output and impact! High h-index shows both high number of papers and high citation counts.

What’s the h-index for this researcher, again?

Article Number No. of Citations1 4022 412 413 244 205 156 147 128 119 1010 10 h-index=1010 1011 712 4

h index 10i.e 10 articles with 10 or more citations

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h-index Calculation Can be Automated

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