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Best Practices and Strategies to Achieve Scopus Publication KPIs through Human Resource and Structural OptimizationProf. Dr. Amran Rasli
Components of presentation• UTM Publication• Best Practices and Strategies to
Achieve Scopus Publication KPIs • Human Resource and Structural
Optimization• Ethical Issues
UTM Publication
Everything begins with a KPI
Published articles in SCOPUS/Web of Science (WOS)/Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 6,500
The same applies to UTM. This is our publication KPI for 2015:
Performance Must Always be Compared
2014 2015 Improvement (%)
1st Q 2nd Q 3rd Q 1st Q 2nd Q 3rd Q 1st Q 2nd Q 3rd Q# PubScopusWOSArticle
Conference
ReviewQ1Q2Q3Q4
Imp. Factor
1. 1st Quarter: Good Focus on High Impact Publications2. Overall reduction in Conference is Good Sign3. Increase in Review paper in 3rd Quarter will set traction for Citations4. But why so much RED?
Scenarios must always be planned
Measure everyone
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Measurement based on:
Scival and Google Scholar
Collaborate, as no man is an island
Celebrate success
You need a game plan
BEST PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE SCOPUS PUBLICATION KPIs (Faculty approach)
Promotional Policy• Based on publication, research,
teaching (including supervision of PhD students), consultancy and community service
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POLISI & KRITERIA
KENAIKAN PANGKAT
STAF AKADEMIK
http://registrar.utm.my/hcm/files/2014/08/KRITERIA-KENAIKAN-PANGKAT-STAF-AKADEMIK-VERSI-TERKINI-NOVEMBER-2014.ppt
KRITERIA PENYELIDIKAN &
PENERBITAN
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(A)Bagi jawatan DS54 ke VK07, calon hendaklah memperolehi sekurang-kurangnya dua (2) PI atas jawatan semasa.
(B)Bagi jawatan VK07 ke VK06, calon hendaklah memperolehi sekurang-kurangnya tiga (3) PI atas jawatan semasa.
(C)Bagi jawatan VK06 ke VK05, calon hendaklah memperolehi sekurang-kurangnya empat (4) PI atas jawatan semasa.
(D) i. Jumlah melebihi minimum perolehan dana dalam setiap kategori boleh diambilkira untuk memenuhi kriteria perolehan dana ii. 30% daripada jumlah dana bagi jawatan yang dipohon dan mesti diperolehi atas jawatan semasa. iii. Merujuk kepada perkara (ii), bagi permohonan ke jawatan VK07 dan ke atas mestilah dana dari geran luar.
(E) i. Ditakrifkan sebagai jurnal yang diindeks oleh ISI / WOS dan SCOPUS sahaja bagi sains dan teknologi dan TIDAK TERMASUK Prosiding Terindeks. Untuk bidang Sains Sosial termasuk Jurnal yang diindeks oleh Excellence Research Australia (ERA). ii. Bagi staf yang berumur 48 tahun ke atas, kesetaraan yang diambilkira adalah penerbitan paper sebelum 1 Januari 2011:
a. 3 paper in indexed proceeding = 1 indexed journalb. 5 paper in non indexed journal = 1 indexed journalc. 10 paper in proceeding = 1 indexed journal
(F) Bagi permohonan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred VK07 dan ke atas untuk bidang sains teknologi, 15 jurnal diperolehi atas jawatan semasa, dan 5 daripadanya mestilah dari jurnal ISI.(G) Bagi permohonan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred VK07 untuk bidang sains sosial, 10 jurnal diperolehi atas jawatan semasa, dan 3 daripadanya mestilah dari jurnal ISI.(H) Bagi permohonan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred VK06 untuk bidang sains sosial, 15 jurnal diperolehi atas jawatan semasa, dan 4 daripadanya mestilah dari jurnal ISI.(I) Bagi permohonan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred VK05 untuk bidang sains sosial, 15 jurnal diperolehi atas jawatan semasa, dan 5 daripadanya mestilah dari jurnal ISI.
