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Scopus as a bibliometrics tool: CiteScore metrics, more metrics & the importance of ranking
- 1. | 1| 1| 1 Scopus as a bibliometrics tool: CiteScore metrics, more metrics & the importance of ranking May 2017 Genevieve Musasa Customer Consultant for Africa for ScienceDirect, Scopus & Mendeley G.Musasa@elsevier.com
- 2. | 2| 2| 2 Mounir El Bedraoui Account Manager French-Speaking Countries in Africa M.Elbedraoui@elsevier.com Sherif Ghazy Account Manager Sub-Sahara Africa S.Ghazy@elsevier.com Karen Metcalf Account Manager South Africa K.Metcalf@elsevier.com
- 3. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 3 3| Agenda I. Introduction 1. Elsevier is empowering knowlegde 2. How to use research metrics appropriately and why Scopus offers a basket of metrics II. Journal metrics including CiteScore™ metrics 1. Why add CiteScore metrics to the basket? 2. What are CiteScore metrics? 3. How will CiteScore metrics be offered? 4. How does CiteScore compare to the Impact Factor? 5. Other journals metrics: SJR & SNIP III. Article level metrics Citation count, Field Weight Citation Impact, Scholarly Activity online, Scholarly commentary online, Social activity online, Media mentions IV. Author profile & its algorithm 1. Scopus – ORCID integration 2. Author level metrics: Document count, h Index, Monitoring your article via the article metrics V. The importance of rankings
- 4. Dear valued Scientific and Academic Community, here is a little word about myself: I am one of Elsevier Customer Consultants for Africa. I am based in The Netherlands, in the headquarter office of Elsevier. I am your dedicated expert for three solutions of Elsevier: ScienceDirect, Scopus and Mendeley. My aim is to help you creating more added value of these research solutions and much more. I am responsible among others for customer engagements in nearly all Africa, for conducting author workshops and trainings on those three solutions. I am working for Elsevier for more than 6 years of which nearly 3 years in this role. Always dedicated and passionate, I won one of the Elsevier Worldwide Customer Consultant Awards in 2015 and the Elsevier Customer Focus Value Award for emerging markets in 2014. Have a fruitful experience in reading this presentation!
- 5. | 5| 5| 5 I. Introduction
- 6. | 6| 6| 6 1. Elsevier is empowering knowledge
- 7. Our mission: Lead the way in science, technology and health Galileo’s last and greatest work, published in 1638 by Elzevir, Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Matematiche Louis Pasteur (Chemistry) Alexander Fleming (Medicine) Albert Einstein (Physics) Craig C Mello (Medicine) John C. Mather (Physics) Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (Medicine) Shinya Yamanaka (Medicine) Marie Curie (Physics, Chemistry) Some of the Nobel Prize winners published with Elsevier: 7 Since the year 2000, 154 of the 155 Nobel laureates in science and economics have published in Elsevier journals. That’s more than 99% TRADITION | EXCELLENCE 437 Years | 137 Years We commemorate the founding of the House of Elzevier in 1580 and celebrate the establishment of the Elsevier company in 1880. YEARS OF PUBLISHING
- 8. 8 Elsevier, the modern publishing company, was founded in 1880. It has evolved from a small Dutch publishing house devoted to classical scholarship into an international multimedia publishing company. Today, Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries that advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress. Elsevier provides workflow solutions and digital tools in the areas of strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support and professional education. Elsevier publishes over 2,500 digitized journals, including The Lancet and Cell, more than 35,000 book titles, and many iconic reference works, including Gray’s Anatomy Learn more about our mission: “Leading the way in advancing science, technology and health” Who is ELSEVIER ?
