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Publishing strategies – A seminar about the scientific publishing landscapePeter Sjögårde, Bibliometric analyst
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, ECE School of Education
and Communication in Engineering Sciences (ECE), Unit for
Publication Infrastructure
ARC – 2014-11-25
Outline
1. Introduction to bibliometrics
2. Publishing strategies
What is bibliometrics and why bother about it?
Is someone reading and building on your results?
Statistics on publications and citations
Measuring Impact on research society
Used for evaluation of research• Publication level• Individual level• Organizational level
Research Publication A
ReaderWriter Publication B
with Reference to the publication A
Citation
Impact?
• On society• On industry• On research community
As measured by the use of bibliometrics (citations)
Citation indicators > Research Quality
• Correlation between peer review assessments and bibliometric indicators.
• High quality necessary to receive high citation scores at aggregated levels.• But not enough
• There are research groups who get good judgments by reviewers but has low citation scores. Applied research and research for which the bibliometric methods are insufficient.
Lutz Bornmann and Hans-Dieter Daniel, “Selection of Research Fellowship Recipients by Committee Peer Review. Reliability, Fairness and Predictive Validity of Board of Trustees’ Decisions,” Scientometrics 63, no. 2 (April 1, 2005): 297–320, doi:10.1007/s11192-005-0214-2; A. F. J. van Raan, “Advanced Bibliometric Methods as Quantitative Core of Peer Review Based Evaluation and Foresight Exercises,” Scientometrics 36, no. 3 (July 1, 1996): 397–420, doi:10.1007/BF02129602; Charles Oppenheim, “The Correlation between Citation Counts and the 1992 Research Assessment Exercise Ratings for British Research in Genetics, Anatomy and Archaeology,” Journal of Documentation 53, no. 5 (December 1, 1997): 477–87, doi:10.1108/EUM0000000007207; Fler studier är refererade i Bornmann and Daniel, “What Do Citation Counts Measure?”; och i Blaise Cronin, The Hand of Science: Academic Writing and Its Rewards (Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005), 125–129
Differences between research fields affecting bibliometric indicators
• Publication pace (time for publishing and peer review process)• Size of research field• Coverage of publications in citation database• Number of references• Length of publications• Document type (e.g. reviews get more citations, proceedings
papers are often excluded)
Field normalized citation rate
For a publication:
Same research field same yearsame document type
Average = 1
Bibliometrics at KTH
• Research Assessment Exercise (research groups, UoA)• Yearly indicator report• Funding allocation
• Journals’ mean field normalized citation rate• Multiplied with the number of faculty
• Reports and analyses on demand from management and schools
• Consultancy work for other universities
New bibliometric indicator for funding allocation at KTH
Why? • Incitement to publish in highly cited journals indexed by
Web of Science.
Field normalized journal impact• Average of the citation rate of the journals in which KTH:s
researchers have published the last three years.• Calculated for each department. Multiplied with the
number of faculty at each department.• Aggregated to Schools and used for allocation to the
Schools.
Outline
1. Introduction to bibliometrics
2. Publishing strategies
What should a researcher think of when publishing?
1. Quality of the research and publication
2. Making the research visible- Reaching other researchers (citers)
Research Publication A
ReaderWriter Publication B
with Reference to the publication A
Citation
From paper to reader/citer
Publishing strategies
1. Planning the publishing of the research results
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research available
3. Collaboration, networks and communication
4. Open Access
1. Planning the publishing of the research results
- Formal/Informal communication
1. Planning the publishing of the research results
- Formal/Informal communication- Choosing publication type
Article in journal Book Chapter in book Conference Paper0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
Number of KTH publications in Web of Science and DiVA (RAE2012)
Web of Science
DiVA
1. Planning the publishing of the research results
- Formal/Informal communication- Choosing publication type- Quality vs. Quantity
1. Planning the publishing of the research results
- Formal/Informal communication- Choosing publication type- Quality vs. Quantity- Publishing the same results in multiple publications
1. Planning the publishing of the research results
- Formal/Informal communication- Choosing publication type- Quality vs. Quantity- Publishing the same results in multiple publications- Search-ability
1. Planning the publishing of the research results
- Formal/Informal communication- Choosing publication type- Quality vs. Quantity- Publishing the same results in multiple publications- Search-ability- Language
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research available
- The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the outreach within the research area
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research available
- The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the outreach within the research area
- The availability of the publication
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research available
- The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the outreach within the research area
- The availability of the publication- The permanency of the availability of the publication
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research available
- The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the outreach within the research area
- The availability of the publication- The permanency of the availability of the publication- The indexing of the channel in databases
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research available
- The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the outreach within the research area
- The availability of the publication- The permanency of the availability of the publication- The indexing of the channel in databases- Citation rate of journals
Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
Citations/Paper
Thomson Reuters description http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/free/essays/impact_factor/
Citations from 2012
Papers from 2010-2011
SNIP and SJR
Alternative to JIF
Scopus data - Different coverage
Normalized to field
Find Journal indicators:
https://www.kth.se/kthb/publicering/bibliometri/faq-biblimetrics/faq/journal-impact-factor-and-alternative-journal-metrics-1.436351
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research available
- The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the outreach within the research area
- The availability of the publication- The permanency of the availability of the publication- The indexing of the channel in databases- Citation rate of journals- Availability of meta data
2. Choosing publishing channel and making the research available
- The subject relevance of the publishing channel and the outreach within the research area
- The availability of the publication- The permanency of the availability of the publication- The indexing of the channel in databases- Citation rate of journals- Availability of meta data- Using DiVA for dissemination of publications
3. Collaboration, networks and communication
- Participation in the communication within the research area
3. Collaboration, networks and communication
- Participation in the communication within the research area
- Participation in conferences
3. Collaboration, networks and communication
- Participation in the communication within the research area
- Participation in conferences- Collaboration with other researchers (Internationally)
3. Collaboration, networks and communication
- Participation in the communication within the research area
- Participation in conferences- Collaboration with other researchers (Internationally)- References as means of communication
3. Collaboration, networks and communication
- Participation in the communication within the research area
- Participation in conferences- Collaboration with other researchers (Internationally)- References as means of communication- Digital social networks
3. Collaboration, networks and communication
- Participation in the communication within the research area
- Participation in conferences- Collaboration with other researchers (Internationally)- References as means of communication- Digital social networks- Research profiles in Google Scholar, ResearcherID,
Orcid, KTH´s web
4. Open Access
- OA to research publications
Open Access
Green – Parallel publishing
Gold – Publishing in Open Access journals
Open acccess and the publishing infrastructure
More impact/citations with Open Access?
Some studies show that OA articles get more downloads and more citations - Other show no advantage - debate is still going on
• More possible citers• Easier access• Easier indexing for web crawlers• Better visibility outside the research community• Easier to share in social media and other networks
Traditional, subscription accessed high impact journalor new Open Access journal?No contradiction between OA and high impact factor journals• If choosing to publish in OA journals the same recommendations apply
– Check outreach and impact– Check the peer review process– Relevance– …
4. Open Access
- OA to research publications- OA to research data and/or software
Further information
www.kth.se/kthb > Publishing
For publishing strategies see p.37 in ”Projektrapport – Fördjupande studie av KTH:s publikationskultur med högre citering som mål” (in Swedish)
https://www.kth.se/polopoly_fs/1.508323!/Huvudrapport_KTHs_publiceringskultur.pdf
Thank you!
Peter Sjögårde, Bibliometric Analyst
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
School of Education and Communication in Engineering Sciences (ECE)
Unit for Publication Infrastructure