Quality in Research

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Publish or Perish

Publish ………. or Perish

They Say:

Something is Missing !!!!!!!!

Challenges

Why to publish?

Where ?

When ?

How?

With Whom?

Why we Publish

Diffusion of Knowledge

Promotion

Sharing Ideas

Community belonging

Research Valorization

Getting Feedback

Professional Profile

Where to Publish

• Which journal? Indexed?• How journals are classified? Which is better? • Should I look at the Impact factor? • Would my publications be accepted in high-IF journals?• Open Access?

Today: What to Read

Contradictions?

Need a Benchmark

Research papers?

Need a Model

Don’t forget benchmarking

• Indicators• Planning• Perform quality Research• Differentiate and Evaluate• Auto-Evaluation• Decide

• PDCA

Citation Index, A Benchmark

American Documentation, Vol. 14, No.3 , p. 195-201 1963

Eugene Garfield Derek J. de Solla Price

Price, DJDArchives Internationale d'histoire Des SciencesNo 14, p 85, 1951

2003 2007 2011

2008

19651998

2010

1930

Times Cited

Related Records

2008

1938

1984

1972

Author Cited References

Authoritative, integrated Journal, Conference, and Book content.

Citation’s benefits

Millions of RecordsSCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED • 41.2 million records • 1900-present

SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX • 7.9 million records • 1900-present

ARTS & HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX • 4.6 million records • 1975-present

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS CITATION INDEX• 8.2 million records • 1990-present

BOOK CITATION INDEX• 977,199 records • 2005-present

CURRENT CHEMICAL REACTIONS • 212,622 records • 1985-present

INDEX CHEMICUS• 337,305 records • 1993-present

DATA CITATION INDEX• 2.8 million records• 1900-present

CURRENT CONTENTS CONNECT• 18.1 million records • 1998-present

BIOSIS CITATION INDEX• 22.8 million records • 1926-present

ZOOLOGICAL RECORD• 4 million records • 1864-present

MEDLINE• 22 million records• 1950-present

DERWENT INNOVATION INDEX• 22.9 million basic

inventions• 1963-present

A comprehensive gateway to the most relevant research information: reliable, integrated, multidisciplinary

Thomson Reuters Journals Selection Policy

•Publishing Standards– Peer review, Editorial conventions

•Editorial content– Addition to knowledge in specific subject field

•Diversity– International, regional influence of authors, editors, advisors

•Citation analysis– Editors and authors’ prior work

Highly Cited Open Access Journals

Highly Cited Non-Open Access Journals

When to publish

40% of the journals:

• 80% of the publications

• 92% of cited papers

4% of the journals:

• 30% of the publications

• 51% of cited papers

When not to publish

Should I wait before publishing?

35 USD billions has been wasted developing things that are already documented in a patent specification.(Source: British Patent Office, 2000)

Never forget to say when I should stop research on a given topic !

How to Publish Research Methodology Topic, Research Area

Language

France

With Whom?

•Session on Collaborations Evaluation

Publish or Perish

Publish Wisely or Perish

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