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Page 1: USING RESEARCH METRICS TO TELL YOUR STORYlibrary.msstate.edu/li/ssfgs/ResearchMetrics.pdfUSING RESEARCH METRICS TO TELL YOUR STORY PRACTICAL PROFESSOR WORKSHOPS MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

USING RESEARCH METRICS TO TELL

YOUR STORYPRACTICAL PROFESSOR WORKSHOPS

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Dr. Deborah Lee

Mississippi State University Libraries

[email protected]

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PRACTICAL PROFESSOR WORKSHOPS

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESHTTP://GUIDES.LIBRARY.MSSTATE.EDU/PRACTICAL_PROFESSOR

DR. DEBORAH LEE

PROFESSOR AND COORDINATOR, GRADUATE STUDENT SERVICES

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SESSION OVERVIEW

Explore the use of research metrics.

Review resources available to the MSU

community.

Discuss best practices.

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What are research metrics?

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WHO CARES?

Faculty and Researchers

Promotion & Tenure Committees

Universities/Research Institutions

Funders

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RESEARCH METRICS: CAVEATS

YOU are more than a number!

Research metrics augment traditional measures of impact.

(Peer-review, funding, etc….)

All data have a context: always report the date/source of your

measure.

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RESEARCH METRICS

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Author Metrics

Citation MetricsSource Metrics

(Journals, Books)

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AUTHOR METRICS

Total Citations

Problems?

Difficult to interpret

Subject to the norms of the field

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H-INDEX

J. E. Hirsch (2005): “How does one quantify the cumulative

impact and relevance of an individual’s scientific research

output?”

Wanted to be able to compare physicists.

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H-INDEX

Statistical measure that includes BOTH the productivity and impact of a work or researcher.

Index of h = h papers published that

have been cited h times.

An h-index of 8 means you have at least 8

publications that have been cited by at

least 8 other articles.

Source: h-Index, Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-indexAccessed October 6, 2014.MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

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H-INDEX

One of the most often used metrics of impact.

Included on CVs, biographical statements (for grants), and even

on web pages.

Problems:

May under-represent the impact of a key piece of research.

Varies depending on the source of data. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

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H-INDEX: SOURCES

Scopus

Google Scholar

Publish or Perish (software program)

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CITATION METRICS

Total Citations

Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI)

Considers the differences in citation behavior across disciplines.

Compares the number of citations an article has with the average

number of citations received by all other similar publications in

Scopus.

1.44 = article has been cited 44% more times than expected.MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

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SOURCE METRICS

Select metrics that are appropriate to your research and field:

Books

Journals

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BOOKS

Citation Information

Google Scholar

Scopus, Google Books (Limited)

Other Metrics

Reviews in the professional literature

Ranking/sales in Amazon

Purchase/Cataloging by libraries (WorldCat)

Adoption in courses

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JOURNALS

Impact Factor (JCR)

CiteScore Metrics (Scopus)

Average of citations based on three years of data

Citation Count 2015 / Documents 2012-2014

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ALT-METRICS

Alternative measures of impact

Sources:

PlumX (Scopus)

Altmetrics

ImpactStory

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NEED HELP?

Ask a Librarian!

http://lib.msstate.edu

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REFERENCES

Ball, A. and M. Duke. (2015). “How to Track the Impact of

Research Data with Metrics.” Available online:

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/track-data-impact-

metrics.

Hirsch, J. E. (2005). “An Index to Quantify an Individual’s Scientific

Research Output.” PNAS. 102 no. 26 (November): 16569-16572.

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QUESTIONS?

Dr. Deborah Lee

[email protected]

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