using scopus to study citing behavior for collection development
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Using SCOPUS To Study Citing Behavior For Collection Development. A focus on Psychology Research at the University of Houston. Irene Ke, MLS, MS Psychology & Social Work Librarian University of Houston [email protected]. Psychology Research at UH. A university in transition: Tier One initiative - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A focus on Psychology Research at the University of Houston
USING SCOPUS TO STUDY CITING BEHAVIOR FOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Irene Ke, MLS, MSPsychology & Social Work LibrarianUniversity of [email protected]
Psychology Research at UH A university in transition: Tier One initiative Psychology publication trend (University of
Houston)
Data source: SCOPUS
Project Goal: Gather evidence for collection decisionsObjectives: To learn How psychology researchers use information Whether the library collection meets campus
research needs
Essential questions How psychology researchers use information
What journals were cited and how often? Time range (age) of sources cited (Do old materials
matter?) Types of materials cited (Do books matter?)
Whether the library collection meets campus research needs Does the library subscribe to the journals that
researchers cited? Do researchers use the journals provided by the library?
Methodology Data Collection: • Citation data: SCOPUS
Strengths Limitations
• Usage data: COUNTER, Serials Solutions (Focus on journals only) Download times
Papers included in the study: • Published by a UH researcher between 2000 to 2013• Papers were classified to “psychology” as a subject
in SCOPUS
Preliminary Finding I
The peak time of an article being cited is between 1 to 8 years after its publication.
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“The year the cited source was published” minus “the year the citing paper was published”
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Time range (age) of sources cited (Do old materials matter?):
“The year the cited source was published” minus “the year the citing paper was published”
Note: all source types are included in this analysis. It covers 6 years’ data: 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013
5 years
Preliminary Finding II
A wide range of journals were cited: 543 journal titles were cited from 2002 to 2013
Only a small portion of journals get cited often: 33 titles were cited more than 100 times (about 6% of
all cited journals) 368 titles were cited equal to or less than 20 times
(about 68% of all cited journals)
Most frequently cited journal: Journal of Applied Psychology (567 times)
How do campus researchers cite journals?
Titles cited between 20
to 100 times. n=142
“26% of to-tal”Titles cited
less than or equal to 20 times. n =
368 “68% of total
“
N= 543
Titles cited more than 100 times.n= 33, “6% of total”
Preliminary Finding II, Visual presentationHow do campus researchers cite journals?
Preliminary Finding III
The library has a great coverage of the journals that were cited often:
Do we subscribe to the journals that got cited?
Journals were cited≥ 21
times
Journals were cited ≥ 100
times
Number of titles 175 33
Number of titles that Library
subscribes to (full access)
161 33
% 92% 100%
Preliminary Finding IV
Citation (from Scopus) and usage data (from 360 Counter, Serials Solutions) comparison
Number of times a title was cited in 2012 Number of times a title was downloaded in 2012
Does citation data aligns with usage (download) data?
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N=69 titles
Preliminary thoughts
For collection development Decisions on old materials Build the “core” Multidisciplinary approach Citation data only tells a part of the story, other types of
data are needed
For outreach Data proves our support to campus research (no apology
anymore!) Data helps us to communicate with faculty members
What are the implications?
