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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