Publication strategy

Marianne Renkema & Wouter GerritsmaWageningen UR Library

Citation analysis

OutputNumber of articles (by individual researcher, research group or

institute; in journal)

ImpactNumber of times these articles are cited

Relative impactThe quality of these numbers (how these compare with others in the

same research field)

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How can you improve your citation score?

Write high quality papers Publish in the right journals Be consistent with names Advertise yourself!

Publish in the right journals

Indexed in Web of Science With a high impact Subfield in ESI Open Access(?)

81,937

6,307

1,151

3,116

8,903

Publications

1.201.32Alle NU

1.131.23WUR

1.091.12UvT

1.321.35UT

1.311.56EUR

Journal Impact

Citation Impact

Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl)

Effect of high journal impact

Impact indicators for journals

Journal impact factor + Citations per paper (ISI Journal Citation Reports) 174 subject categories

Journal Ranking in ISI Essential Science Indicators 22 categories

SCImago Journal Rank Indicator 28 categories

H-index

420.14612.85602.861TRENDS FOOD SCI TECH

510.37211.68862.937NUTR REV

390.2929.18972.945J NUTR BIOCHEM

4313.27483.411P NUTR SOC

300.3968.94953.676CURR OPIN CLIN NUTR

390.30117.10403.805CRIT REV FOOD SCI

910.38815.245274.009J NUTR

730.54417.092764.055INT J OBESITY

1180.69523.873736.562AM J CLIN NUTR

621.48646.222210.449ANNU REV NUTR

502.16541.502212.235PROG LIPID RES

h-indexSJRCites/paperArticlesIF

Example of journal indicators

Effect of subfield in ESI

1.842.262.082.06All subfields

1.73-0.571.70Microbiology

-1.111.811.73Clinical medicine

-1.76 -1.76Chemistry

1.090.441.550.91Biology & biochemistry

3.603.873.863.82Agricultural Sciences

Group 3Group 2Group 1All groupsSubfield

Relative impact of a research institute

Effect Open Access (journals and archives)

Public availability? Article duplication Self-promotion/Quality bias Early view

Be consistent with names Stick to one personal name

don’t vary with initials or family namesSuch as: B.G. Temmink and H. Temmink for the same personor A. Dieleman-van Zaayen and A. van Zaayen

Use a standardized name for research group or institute

Include Wageningen UR or Wageningen University in the affiliation

Not: ALTERRA Res Inst, P.O.box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands

But: ALTERRA Res Inst, Wageningen UR, P.O.box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands

RIKILT, Institute for Food Safety

Rijks-Kwaliteitsinstituut voor Land-en Tuinbouwproducten National Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products State Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products Research Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products

With or without the combination Institute for Food Safety

Microbiologie

“Repair” your entry in databases

Standardize your name in Scopus Register for ResearchID in Web of Science Check your name(s) in Metis/Wageningen Yield

Increased Impact? Advertise yourself

Increased Impact? Advertise yourself

Self-citations Submit preprints/postprints to digital Open

Archives (Metis) Include publications on personal webpage Write or expand articles in the Wikipedia and refer

to your publications Blog about your research Tag your publications in systems like del.icio.us,

connotea etc.

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Additional ways to improve your citation score

Write review articles Write publications with multiple authors (International) cooperation …

Effect of cooperation on relative impact

impact% outputimpact% output

1.53441.1525Alle NU

1.27491.1221WUR

International cooperationWithout cooperation

Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl)

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