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Objectives of Research at Unisa
• 5.3 To enhance the University's standing as a research institute of international repute.
• 5.4 To specifically develop, support and encourage developing researchers to become proven researchers and, eventually, to obtain an NRF rating.
• 5.5 To support proven researchers to enable them to obtain an NRF rating.
Objectives of Research at Unisa
• 5.6 To support NRF-rated researchers with a view to maintaining or improving their ratings.
• 5.7 To facilitate the dissemination of research findings through publication in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, accredited journal articles and books for the subject specialist.
(Taken from: Unisa Research and Innovation Policy 2012 p7)
Role of the Library • Library has expensive and relevant
databases to assist researchers • PL’s have knowledge of the databases
and the clients to facilitate the process • PL’s present training in the use of the
relevant tools/databases • Assist researchers to set up profiles • Troubleshooting in areas of difficulty
Outcomes
• Submit research material to the Unisa Institutional Repository
• Publish in the “best” possible journals
• Journal impact factor
Outcomes
• Importance of Researcher IDs • Information resources & retrieval
tools available to enhance the NRF application
• Let’s play a game... (It just may make life a little bit easier...)
The process of positioning for the NRF process begins long before the actual NRF application. Every brick the researcher lays will contribute to the end result
Building bricks for NRF rating
• Upload all research outputs on the Unisa Institutional Repository International visibility and exposure More visibility = citations Higher H-index Permanent link to article for NRF
purposes
Building bricks for NRF rating cont.
Ensure that copyright clearance for the Unisa Institutional Repository is in place before publication Don’t sign copyright away Upload all new research output to
the Unisa Institutional Repository
Building bricks for NRF rating cont.
• Create Researcher IDs Ensure standardisation of the
researcher profile information Generate H-Index
Manage Researcher IDs by regularly
updating profile and adding latest research output
Importance of UIR
• Searchable via major search engines
• Increased visibility and usage
• Increased citations
Accredited Journals
• To obtain subsidy an article must be published in an accredited journal
• Route to access the List of Accredited Journals:
• Department → Research → List of Accredited Journals → DoHET Approved List of Accredited Journals 2013
Journals with international visibility
• Articles published in ISI Web of Science or Scopus have the benefit of higher international visibility which may lead to increased citing because of a larger audience
Journals with international visibility
• Conduct a literature search on the Web of Science, Scopus and other subject databases
• Web of Science (WoS) displays how often an article has been cited
Open Access Journals
• Check journal on open access lists Open access journals = global
access to research = more visibility = more citations = higher H-index
Journal Impact Factor & Ranking
• Journal ranking based on impact factor
• Quantitative tools for ranking, evaluating, categorizing, and comparing journals using citation and other statistical data
• The impact factor of a journal is the average number of citations received per paper published in that journal during the two preceding years
Journal Impact Factor & Ranking
Tools for Journal Impact Factor & Ranking
Unisa Library Resources • ISI Journal Citation Reports http://admin-pps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/JCR?SID=Y1fnVUxCkNaKsVXb3x9
• Scopus Journal Analytics http://www.scopus.com/source/eval.url
• InCites Research Analytics http://incites.isiknowledge.com/Home.action
Open Web Resources • Google Scholar Metrics http://scholar.google.co.za/
Isi Web Of Science (WoS)
Route: http://www.unisa.ac.za or (Staff web) → Library→ Find e-resources → A-Z list of electronic resources → W → Web of Science
SCOPUS Route: http://www.unisa.ac.za or (Staff web) → Library→ Find e-resources → A-Z list of electronic resources → S → Scopus
Journal Analyzer
Type in journal in search block and select the relevant subject field in the Limit by Subject area
SNIP
SNIP = Source Normalized Impact per Paper measures contextual citation impact by weighing citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field
SJR
SJR = SCImago Journal Rank is weighted by the prestige of a journal. Subject field, quality and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value of a citation...
Selecting Journals To compare journals select the relevant journals by double clicking on the journal name in the left column
InCites Research Analytics Route: http://www.unisa.ac.za or (Staff web) → Library→ Find e-resources → A-Z list of electronic resources → I → InCites
Select Subjects Select subject by clicking on the + next to the relevant subject/s in the Subject area box. The subject/s will move to the right side under Selected items
Top Publications
h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in
2008-2012 have at least h citations each
Conclusion “Best” journals to publish in:
Accredited Open Access Journal Open Access WoS journals Accredited Subscription Journal (with
permission to use pre-print or post-print)
Accredited Journal with a High Impact Factor
Researcher Id & Profiles • Creates an unique researcher profile
and ID number for each researcher • Builds a visible, accurate & unique
global public research profile by managing a researcher’s personal profile information
• Accurate information = accurate H-index
Researcher Id & Profiles
• Ensures proper author name identification, solving name ambiguity
• Accurate attribution of scholarly output is critical for reputation management and professional branding
Researcher Id Management Tools • ISI WoS Researcher ID
http://www.researcherid.com
• ORCID http://orcid.org/
• SciVerse Scopus Author Profile http://www.scopus.com/authoridentifier
• Google Scholar Citations Profile http://scholar.googletions.com/cita
ORCID • ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity
problem in research and scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers
• ORCID creates an open and transparent linking mechanism between ORCID and other current researcher ID schemes
ORCID-Login
After registering you will automatically be in your profile. If you previously
created a profile, go to Sign in and then login
Change Account Settings To Public Change your profile to
public. The more visible you are, the
greater your changes of being cited
Consolidate Id’s
If you already have a Researcher id the system
will give you the opportunity to consolidate the id’s
Data Exchange
If a researcher already has publications in his ISI Researcher ID account he will
immediately have them displayed in his ISI profile and can send them to ORCID
What is the H-index?
• A single-number metric of the impact of the author’s research, combining quality with quantity
• Measures scientific/scholarly productivity & impact
• Score indicate the global status of a researcher – the higher the H-index score, the more influential the researcher
• The H-index on Scopus, Google Scholar & WoS may vary due to their coverage of the sources
• H-index takes into account both the quantity and quality of publications
• Example: A scientist with an H-index of 10 has published 10 works that have each attracted at least 10 citations.
Hirch Index (H-Index)
Citation Analysis The number of times other scholars
have cited a researcher’s publications may indicate:
• quality of research • reputation • impact on a subject discipline
HARVESTING CITATIONS
• Web of Science (ISI) (E-Resources > A-Z > W
• Scopus (Elsevier) (E-Resources > A-Z > S)
• InCites • Harzing’s Publish or Perish
http://www.harzing.com • Google
Citation Retrieval Challenges
• Information fragmented and distributed
• Coverage of resources vary
• No central portal/single comprehensive source – Orcid attempts to bridge this
Citation Retrieval Challenges
• Retrieving data is complex & time consuming
• Inaccurate, incomplete & outdated researcher information
• Regional or specialised journals
• Use the best research output in the past 8 years
• Indicate the number of papers published and the number of citations the article has received
• Indicate high journal rankings as part of the motivation for including the specific research output
• Highlight the number of citations as well as the H-index rating to indicate the impact and influence of the research output
Using all this data on the Nrf Application Form
• PL’s need to obtain an academic profile of each researcher
• CD’s use profiles for collection development
• PL’s assist researchers in setting up and maintaining researcher profiles on ORCID
• CD’s can access the profiles - open • Tripple benefits – all win