- 9. Novel Solutions that will enhance research Paperless Office (Databases) Physical Library Integration (Workflow Tools) Content Technology and Analytics Improved Outcomes 9
- 10. This is Elsevier Professionals in science, technology, engineering and health have more information at their disposal today than any time in history; yet understanding, discovery and knowledge are often beyond reach. At Elsevier, we create the tools that make sense of information, to help make better decisions, deliver better healthcare, save lives and make breakthrough discoveries that advance science and society. That means sorting through the overflow of information and choices to reveal knowledge that helps to make critical decisions. We do this by applying smart technology to complex problems, drawing from our unique foundation of authoritative information and structured data. We apply advanced technology and analytics to filter, extract and learn from vast data sets, social networks and collaboration platforms. We provide insight into global research productivity, helping researchers find funding and collaborate with colleagues. We provide the right clinical answers to physicians and nurses, shorten the path to actionable data for R&D professionals, and build adaptive learning technologies to help students learn more effectively. Quite simply, Elsevier is Empowering Knowledge. Source: Read “This is Elsevier” brochure on www.elsevier.com Watch the video” This is Elsevier” 10
- 11. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 11 11| KNOWLEDGE: Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject The sum of what is known = comprehension, mastery, command,… INFORMATION: Facts provided or learned about something or someone What is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things = details, figures, statistics, data https://en.oxforddictionaries.com Elsevier is Empowering Knowledge Information Elsevier research productivity tools Knowledge
- 12. This is Elsevier Digital | Data | Trusted | Global | Change | Leader 12
- 13. This is Elsevier Digital | Data | Trusted | Global | Change | Leader 13
- 14. This is Elsevier Digital | Data | Trusted | Global | Change | Leader 14
- 15. | 15| 15| 15 2. How to use research metrics appropriately and why Scopus offers a basket of metrics
- 16. | 16| 16| 16 When used correctly, research metrics together with qualitative input give a balanced, multi-dimensional view for decision-making Two Golden Rules for using research metrics Always use both qualitative and quantitative input into your decisions Always use more than one research metric as the quantitative input
- 17. | 17| 17| 17 A basket of metrics for research excellence Theme Sub-theme A. Funding Awards B. Outputs Productivity of research outputs Visibility of communication channels C. Research Impact Research influence Knowledge transfer D. Engagement Academic network Non-academic network Expertise transfer E. Societal Impact Societal Impact Available for articles, researchers, journals, institutions, subject fields… F.Qualitativeinput
- 18. | 18| 18| 18 Example: importance of using multiple metrics from the basket - compensate for weaknesses Compensates for differences in field, type and age Meaningful benchmark is “built in” – 1 is average for a subject area × People may not like small numbers × Complicated; difficult to validate × No idea of magnitude: how many citations does it represent? with Large number Simple, easy to validate Communicates magnitude of activity × Affected by differences in field, type and age × Meaningless without additional benchmarking Field-Weighted Citation Impact = 2.53 Citations per Publication = 27.8
- 19. | 19 A basket of metrics to facilitate the use of metrics Entities Articles Custom document set Journals, Conferences, Books Portfolio Author, Editor, Reviewer Institution or group Subject area
- 20. | 20 A basket of metrics to facilitate the use of metrics Usage Citations Audience Patents Scholarly Activity Academic Opinion Social Activity Media Activity Outputs Funding awards Editor Board Authors Community Contributions Consumption Scholarly Impact Social Impact Type of metrics Entities Articles Custom document set Journals, Conferences, Books Portfolio Author, Editor, Reviewer Institution or group Subject area
- 21. | 21 New metric to be added to the basket Usage Citations Audience Patents Scholarly Activity Academic Opinion Social Activity Media Activity Outputs Funding awards Editor Board Authors Community Contributions Consumption Scholarly Impact Social Impact Type of metrics Geographical spread Collaboration network Sector distribution h-, g-, m- indices Scholarly Output Research data output Conference output Citation counts Usage counts SNIP, SJR, IF Audience Scholarly Discussion Peer review metrics Prizes and awards Social media mentions Media mentions Medical guidelines Influence policies Mendeley Counts Individual metrics Funding sources Patent metrics Entities Articles Custom document set Journals, Conferences, Books Portfolio Author, Editor, Reviewer Institution or group Subject area CiteScore
- 22. | 22| 22| 22 II. Journal metrics including CiteScore™ metrics
- 23. | 23| 23| 23 1. Why add CiteScore metrics to the basket?
