Citation Searching and Journal Citation Searching and Journal RankingsRankings

2 Apr 2014

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• Part 1: Citation Analysis at Researcher or Article Level– Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

• Part 2: Citation Analysis & Ranking Tools at Journal Level– Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

• Part 3: Q&A

OutlineOutline

Part One: Mastering Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

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Help you answer questions like:

What is the most highly cited article on Education Policy?

Which journal has the highest number of articles on Sociolinguistics?

Who are the top researchers in Chinese Politics?

How many times my journal articles are cited?

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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)

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Web of Science Summary

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Citation Counts in Web of Science include citations from:

1.Web of Science Core Collection• Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) • Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)• Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)• Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S)• Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Sciences & Humanities (CPCI-SSH)• Book Citation Index– Science (BKCI-S)• Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH) • Current Chemical Reactions (CCR-Expanded)• Index Chemicus (IC)

2.BIOSIS Citation Index

3.Chinese Science Citation Database

4.Data Citation Index

5.SciELO Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences.

Covers over 2,900 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines and indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.

Coverage: 1992-present

Examples of Subject categories:

Area Studies History Psychiatry Social Work

Cultural Studies Linguistics Psychology Sociology

Economics Management Public Adm. Urban Studies

Education & Educational Research

Political Science Social Issues Women’s Studies

Notes: we have an archive of Arts & Humanities Citation Index covering 1992 – Nov 2011 at a dedicated PC in the Library

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How to access1. Search the Library Catalogue, or2. HKIEd Library Homepage > E-Resources Search or Browse by alphabet S (Social Sciences Citation Index) or W (Web of Science)

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How to accessAlso available under Research Support at Library Web Site

http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/journalmetrics/ http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/journalmetrics/

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Year Range

Operator

Search FieldSearch Tips

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Add another field

Basic Search

Search Tips

Operator Example Find records that contain …

AND theory AND practice both terms

OR theory OR conception either term or both terms

NOT theory NOT hypothesis first term but not the second

NEAR/x theory NEAR/5 knowledge terms within a specified number of words (x) of each other

“…” “knowledge economy” exact phrase

* child* child, children, childhood

? wom?n woman, women

$ colo$r color, colour

Refine & Sorting ResultsSorting options

Refine search

Narrow results by

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Detailed View of A RecordCheck for Full Text

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Export / Email / Print Your Search Results

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e.g. directly export the marked records to RefWorks

Cited References

Click "Cited References" to see the References Cited by this Article

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Cited References of this Article

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Click "Times Cited" for Citing References

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“Times Cited” Counts in Web of Science Core Collection

Citing References (Articles that are Citing Peisner-Feinberg’s Article)

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Citation Hierarchy

20042004

19971997 2003200320002000

20052005 20072007

20082008

cited reference

citing reference

citing reference

cited reference

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"Related Records" – Other Articles Using At Least One Cited References in Peisner-Feinberg’s Article

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Use Related Records to Identify Similar Articles4,847 articles have at least one

common citation with this Peisner-Feinberg’s 2001 article

The more references the articles share, the more

related they are

Record

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Record

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ReferenceReference ReferenceReference Record

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Record

B

Record

D

Record

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ReferenceReference ReferenceReference

D is a “Related Record” of A,

because B is cited by both of them

Record

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Record

CA is a “Cited Reference” of C,

i.e. A is cited by C

A is a “Citing Reference” of B,

i.e. B is cited by A

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Exercise

1. Search for topics: social and cognitive development2. Refine with keywords “language” and “school”3. Limit to “Article” document

How many records found?

What is the most highly cited record?

How many times this article is cited?

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More Analysis Tools

To use more analysis tools, change the default “All Databases” to “Web of Science Core Collection”

Category Breakdown Under Refine Results

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Analysis Tools

Analyze Results extract citation data from a selected field (e.g. source title, country,

author), and produces a report showing the values in ranked order

Create Citation Report view aggregate citation statistics for a set of search results e.g. breakdown of citations over years, average citations per year

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Analysis Tools

Analysis tools

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You can rank the search results with different field options, e.g. source titles

e.g. Rank the journals by number of articles on this topic

1. Analyze Results

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Max number of items to display: top 500 results

Citation statistics of records found

2. Create Citation Report

Most highly cited article

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Exercise

Search for articles with topic “mobile learning”

Analyze Results How many articles are found? What is the source title with the highest no. of publications? How many percentage of articles are published in 2013?

Creation Citation Report How many times these articles have been cited? What is the average citations per year received by the top

article?

