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Unlocking your research: where to publish for maximum impact

Moira Bent &Julia Robinson

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Researchers as producers as well as consumers of information

• Journal impact factors to identify the best journal• Open access publishing – what and why• Alternative places to publish• Issues to be aware of

• Plagiarism• Copyright

Part 1: Pre publication: Maximising your impact - How and where to publish

• Who has been reading it?• How often?• Where from?• Have I made a difference?

Part2: Post Publication: Measuring your impact

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Being an informed researcher

So are you an informed researcher?

Information Skills

• Finding• Managing• Creating • Disseminating

Information Behaviours

• Understanding• Awareness• Habits and

attitudes

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Writing for publication?

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Writing for publication : not me!

Who me? I don’t know how to start – what to write,

where to publish I don’t write well I don’t know the right kind of writing style I’m just not confident What if people criticise my writing or

laugh at me? What if no one wants to publish it? I’ve got nothing to say I just don’t have time I don’t have to do it just yet…..

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Writing for Publication: why should I start now?

Reporting the results of research Exploring your interest in a topic Make an original contribution – I’ve got

something to say Self promotion – reputation,

recognition, career Networking with peers It’s exciting, interesting, challenging, a

new experience My supervisor suggested it Writing up a presentation I think I’ll be good at it Getting into practice for my thesis

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WfP: Getting started

Start small Try “softer formats” – features,

descriptive articles, commentaries, opinions.

Try less academic publications New technologies – blogs, wikis Write some book reviews Publish your literature review Write up a conference presentation Publish a conference poster

http://posters.f1000.com

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Before you start writing, decide

What type of publication?• Journal article• Conference paper• Book chapter• Book review• Case study

Factors to consider• Your motivation• Your message• Your audience • Your subject knowledge• Recommendation / Invitation /Word of mouth • Reputation of the journal• Journal ranking tools provide quantitative information

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Writing Development Centre

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/wdc/

Events and workshops One to one support Online Resources

Level 2 Robinson Librarywdc@ncl.ac.uk

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Think about your impact

Before submitting your work for publication…

Make all your publications count

Decide on the form of your name and be consistent

Use the agreed form of your institution’s name and research group

Register for a ResearcherID http://isiwebofknowledge.com/researcherid/

And/or on academia.edu http://newcastle.academia.edu/MoiraBent

And/or on ResearchGate http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Moira_Bent/

And/or LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/

I want to be famous!

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How can Journal Ranking Tools help?

How much impact does a specific journal have?

Identify the (relative)

importance of a journal

Identify key journals to read

Identify places in which to publish

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Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

Part of Web of Knowledge Original journal ranking tool Search for individual journal title Compare groups of journals by subject

category Provides range of metrics for a journal

Impact of a journal over 2 or 5 year period How quickly do articles get cited (immediacy

index number) Does citing continue over a long period of

time? (cited half life) Key metric – 2 year Journal Impact Factor

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How is the Impact Factor calculated?

The 2 year impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited up to two years after publication.

The 2011 impact factor for a journal =

“the number of times that articles that were published in 2009-2010 were cited during 2011”divided by “the number of articles published in 2009-2010”

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Limitations of the Journal Citation Reports

Only covers journals indexed in the Web of Science

Known subject weaknesses e.g. engineering

US bias May not cover new or niche subject

areas New titles not covered for 2-3 years

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** New** Google starts ranking journals

Google Scholar Metrics (launched 1 April 2012) http://

googlescholar.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/google-scholar-metrics-for-publications.html

Browse top 100 publications ordered by five-year h-index & h-median metrics

Search for publication title Google Scholar Metrics covers many (but not all)

articles published between 2007 and 2011 Includes journal articles only from websites that

follow Google’s inclusion guidelines Plus small number of conference articles and

preprints http://

scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues

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The importance of plagiarism to authors

PlagiarismPassing off someone else’s work, whether intentionally or unintentionally, as your own for your own benefit

CollusionTo work together for mutual benefit but with the intention to deceive a third party

What do you think?

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Does it really matter? Plagiarism in the news

UK academic at Leuven University, Belgium 2010

Iran’s science minister 2009

Dean of Durham University Business School Oct 2007

Senior lecturer -Cardiff University Sept 04

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Plagiarism is about:

Using ANYTHING without acknowledgement Words Ideas Data Images Too much

information!

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Plagiarism help and advice

Right-Citehttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/right-cite/

Newcast le University website High standards for academic conduct Links to further help

JISC Internet Plagiarism Advisory Servicehttp://www.plagiarismadvice.org/

Gen er ic ad vice for in st it u t ion s, acad em ic st aff an d st u d en t s E d u cat ion al t ools for st u d en t s in t h e area of p lag iar ism A p or t al t o ext ern al on lin e r esou rces on t h e issu e of p lag iar ism Gu id an ce on cop yr ig h t an d d at a p r ot ect ion issu es relat in g t o p lag iar ism A lin k t o t h e elect ron ic d et ect ion ser vice an d t r ain in g on it s u se

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Open Access publishing

Making research outputs freely available with no barriers such as

payment or passwords

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Understanding the process

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Benefits of Open Access publishing

For the author

• Enhanced visibility

• Wider readership

• Increased impact

• Compliance with funding requirements

For the institution

• Showcase for research

• Maximum impact for their research

• REF

For a researcher

• Access to materials to which their library doesn’t subscribe

For society in general

• Publicly funded research should be freely available

• Developing countries have access to cutting edge research

See the Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research’s Report (a.k.a. the Finch Report)

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Funding Council requirements

Research Councils UK (RCUK)• From 1st April 2013, support mixed approach (Gold OR Green) • If Gold, funding for APCs available through block grant to

Newcastle University • If Green, maximum embargo 6 months (except AHRC and ESRC

where max. 12 months)

European Commission (Horizon 2020)• From 2014, support mixed approach (Gold or Green) • If Gold, APCs can be eligible for reimbursement by the European

Commission • If Green, maximum embargo 6 months (except for articles in

fields of social sciences and humanities where max. 12 months)

If in doubt, search SHERPA JULIET

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Example: EPSRC

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Copyright: who owns what?

It depends!• On your employer/institution

• (copyright on all materials submitted for higher degrees remains with candidate – BEWARE third party rights)

• On your contract agreement • On the publisher’s policies

For more information• Research & Enterprise Services (University policies)• SHERPA ROMEO (publishers’ policies)• Web2Rights (Web 2.0 and IPR)• Ask the Library – email eprints-admin@ncl.ac.uk

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Example: Journal of Animal Science

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Routes to OA

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Newcastle University ePrints

Free access to peer-reviewed research produced by Newcastle University staff (where uploaded)

Journal articlesConference papersBook chapters

Browse by author or year

Search by keyword

Staff can upload via MyImpact

Contact eprints-admin@ncl.ac.ukhttp://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/

Bibliographic records extracted

from WoK

c. 73171 bib recordsc. 5379 with f/t (7.35% of total)

(as of 29/01/2013)

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Thank you for listening…

Links and more information at:

Research Impact: Making an impact and measuring the impact of your research

http://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/impact

Open Access and ePrintshttp://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/openaccesseprints

Further online help (tutorials and handouts) at:

MyRI: Measuring my Research Impacthttp://www.ndlr.ie/myri/