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Evaluation of Scholarship using Web of Science. Gayle Baker Electronic Services Coordinator UT Libraries. Overview. Web of Science Source record Citation alerts Times cited in source record Analyze results feature Cited reference searching - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Evaluation of Scholarship using
Web of Science
Gayle BakerElectronic Services
CoordinatorUT Libraries
Overview Web of Science
Source record Citation alerts Times cited in source record Analyze results feature Cited reference searching
Essential Science Indicators of UTenn and AAU membership
Citation Index Database Allows one to search cited references,
like searching for an author or subject Different types of searches:
Who is citing one’s work Track research based upon an earlier paper Identify sources of information used by
competitors Who is working in the same area of a given
paper
Source Record: Citation Alerts Receive e-mail whenever someone
cites a “source” paper in Web of Science
Must be registered
Source Record: Times Cited Links to other source records that
have correctly cited this paper May not cover every citation of a
paper in the WoS database
Search for Dept. Output Quick General search Address field SAME univ SAME tennessee SAME dept SAME
(knoxville or 37996) Look at abbreviations May not cover all publications by a
department
Analyze Results Feature Search results summary Limit to 2,000
Cited Reference Searching Cited Author
To be safe, use 1st author Cited Work Cited Year Look for variations No citations from references in
books, reports and journals that are not Web of Science sources
Suggested Methodology Detail (Tenure/promotion or
departmental output) Use list of publications Cited reference search for 1st author and
variations for each publication May limit references retrieved by Year
Quick (Departmental publication counts) Evaluation of departmental output
General search SAME operator in Address field May miss some publications
Caveats Citation Analysis: Some Caveats (
http://www.lib.utk.edu/~elecserv/citcaveat.htm)
Essential Science Indicators Another ISI product Am. Assoc. of Universities Trial Institutional data covered several
campus sites Data from Jan. 1, 1994-June 30, 20
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