Margarette van Zyl

Using relevant tools to assist academics with their NRF applications

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

Unisa Institutional

Repository

Importance of UIR

• Searchable via major search engines

• Increased visibility and usage

• Increased citations

Unisa Institutional Repository

Recommended steps to choose a journal to publish an article

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

Open access journals

Open access journals

Open access journals http://unisair.wordpress.com

Copyright issues

• Check for copyright restrictions on SHERPA/RoMEO

• Retain copyright

SHERPA/RoMEO http://unisair.wordpress.com

SHERPA/RoMEO

SHERPA/RoMEO

Journal Impact Factor And Journal Ranking

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

Journal Citation Reports

JCR Social Sciences Edition

Subject Category Selection To select more than one subject press Ctrl and click on the next subject

Journal List By Impact Factor

Journal Information

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...

Journal List According To SNIP

Selecting Journals To compare journals select the relevant journals by double clicking on the journal name in the left column

History Of Journal - Table

To deselect journals from selection, click X

InCites Research Analytics Route: http://www.unisa.ac.za or (Staff web) → Library→ Find e-resources → A-Z list of electronic resources → I → InCites

Create A Customs Report...

...By Journal Ranking And...

...By Subject Area

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

Journal Actual/ Expected Citations

Google Metrics Access: http://scholar.google.co.za/

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

The Journal Of Finance

H- Index Articles – The Journal Of Finance

Articles Citing Adams

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’s

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

ISI WoS Researcher ID

http://www.researcherid.com

Researcher Profile

Web Of Knowledge Search

Article Search

Add Selection To ‘My Publications’

Items Added Confirmation

Updated Researcher Profile

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

http://orcid.org/

ORCID-Login

After registering you will automatically be in your profile. If you previously

created a profile, go to Sign in and then login

ORCID- Researcher Profile

Import Works

CrossRef METADATA SEARCH

Authorize

Add Publications To Orcid

Click on Add to Orchid

Change Account Settings To Public Change your profile to

public. The more visible you are, the

greater your changes of being cited

Account Settings

Edit Privacy Preferences...

... To Public

Import Works

ResearcherID

Connecting ORCID to Researcher ID

Connecting ORCID to Researcher ID

Login

Data Exchange

Consolidate Id’s

If you already have a Researcher id the system

will give you the opportunity to consolidate the id’s

Data Exchange

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

Data Exchange

Data Exchange

Publications Added To Orcid

Import Works

Scopus To Orcid

Connecting Scopus To Orcid

Select Scopus Profile

Select Profile Name

Select Articles

Review Profile

Send Author Id To Orchid

Submit Publications To ORCID

Documents Submitted

Add Works Manually

Add Works Manually

Add Works Manually

Google Scholar Citations

Profile Access: http://scholar.google.co.za/schhp?hl=en

Create An Account

Sign In

Track Citations To Publications

Track Citations To Publications

Add Selected Articles

Updates

Google Scholar Profile

Who Cited Your Work

Scopus

http://www.scopus.com/home.url

Request To Merge Authors

Author Detail Corrections

Select Author Profile

Author Profile

Author ID – Automatically allocated

AUTHOR: H-index

Tools used to determine the H-index

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

H-Index: WoS

H-index: Scopus

InCites

H-index: 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

Let’s play a game...

What if?

• 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

Researcher id