- 24. | 24| 24| 24 • Journal metrics are still important complements to new and alternative metrics • Many titles are missing transparent and replicable metrics that are easy to access Journal metrics – still an important part of the basket Q: How often do you use Journal Metrics A Daily/Weekly 25% B Monthly 21% C Quarterly 25% D Yearly 7% E Not at all 21% 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
- 25. | 25| 25| 25 CiteScore is a simple metric for all Scopus journals CiteScore Impact Factor A = citations to 3 years of documents A = citations to 2 or 5 years of documents B = all documents indexed in Scopus, same as A B = only citable items (articles and reviews), different from A Note: at launch, all titles in the May 2016 title list, and with some documents indexed in 2016, will have CiteScore metrics B CiteScore 2015 value B = A Documents from 3 years 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 A 2011
- 26. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 26 CITESCORE https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics # of documents in previous 3 years citations in a year to documents published in previous 3 years This comprehensive, current and open metric for journal citation impact (introduced in December 2016) is available in a free layer of Scopus.com. It includes a yearly release and monthly CiteScore Tracker updates. Find CiteScore metrics for journals, conference proceedings, book series and trade journals at https://www.scopus.com/sources
- 27. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 27 average # of weighted citations received in a year # of documents published in previous 3 years SCIMAGO JOURNAL RANK (SJR) Citations are weighted – worth more or less – depending on the source they come from. The subject field, quality and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value of a citation. Can be applied to journals, book series and conference proceedings. https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics Calculated by SCImago Lab (http://www.scimagojr.com) based on Scopus data.
- 28. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 28 journal’s citation count per paper citation potential in its subject field SOURCE NORMALIZED IMPACT PER PAPER (SNIP) The impact of a single citation will have a higher value in subject areas where citations are less likely, and vice versa. Stability intervals indicate the reliability of the score. Smaller journals tend to have wider stability intervals than larger journals. https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics Calculated by CWTS (http://www.journalindicators.com) based on Scopus data.
- 29. | 29| 29| 29 Filling the gap in the Scopus basket of journal metrics withSNIP and SJR CiteScore and associated metrics Compensates for differences in field, type and age Meaningful benchmark is “built in” – 1 is average for a subject area × People may not like small numbers × Complicated; difficult to validate × No idea of magnitude: how many citations does it represent? Large number Simple, easy to validate Communicates magnitude of activity × Affected by differences in field, type and age × Meaningless without additional benchmarking
- 30. | 30| 30| 30 2. What are CiteScore metrics?
- 31. | 31| 31| 31 CiteScore is one of a family of related metrics
- 32. | 32| 32| 32 Each metric provides a complementary measure of performance Measures Validation in Scopus? Size- normalized? Subject field- normalized? Communicates magnitude? Update frequency CiteScore Citations per document Yes Yes No Yes Annually, and monthly for CiteScore Tracker metrics CiteScore Percentile Relative position within subject field based on CiteScore Yes Yes Yes No Citation Count Raw impact of a journal on the research community Yes No No Yes Document Count Raw scale of a title within the research community Yes No No Yes % cited Consistency with which a title’s contents are reliably cited Yes Yes No No SNIP Relative citations per document No Yes Yes No Annually SJR Prestige of citing sources No Yes Yes No
- 33. | 33| 33| 33 3. How will the CiteScore metrics be offered?
- 34. | 34| 34| 34 Journalmetrics.scopus.com website Static values 2011-2015 for reporting, showcasing and exporting
- 35. | 35| 35| 35 Scopus.com: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance 1. CiteScore tab
- 36. | 36| 36| 36 Scopus.com: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance 2. CiteScore rank and trend tab
- 37. | 37| 37| 37 Scopus.com: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance 3. Scopus content coverage tab
- 38. | 38| 38| 38 Institutions monitor their researchers’ overall output
- 39. | 39| 39| 39 CiteScore metrics on Elsevier.com
- 40. | 40| 40| 40 4. How does CiteScore compare to the Impact Factor?