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Cited Reference Search

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To discover how the works of an author are being cited • How many citations received?• Cited by whom?

It can also cover the variant citation data in your search

Finding Citation Counts and Create Alerts for Works Not Indexed in Web of Science

• Important Note: Citation data by Web of Science are only limited to citations recorded in the Web of Science indexed publications.

• Author Finder only finds the citation data for a particular researcher’s publications that are indexed by Web of Science.

• If your article is not indexed in Web of Science or may be it is a book, you can still check how many times it has been cited by Web of Science journals and create an email alert using the "cited reference search" function.

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Cited Reference Search

• E.g. I want to know how many times the following book has been cited:

Bond, M. H. (1991). Beyond the Chinese face: Insights from psychology. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.

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Click the "Cited Reference Search"

Use abbreviated journal titles only (click the “View abbreviation list” for reference). For

books, suggest to leave this blank first

Use abbreviated journal titles only (click the “View abbreviation list” for reference). For

books, suggest to leave this blank first

Use only Surname and initial(s); Chinese authors should consider using

different variant forms (e.g. Cheung ABL or Cheung BL or Leung CB*)

Use only Surname and initial(s); Chinese authors should consider using

different variant forms (e.g. Cheung ABL or Cheung BL or Leung CB*)

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Under the search menu, select Cited Reference Search

Under the search menu, select Cited Reference Search

Select the relevant entries from the result list and then click "Finish

Search"

Select the relevant entries from the result list and then click "Finish

Search"

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Number of times cited in Web of Science = 287

Number of times cited in Web of Science = 287

Click "Create Citation Report" for quick summary

of the 287 citing articles

Click "Create Citation Report" for quick summary

of the 287 citing articles

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Create Citation Alert• Email alerts / RSS feeds

• Sign up for your free account first

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Modify the Cited Reference Search for Future Email Alerts

Based on what has been entered for the 287 citations, enter the

"cited work" field with what Thomson Reuters uses (Use "*"

and "or" as necessary)

Based on what has been entered for the 287 citations, enter the

"cited work" field with what Thomson Reuters uses (Use "*"

and "or" as necessary)

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Click "Select All" and "Finish Search"

Click "Select All" and "Finish Search"

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Use the "Save History / Create Alert" function to set

up alerts

Use the "Save History / Create Alert" function to set

up alertsDelete unwanted

search historyDelete unwanted

search history

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Enter History Name and select desired options. Make sure you have checked the

Email Alerts option

Enter History Name and select desired options. Make sure you have checked the

Email Alerts option

Select search historySelect search history

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Other than email alerts option, you may subscribe to the feed via your browser, e.g. the URL of this RSS feed is:

http://rss.webofknowledge.com/rss?e=abe6b3f18ff0d179&c=797ea22af71e57fd1ca9a81b3a75fa3d

Other than email alerts option, you may subscribe to the feed via your browser, e.g. the URL of this RSS feed is:

http://rss.webofknowledge.com/rss?e=abe6b3f18ff0d179&c=797ea22af71e57fd1ca9a81b3a75fa3d

Hands-on Practice

• Try Cited Reference Search or set up a Citation Alert on anything that interest you – a piece of your work, a key paper related to your research topic, etc.

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Online Help

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Reference Materials

Online Tutorialshttp://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science/e.g. Web of Science Search Tips

Author SearchCitation Reporting and the H-index Citation Alerts Cited Reference SearchSaving Search Histories and Creating Email Alerts

Quick Reference Guide of Web of Science Core Collectionhttp://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/wos_core_collection_qrc.pdf

Social Sciences Citation Index Source Publications List 2013http://science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/publist_ssci.pdf

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Part Two: Mastering Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

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What is Journal Impact Factor?

• Journal Impact Factor is a simple statistics intended to reflect the “impact” of a journal. Basically it indicates the average number of times an article published in the particular journal during the past two years was being cited.

• Journal Impact Factor is based on the Journal Citation Reports which is updated on annual basis.

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Journal Citation Reports

• "Journal Citation Reports® offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. By compiling articles' cited references, JCR Web helps to measure research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals. Available in “Science” and “Social Sciences” editions. "

• JCR is part of based on citation data from the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index. In the past, SCI, SSCI and JCR were the only tools providing verifiable measurement tools of journal impact based on citation statistics. Therefore they have been and still are the most widely recognized journal ranking / measuring tools.

