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Scopus & Web of Science: Research Metrics and more
October 25, 2016
Gail Nichol & Heather Cunningham
Gerstein Science Information Centre
University of Toronto
Gerstein Science Information CentreScience & health science library for the University of Toronto
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Objectives
Scope of WOS and Scopus
Tips on bibliographic searches
Research metrics: Article level
Author level
Journal level
Google Scholar
altmetrics (brief overview)
Discussion about research impact
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Hands-on activity
1. Search a topic of your choice in both Web of Science and Scopus
2. Sort by Time Cited
Question: Is this a good way to find important papers?
Time: 3 minutes
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Measuring an Article’s Impact
Number of citations - Web of Science and Scopus
Highly cited and Hot papers – Web of Science See also Essential Science Indicators
Eigenfactor: Article Influence Score – http://www.eigenfactor.org/
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) – data from Scopus https://www.journalmetrics.com/snip.php
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Altmetrics –article-level metrics from many sources
Viewed/Usage – downloads on journal website
Cited – PubMed Central, CrossRef
Saved – CiteULike or Mendeley
Discussed – twitter, facebook, blogs
Scopus Snowball metrics
Commercial products Plum Analytics: http://plumanalytics.com/
Altmetric: https://www.altmetric.com/
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Measuring Author Impact
h-Index – available in
Scopus, Web of Science and
Google Scholar if author
creates a profile
i10-Index – number of papers
with at least 10 citations
(Google Scholar only)
g-Index – attempt to improve
on the h-index
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Hands-on activity
Why does the same researcher have a different h-index in Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar?
Discuss with person next to you.
Time: 3 minutes
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Hands-on activity
Determine the number of times this article has been cited in Web of Science:
Parker G, Tupling H, Brown Lb. 1979. Parental Bonding Instrument. British Journal of Medical Psychology vol.52: 1-10.
Time: 3 minutes
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Measuring Journal Impact
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) – measures Impact Factor (IF), data from Web of Science http://go.utlib.ca/cat/10122300
Can also link to journal data from a WoS article
Eigenfactor – data from Web of Science http://www.eigenfactor.org/
Also included in JCR
Scientific Journal Rankings (SJR) – data from Scopus http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php
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Uses of research metrics
Abbott A. Do metrics really matter? Nature. 2010;465:860-862.
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Problems of research metrics
Abbott A. Do metrics really matter? Nature. 2010;465:860-862.
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Becker model for health sciences
https://becker.wustl.edu/impact-assessment
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Final thoughts/ideas on research impact
Any thoughts or ideas or observations on research impact that you would like to share?
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Questions?
Gail Nichol
Liaison for Pharmacy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Centre for the Study of Pain, Dept. of Nutritional SciencesCollection Development – Selector for Health & Life SciencesGerstein Science Information CentreEmail: gail.nichol@utoronto.ca
Heather Cunningham
Assistant Director for Research & Innovation ServicesGerstein Science Information CentreEmail: h.cunningham@utoronto.ca
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