- 41. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 41 citations in a year to documents published in previous 2 years JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR Based on Web of Science data, this metric is updated once a year and traditionally released in June following the year of coverage as part of the Journal Citation Reports®. JCR also includes a Five-year Impact Factor. https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics # of citable items in previous 2 years
- 42. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 42 42| Calculate the IF in Scopus British Journal of Nutrition : IF 3.302 1. Go to advanced search in Scopus: SRCTITLE(xxx ) 2. Limit your search to 2010+2011= B (number of documents published in 2010+11) 3. Select ALL titles and “view citation overview” 4. Look up total number of citations in 2012: A 5. Divide A/B and you receive the Impact factor
- 43. | 43| 43| 43 Advantages of CiteScore metrics CurrentTransparentComprehensive Based on Scopus, the world’s broadest abstract and citation database CiteScore metrics will be available for all serial titles, not just journals CiteScore metrics could be calculated for portfolios CiteScore metrics will be available for free CiteScore metrics are easy to calculate for yourself The underlying database is available for you to interrogate CiteScore Tracker is updated monthly New titles will have CiteScore metrics the year after they are indexed in Scopus
- 44. | 44| 44| 44 CiteScore 2015 correlates 75% with Impact Factor R² = 0.7524 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 ImpactFactor2015 CiteScore 2015 2015 Impact Factor and 2015 CiteScore
- 45. | 45| 45| 45 Journals with CiteScore cover all levels of performance 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 All CS %iles JIF %iles Unique CS %iles HIGHLOW Numberofjournals • 22,256 titles have CiteScore 2015 • 22,620 titles have CiteScore Tracker 2016
- 46. | 46| 46| 46 Desirable characteristic CiteScore CiteScore Tracker Impact Factor Metric measures citations per document Replicate strong characteristics Simple method Annual snapshot for reporting purposes Document type consistency (num. and denom.) Improved methodologyFair compromise for all fields – 3y citation window Derivative metric addresses disciplinary differences Ongoing inclusion of error correction Comprehensive Available for all serials indexed (not only journals) CurrentNew titles have the metric next calendar year Tracking view for verification and decision making Metric is current – updated monthly Transparent It’s calculated from the same database I use Metric and derivative metrics are free I can use a free widget on my webpage Journal-level evaluation functionality is free Underlying database available to verify calculation Comparison of CiteScore™, CiteScore™ Tracker and Impact Factor
- 47. | 47| 47| 47 5. Other journals metrics: SJR & SNIP
- 48. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 48 48| SJR measures the prestige or influence of a scientific journal SJR considers not only the raw number of citations received by a journal… but also the importance or influence of the source of those citations SJR is a combination of the quantity & quality of the citations received SCImago Journal Rank On top of CiteScore, 2 other metrics to compare journals,SJR & SNIP:
- 49. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 49 49| Source Normalized Impact per Paper SNIP measures the contextual citation impact of a journal by normalizing citation values SNIP takes a research field’s citation frequency and the database field’s coverage into account It avoids delimitation and counters subject differences to balance the scales SNIP shows differences due to journal quality and not citation behavior On top of CiteScore, 2 other metrics to compare journals,SJR & SNIP:
- 50. | 50 | | 50 • Elsevier adopted these 2 metrics which counter some of the limitations of Impact Factor • Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) • SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) • Corrections entail 1. Normalising across subjects (SNIP) 2. Weighting according to the citing journal (SJR) The two different impact metrics are all based on methodologies developed by external bibliometricians and use Scopus as the data source. More information available http://www.journalmetrics.com/ On top of CiteScore metrics: SJR & SNIP to compare journals
- 51. | 51| 51| 51 A. Journal metrics Via the Scopus sources list
- 52. | 52 | | 52 Journal metrics in Scopus Sources: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
- 53. | 53 | | 53 Journal metrics in Scopus Sources: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
- 54. | 54 | | 54 Journal metrics in Scopus Sources: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
- 55. | 55| 55| 55 Journal metrics in Scopus Sources: transparency, trends, and tracking current performance
- 56. | 56| 56| 56 B. Journal metrics via the “compare journal” feature