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http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/journalmetrics/ http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/journalmetrics/

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Finding a Journal in JCR

HKIEd has JCR - Social Sciences Edition (1998 – 2012) & - Science Edition (2008 – 2012)

HKIEd has JCR - Social Sciences Edition (1998 – 2012) & - Science Edition (2008 – 2012)

Browse by Subject / Publisher / Country; orSearch by Title or ISSN; orView all Journals

Browse by Subject / Publisher / Country; orSearch by Title or ISSN; orView all Journals

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Journal Information Provided by JCR

• Total Cites• Impact Factor • 5-Year Impact Factor• Immediacy Index• Cited Half-Life• Citing Half-Life• Eigenfactor Score• Article Influence

In this workshop, we shall focus on the meaning of

Impact Factor, which has been the most widely used JCR

indicator for journal ranking.

In this workshop, we shall focus on the meaning of

Impact Factor, which has been the most widely used JCR

indicator for journal ranking.

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Below is only a simplified explanation of the metrics. For definitions and details, click the help in the JCR journal report

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Total Cites Total number of citations for this journal in the JCR year

Impact Factor On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited – based on articles published in the two previous years

5-Year Impact Factor

On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited – based on articles published in the five previous years

Immediacy Index On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited in the same year – based on last year's data (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)

Cited Half-Life Indicates how far back the older articles in this journal are still being cited (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)

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Citing Half-Life Indicates how recent or how old the bibliography referred by articles in this journal are (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)

Eigenfactor Score The Eigenfactor Score is some kinds of enhanced 5-year impact factor – by giving higher score for getting cited in more influential journals and eliminates self-citation

Article Influence Score

The Article Influence Score is derived from the Eigenfactor Score based on matching the share of the journal's influence against the share of the journal's share of articles. The neutral influence score is 1.00 – thus a journal with article influence score greater than 1.00 indicates that each article in the journal has above-average influence and vice versa

Below is only a simplified explanation of the metrics. For definitions and details, click the help in the JCR journal report

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Impact Factor CalculationImpact Factor Calculation

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Impact Factor =No. of Cites to 2010 or 2011 items in 2012

No. of items published in 2010 or 2011

Working Example: Impact Factor of Journal of Experimental Education (JCR SSC 2012) = 0.822

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Impact Factor Trend of a Journal

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Impact Factor Trend of a Journal

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So, is an Impact Factor of 0.822 Good or Bad?Well, it largely depends on the

subject category and which journals it is compared with

Well, it largely depends on the subject category and which journals it is compared with

Q. If John is scoring 2 goals per football match, is he a good shooter? A. May be. But is he scoring against professional goal keepers or is he playing at your backyard?

Q. If John is scoring 2 goals per football match, is he a good shooter? A. May be. But is he scoring against professional goal keepers or is he playing at your backyard?

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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category

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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category

NOTE:A journal can belong to more than one subject category; and therefore it is possible for a journal to have two different ranks

NOTE:A journal can belong to more than one subject category; and therefore it is possible for a journal to have two different ranks

By default, journals are ranked by its current impact factor by subject

By default, journals are ranked by its current impact factor by subject

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The Meaning of Category Box Plot

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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category

Click "View Journal Summary List" for a list of all journals in this category

Click "View Journal Summary List" for a list of all journals in this category

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Journal Summary List

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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category

Click "View Category Data " for the average values of impact factor and other indicators for all journals combined in this subject category

Click "View Category Data " for the average values of impact factor and other indicators for all journals combined in this subject category

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Category Summary Data

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To Browse and Sort by Subject Categories

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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals

Mark All

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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals

Click Marked List

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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals

You can Save to a Text Filewhich can be imported to Excel

or display the whole list in one pagefor print or paste to Excelor display the whole list in one pagefor print or paste to Excel

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View Journal Impact Factor via SSCI

Check Journal’s Impact Factor

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Hands-on Practice• What is the Journal Impact Factor for the journal addictive

behaviors?

• What subject categories does the journal addictive behaviors belong to? What are the Impact Factor of these subject categories? What are the respective subject rankings of addictive behaviors in the respective subject categories?

• What is the full name of the highest ranked journal under the subject category "women's studies" in JCR 2012 Social Sciences Edition? What is its Impact Factor?

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Additional Information• JCR Fact Sheet

– http://thomsonreuters.com/products/ip-science/04_031/esi-jcr-brochure.pdf

• Using Citation Reports Wisely– http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_using.htm

• JCR Help Pages– http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_toc.htm

• JCR Subject Category Scope Notes– http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/static_html/scope_notes/SOCIAL/2012/

SCOPE_SOC.htm– http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/static_html/scope_notes/SCIENCE/2012/

SCOPE_SCI.htm

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