NOTA RUJUKAN :
Rujukan singkatan :VK-PU : Profesor Penyelidikan Utama VK-PP : Profesor Penyelidikan & Pengajaran VK-PK : Profesor Penyelidikan & PerkhidmatanPI : Penyelidik Utama
Supervisor Development Program (AS102)• Academic staff with less than 5
years experience in PhD supervision must undergo 15 hours of training to qualify as doctoral student supervisor
• Critical module: Publication for graduation (3 hours)
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Supervision and Publication• Refer UTM graduate studies rules
and regulations– “normal PhD”– PhD by publication
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Getting Students’ Research Papers Published: Where?• PhD: 1 ISI indexed journal paper• Masters by research: 1 Scopus
and 1 book chapter• Masters by mixed-mode: 1 non-
indexed journal and 1 book chapter
• Undergraduate thesis: 1 non-indexed journal or 1 book chapter
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HUMAN RESOURCE AND STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION
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Publication Workshop• Create Champions
– For Scopus– For ISI
• Small groups (15 academics and 15 PG students from FoM, FIS, FBE and FoE)– 1st meeting (how to write)– 2 weeks break– 2nd meeting (simulated review
process)
• Submission– If good, ≥ Scopus– If OK, indexed journals (e.g. Sains
Humanika)
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Publication Workshop is designed to eliminate fear
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Create Publication Pathways• UTM has 15 journals
– Only Jurnal Teknologi is Scopus Indexed– Sains Humanika to be Scopus Indexed by end
of 2017
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Chief Editor: Prof Dr Rosli Ilias Chief Editor: Prof Dr Amran Rasli
Promote Publication to the max
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Participation in Conferences• Supported if backed by minimum
Scopus Indexed journals• Special issues vs proceedings
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Faculty based Incentives
Funding for conferences–Bigger allocation if academic staff had papers published in a Scopus or impact factored journal in the previous year
Funding for proof reading–Usage of research grant or faculty allocation for editorial work
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Policy for Publication
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Policy for Publication
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Policy for Publication
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University based Incentives• Empowering the Library• Payment
– indexed publication– Scopus publication– ISI publication
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Developing an On-line System• RADIS
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Developing an On-line System• RADIS
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Celebrate our Prolific Writers• By
research alliance
• By individual
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Celebrating groups and individuals on a yearly basis with rewards
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The Way Forward• Enhance publication in Q1
journals– Problems for Social Scientists– Need to reinvent ourselves
• Joint publication• Reputable Journal Editorial Board• The route to global branding of
UTM academics: citation, citation, citation– How?– Hot topics– Self promotion (own website,
research gate, Linked in etc)40
The Era of Self Promotion
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ETHICAL ISSUES
Gift Authorship • Inclusions, among the authors, of
an individual who does not fulfill the requirement for authorship. It is common practice to oblige some seniors or colleagues
http://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/12245125.pdf
Pressured Authorship • A person when use his position of
authority in order to be included as an author, regardless of not being qualified is referred as pressured authorship.
Ghost Authorship• It is referred to denial of
authorship of individuals who played an effective part in the work and were qualified for authorship
Duplicate Submission• Is defined as publication of a paper that
overlaps substantially with one already published. Most biomedical journals will not consider manuscripts that are simultaneously being considered by most quality journals. For practical purposes, any article that has similar or near similar hypothesis, sample characteristics, methodology, results and conclusions to a published article is a duplicate article, and if it is republished without the knowledge of the editors, it is called duplicate publication. The authors of the duplicate manuscript may be the same, as in most cases, but it may also be a different author(s) publishing the same article without the knowledge of the initial author(s).
Salami Publication• On the other hand, slicing of data from a single
research process or gathered during a single study period, into different pieces, creating individual manuscripts from each piece, and publishing these to different journals or even the same journal is called 'salami publication' or 'salami slicing'. In case of salami publications, readers have to read more than one article to get full information and a clear idea. Hence most reputable journals strongly discourages such publications. Here it is very difficult to find out salami publication as clever authors ensure to hide the dates of research work if they intend to send salami publication to the journal. Self-regulations and strict vigilance from the Heads of the Departments/Institutes can also help to overcome this problem
Plagiarism• Is the use of another's ideas words and
work in part or in whole without attributing it to the original source? It is not only unethical but it is a copyright violation. Those interested in knowing detail legal implication of plagiarism can log on www.plagiarism.org.
• This problem is also widely prevalent but many a times reasons may be ignorance on the part of new authors who are not made aware of this by their seniors. The awareness and strict peer reviewing can help to overcome this problem.
Publications which add no new information to knowledge base • Many a time articles are submitted to journals
which add no new information to medical knowledge base. This problem starts with the choice of the research topic and also reflects the problem in research methodology being adopted in medical institutions. We believe that it is unethical to spend resources on research if that research does not add any thing new to knowledge base.
• Thus, it is very important to answer these research questions before starting any research:– What is already known about this topic?– What does your work add to the existing body of
knowledge?– What is new (i.e. not already reported) in your work?
(methodology/results/ conclusions)?
Scientific Fraud• This is not a new problem especially in the history of
Medicine. Many examples are there when studies have been retracted after becoming evident that they are fraud and cooked. Fabrication (altering truthful information) and Falsification (Inventing information where none previously existed) are the common types of scientific frauds. Published account suggest that paper containing recognizable fraudulent material is very low probably less than 0.02%. Self regulation, scientific audits and asking for the detail record of research data from the authors can help to certain extent to overcome this problem. Moreover, Institutional, Departmental Heads and Local Ethics Committees should have a supervisory role over the publications from the institutes. The institutes and/or Departments should keep a record of publications from their researchers and academicians along with the preliminary data supporting the research findings.
My Final Comments
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Avoid Unethical Thoughts
Let’s not be Desperados
Avoid predatory journals at all cost. . . Your publication in these journals may haunt you later!!!
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Except work harder. . . .