- 57. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 57 57| The feature “Compare journal”: what is it? It gives users a comparative overview of the journal landscape, showing how titles in a given field are performing relative to each other The objective data is presented in an easy, comprehensive graphical format comparing citations of max. 10 journals from over 21,000 peer reviewed journals from today all the way back to 1996 Data is updated bi-monthly to ensure currency Its value for Administrators/Librarians Identify journals and view their details and performance over time. Insuring you are investing in the most influential and relevant journals SNIP and SJR can also help you in your advisory role with your faculty to help them identify the most impactful Journals even in niche areas Its value for Researchers Search for journals in a specific field, identify influential journal and who publishes them Decide where to publish and get the best visibility for your work
- 58. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 58 58| Journal metrics via the “compare journal” feature
- 59. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 59 59| CiteScore measures average citations received per document in the serial Journal metrics in Scopus via the feature “compare journals”
- 60. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 60 60| SJR is a prestige metric and weights citations according to the status the citing journal
- 61. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 61 61| SNIP normalized impact per paper between subject field.
- 62. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 62 62|
- 63. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 63 63| “Using the Impact Factor alone to judge a journal is like using weight alone to judge a person’s health.” Source: The Joint Committee on Quantitative Assessment of Research: “Citation Statistics”, a report from the International Mathematical Union
- 64. | 64| 64| 64 III. Article level metrics
- 65. | 65| 65| 65 • Citations • Scholarly Activity (Mendeley readers + CiteULike saves) • Scholarly Commentary - Provided by Altmetric.com - Measures scholarly conversation in Blogs, Post-publication Peer-Review sites, wikipedia • Mass Media - Provided by Altmetric.com based on conversation in Reuters and National Public Radio • Social Activity - Provided by altmetric.com - Number of times an article has stimulated social media comment - Current sources covered are: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Reddit, Pinterest Article level metrics in Scopus
- 66. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 66 # of citations accrued since publication CITATION COUNT A simple measure of attention for a particular article, journal or researcher. As with all citation-based measures, it is important to be aware of citation practices. The paper “Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency” (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id =2344585) lists 33 different ways to increase citations. https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
- 67. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 67 # of citations received by a document expected # of citations for similar documents FIELD-WEIGHTED CITATION IMPACT (FWCI) Similar documents are ones in the same discipline, of the same type (e.g., article, letter, review) and of the same age. An FWCI of 1 means that the output performs just as expected against the global average. More than 1 means that the output is more cited than expected according to the global average; for example, 1.48 means 48% more cited than expected. https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
- 68. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 68 # of users who added an article into their personal scholarly collaboration network library SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY ONLINE The website How Can I Share It? links to publisher sharing policies, voluntary principles for article sharing on scholarly collaboration networks, and places to share that endorse these principles, including Mendeley, figshare, SSRN and others. http://www.howcanishareit.com https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
- 69. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 69 # of mentions in scientific blogs and/or academic websites SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY ONLINE Investigating beyond the count to actual mentions by scholars could uncover possible future research collaborators or opportunities to add to the promotion and tenure portfolio. These mentions can be found in the Scopus Article Metrics module and within free and subscription altmetric tools and services. https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
- 70. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 70 SOCIAL ACTIVITY ONLINE https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics # of mentions on micro-blogging sites Micro-blogging sites may include Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and others. Reporting on this attention is becoming more common in academic CVs as a way to supplement traditional citation-based metrics, which may take years to accumulate. They may also be open to gaming (http://www.altmetric.com/blog gaming-altmetrics).
- 71. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 71 # of mentions in mass or popular media MEDIA MENTIONS https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics Media mentions are valued indicators of social impact as they often highlight the potential impact of the research on society. Sources could include an institution’s press clipping service or an altmetric provider. Mendeley, Scopus (Article Metrics module), Pure and SciVal also report on mass media.
- 72. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 72 compares items of same age, subject area & document type over an 18-month window PERCENTILE BENCHMARK (ARTICLES) https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics The higher the percentile benchmark, the better. This is available in Scopus for citations, and also for Mendeley readership and tweets. Particularly useful for authors as a way to contextualize citation counts for journal articles as an indicator of academic impact.
- 73. | 73Sales Training 101 | Article level metrics in Scopus • Scholarly Activity (E.g Mendeley readers) • Scholarly Commentary - Altmetric.com - Blogs, Wikipedia • Mass Media - Twitter - Facebook - Google+ - Reddit - Pinterest
- 74. | 74Sales Training 101 | | 74 Article level metrics: Social Activity Scholarly Activity Scholarly Commentary Mass Media
- 75. | 75Sales Training 101 |
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- 77. | 77Sales Training 101 | IV. Author profile
- 78. | 78Sales Training 101 | 6) CONCLUSIONS Scopus is the only database provider to use a combination of algorithm and manual corrections on such a large A&I database. As a result users benefit from some of the best author profiles in the industry We realize that Author Profiles are not perfect, but we strive for the best possible quality . Through constant algorithm enhancements, profile re-evaluations, manual feedback and professional profiling services (i.e. SciVal Experts) our profiles are increasing in both accuracy and completeness.
- 79. | 79Sales Training 101 | Scopus Profiles are… • Comprehensive (~ 12 million Author Profiles and 8.5 million Affiliation Profiles) • Easy to integrate (via RSS or the Scopus APIs) • Widely used (interoperable with ORCID, VIVO) • Are algorithmically created and can be manually updated and corrected (unlike the competition) Two ways profiles are used… For Research (qualitative) : • I search for a paper and then use author names to look for more content so I can learn more. • I look for an author so that I can see their work or collaborate with them. For Metrics (quantitative) : • I want to know how many papers a particular author puts out so I can measure them (or myself!).
- 80. | 80Sales Training 101 | The most powerful ALGORITHMIC data processing in the industry MANUAL feedback via the Author Feedback Wizard Groups papers to a profile with high degree of accuracy based on matching of name, email, affiliation, subject area, citations, co-authors,... Combines the starting point from the algorithm profiles and the manual feedback to create the most accurate profiles with the least effort. Scopus Author Profiles The Universe of Research
- 81. | 81Sales Training 101 | ‘Temporary’ profile becomes a new single author profile ‘Temporary’ profile gets merged with existing profile MERGE③ • Reference • Source title • Subj. area • Co-Author MERGE② •Normalized keywords •Title •Abstract MERGE① Strongest criteria Affiliation Email FILTER •Name •Publication Year Gap •Co-Author (e.g. now 300 matches remaining) ‘Temporary’ profile created Search existing profiles & find candidates (e.g. finds 1000 matches) Incomin g Article Remove unmatched profiles (e.g. 700) New algorithm enhancement Current process STEP1 STEP2 STEP3 STEP4INPUT OUTPUT UNCOMMON NAME COMMON NAME An algorithm processes every new article… Profile is searchable when a new article is being processed UNCOMMON NAME match match match
- 82. | 82Sales Training 101 | How do we look at Author Profile quality? • Precision • Precision is defined as average percentage (%) of articles that belong to same author profile • Recall • Recall is defined as average percentage (%) of author’s publications that are in the author’s largest single .5% profile Current Levels for entire dataset: Precision – 97.24 (+/- 1.6) %, Recall – 92.59 (+/- 1.6) % Expected improvements: Precision - 99%, Recall – 95%
- 83. | 83Sales Training 101 | Why do we need feedback (in some cases) to get to 100% accuracy of profile? slide 83 • Variations in input metadata (received from publishers) makes it impossible to profile with 100% accuracy • Authors with high frequency names publishing in same fields and in some cases within same affiliation and department • Author changing the field in which they publish • Author moving to a different affiliation • Women changing last name upon marriage • Author publishing with a new name variant • Mixed name styles: Hong Kong, Singapore, Chinese authors in Western countries • Variation in use of local or English language for affiliations in input articles • Ex: Free Universities of Brussels (English) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (French)
- 84. | 84Sales Training 101 | Request author details corrections
- 85. | 85Sales Training 101 | For simple merges and splits: www.scopusfeedback.com Turnaround time: 36 hours Request author details corrections
- 86. | 86Sales Training 101 | 1. Scopus – ORCID integration
- 87. | 87Sales Training 101 | Many researchers that too closely resemble one another. Dr. Smith Dr. Smith Dr. Smith Researchers publish under name variations. Dr. Smith Dr. J. Smith Dr. James Smith The Challenge: Scholarly Name Ambiguity
- 88. | 88Sales Training 101 | Dr. James Smith 46533489 ORCID Mission: ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers The Solution: The ORCID Registry Original Researcher Contributor ID Dr. Smith Dr. J. Smith Dr. James Smith
- 89. | 89Sales Training 101 | Enter via Scopus2ORCID Wizard or from ORCID ORCID.org Scopus2ORCID: Easy ORCID Set Up orcid.scopusfeedback.com
- 90. | 90Sales Training 101 | 2. Author level metrics
- 91. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 91 # of items published by an individual or group of individuals DOCUMENT COUNT A researcher using document count should also provide a list of document titles with links. If authors use an ORCID iD – a persistent scholarly identifier – they can draw on numerous sources for document count including Scopus, ResearcherID, CrossRef and PubMed. Register for an ORCID iD at http://orcid.org. https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
- 92. | 92Sales Training 101 | the h-index indicates both the number of publications and the number of citations per publication H-index 1. h-index : Measures the productivity and impact of a scientist’s published work
- 93. | 93Sales Training 101 | The h-index: Hirsch index or Hirsch number In other words: An author has an index of 18 if he has published at least 18 papers; each of which has been cited at least 18 times (Published by Jorge E. Hirsch in August 2005)
- 94. | 94Sales Training 101 | 94 # of articles in the collection (h) that have received at least (h) citations over the whole period h-INDEX For example, an h-index of 8 means that 8 of the collection’s articles have each received at least 8 citations. h-index is not skewed by a single highly cited paper, nor by a large number of poorly cited documents. This flexible measure can be applied to any collection of citable documents. Related h-type indices emphasize other factors, such as newness or citing outputs’ own citation counts (http://www.harzing.com/pop_hindex.htm). https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics
- 95. | 95Sales Training 101 | How to track the impact of your publications? 2. The citations per year : the total number of citations received per year for an author’s published work
- 96. | 96Sales Training 101 | | 96 How to track the impact of your publications? 3. By monitoring your article: Social Activity Scholarly Activity Scholarly Commentary Mass Media
- 97. TITLE OF PRESENTATION | 97 extent to which a research entity’s documents are present in the most-cited percentiles of a data universe OUTPUTS IN TOP PERCENTILES https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics Found within SciVal, Outputs in Top Percentiles can be field weighted. It indicates how many articles are in the top 1%, 5%, 10% or 25% of the most cited documents. Quick way to benchmark groups of researchers.
- 98. | 98| 98| 98 V. The importance of rankings
- 99. | 99 Source: University selection by students (IDP Research) The Russian 5/100 program aims to have at least 5 Russian universities in the top 100 universities by 2020 Do rankings matter? 85% of students find university ranking important in their selection of a university 33% of students find university ranking as the most important factor, followed by employer recognition 21% Students & Parents University Management David Willets (former UK Universities & Science minister): “We broadly accept the criteria used by the THE, which is why our policies are focused on the same areas.” Policy Makers
- 100. | 100 All rankings have their strengths and potential disadvantages and we do not rank the rankings! • We believe in working on fundamentals with a “basket of metrics”, always as a complement to peer opinion • Informed decisions are better decisions • Metrics should complement, not replace human judgment • Well-selected metrics drive positive behaviors • Metrics does not only mean bibliometrics • Metrics can help monitor and eliminate biases • Assessments are costly, but availability of new tools help bring cost down • Data sources to cover humanities are becoming more complete A quick recap on Elsevier’s position on overall position on university rankings and metrics in general
- 101. | 101 Scopus data underpins a portfolio of research solutions and tools SCOPUS DATA Scopus.com SciVal.com Analytical Services APIs Scopus Custom Data Pure Mendeley … METRICS RESEARCH OUTCOMES *Analytical Services refers to the use of Scopus Custom data (and other data) in reports, assessment exercises, rankings and other Custom Data commercial projects.
- 102. | 102 Bibliometric data providers and ranking agencies • ~30% of ranking agencies use bibliometric data of which 90% use citations in some form. The 70% not relying on bibliometric data rely a.o. on (student) surveys, research funding, admissions and entrances • 3 global ranking agencies dominate: ARWU, QS and THE. QS and THE use Scopus as the exclusive source for bibliometric data. ARWU uses TR data for world ranking but Scopus for China rankings • Of the 15 global ranking agencies that use bibliometric data 8 are using Scopus of which 5 exclusive. Scopus unique Shared with TR Scopus provides bibliometric data for these rankings:
- 103. | 103 A closer look at… • Use Scopus: - 2007-2009: Under QS partnership - Since Oct. 2014: Directly from Elsevier • Rankings existing: World University, Reputation, Asia, Top 100 Under 50 (Young Universities), Africa Universities, BRICS & Emerging Economies, Rankings by Subject • Data provided: citation score, number of papers per faculty, number of internationally co-authored papers • Affiliations: SciVal institutions • Support: - Reputation data: Elsevier runs the reputation survey using Elsevier author list for THE - Affiliation handling: Affiliation corrections, mergers, split, etc. handled with THE for the respective universities
- 104. | 104 A closer look at… • Uses Scopus since 2007 • Rankings: World University, World University Rankings by Subject, Asia, Arab Region, BRICs, EECA, Latin America, Top 50 Under 50 • Data provided: - Scopus raw data - Sharing SciVal institution profiles - (Re)classification of multidisciplinary articles • Affiliations: Scopus profiles • Support is provided at the level of Scopus data corrections incl. those related to affiliations
- 105. | 105| 105| 105 Appendix
- 106. | 106 Ongoing content curation of the Scopus base to ensure continuous high quality content Identification of poor performing journals using metrics and benchmarks “Radar” to predict journals with outlier performance Direct feedback from users and stakeholders on poor performing journals Re-evaluation by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) Content Curation Curation of the full Scopus journal base is essential and expected by our customers and users. Review: Curate:
- 107. | 107 Evolution of research metrics and analytical tools to track your impact in Scopus 2016 – Journal metrics module 2015 – Article-level metrics module 2014 – SciVal launches 2013 – Increased Export limits 2012 – Modified SNIP & SJR, Altmetric, Analyze results 2011 – Export refine 2010 – SNIP & SJR Journal Metrics 2009 – Author Evaluator 2008 – Journal Analyzer 2007 – h-index graph 2006 – Citation Overview (Citation Tracker) 2004 – Scopus launches
- 108. | 108| 108| 108 Get Involved https://blog.scopus.com/get-involved
- 109. | 109| 109| 109 Thank you! [..] the intertwined tree and vine represent a fruitful relationship […] the logo represents […] the symbiotic relationship between publisher and scholar. The addition of the Non Solus inscription reinforces the message that publishers, like the elm tree, are needed to provide sturdy support for scholars, just as surely as scholars, the vine, are needed to produce fruit. Publishers and scholars cannot do it alone. They need each other. This remains as apt a representation of the relationship between Elsevier and its authors today – neither dependent, nor independent, but interdependent. Non Solus – Not Alone