The development of bibliometric and citation analysis services

UKSG 37th Annual Conference – 14-16 April 2014Stephen Pearson (Research Information Analyst)& Scott Taylor (Research Services Librarian)

Which of the following best describes your experience of bibliometrics?

A. I’ve carried out a citation analysis as part of my work or my studies

B. I’ve used a database (e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar) to answer a question about citations

C. I’m aware of citation databases, but I’ve never used them

D. None of the above

A. B. C. D.

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Outline of the session

Introduction Consultancy services to University leadership Reports for Faculties and Schools Training

Outline of the session

Introduction Consultancy services to University leadership Reports for Faculties and Schools Training

‘The Manchester Model’

• Academic Engagement• Research Services• Teaching and Learning

Services

Service Teams(2012 onwards)

• Arts• Business and

Management• Engineering and Physical

Sciences• Life Sciences• Medical and Human

Sciences• Social Sciences

Subject Teams(up to 2012)

Some of the drivers for the restructure

Where we are

Research Services

Bibliometrics and Citation

Analysis

Business Data Service

Institutional Repository

Research Data Management

Research Resource

Management and

Development

Scholarly Communication

and Open Access

Who we are

Citation Services Team

Research Information Analyst

Research Services Librarian

Outline of the session

Introduction Consultancy services to University leadership Reports for Faculties and Schools Training

Size of user baseUniversity leaders and

research leaders

Research support staff

Research staff

Size of user baseUniversity leaders and

research leaders

Research support staff

Research staff

Which article do you think is doing ‘best’ in terms of citations received?

A. An article in the field of Cancer Research published in 1996, which has so far received 64 citations

B. An article in the field of Communication Studies published in 2001, which has so far received 16 citations

C. An article in the field of Classics and Ancient History published in 2006, which has so far received 4 citations

A. B. C.

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Cancer Research• 64 citations for hypothetical 1996 article• 14,903 articles published in 1996• Top 10% (1,491) articles cited >= 83 times

Communication Studies• 16 citations for hypothetical 2001 article• 1,507 articles published in 2001• Top 10% (151) articles cited >= 32 times

Classics and Ancient History• 4 citations for hypothetical 2006 article• 995 articles published in 2006• Top 10% (100) articles cited >= 3 times

Setting a target

Manchester highly cited papers: 22%

Manchester target for highly cited papers: ???

Oxford highly cited papers: 29%

Harvard highly cited papers: 36%

Authors Title Year Journal title

Cited by Subject Article in 1%?

Article in 5%?

Article in 10%?

Nock M.K. Self-Injury 2010 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

75

Wolfer A., Ramaswamy S.

MYC and metastasis

2011 Cancer Research

27

Valiant L.G. Evolvability 2009 Journal of the ACM

12

Shleifer A., Vishny R.W.

Unstable banking

2010 Journal of Financial Economics

43

Carey S. Beyond fast mapping

2010 Language Learning and Development

12

Bates R.H. State failure 2008 Annual Review of Political Science

14

Narayana S., Sato Y.

DC magnetic cloak

2012 Advanced Materials

13

De Leon N.P., Lukin M.D., Park H.

Quantum plasmonic circuits

2012 IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

5

Authors Title Year Journal title

Cited by Subject Article in 1%?

Article in 5%?

Article in 10%?

Nock M.K. Self-Injury 2010 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

75 Psychiatry and Mental Health

Yes

Wolfer A., Ramaswamy S.

MYC and metastasis

2011 Cancer Research

27 Cancer Research

Yes

Valiant L.G. Evolvability 2009 Journal of the ACM

12 Artificial Intelligence

Yes

Shleifer A., Vishny R.W.

Unstable banking

2010 Journal of Financial Economics

43 Accounting Yes

Carey S. Beyond fast mapping

2010 Language Learning and Development

12 Education Yes

Bates R.H. State failure 2008 Annual Review of Political Science

14 Sociology and Political Science

Yes

Narayana S., Sato Y.

DC magnetic cloak

2012 Advanced Materials

13 Materials Science

Yes

De Leon N.P., Lukin M.D., Park H.

Quantum plasmonic circuits

2012 IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

5 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Yes

Climbing the league table

Informing collaboration

Articles in Medicine by Manchester academics receive on average just over twice as many citations as the world average. What do you think is the equivalent figure for articles in Medicine co-authored by Manchester

academics with Harvard academics?

A. 4-5 times as many citations as the world average

B. 8-9 times as many citations as the world average

C. 16-17 times as many citations as the world average

A. B. C.

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The big picture

Shared research strengths

Exciting possibilities

Outline of the session

Introduction Consultancy services to University leadership Reports for Faculties and Schools Training

Size of user baseUniversity leaders and

research leaders

Research support staff

Research staff

Size of user baseUniversity leaders and

research leaders

Research support staff

Research staff

Standard reporting

Standard reporting Clear Consistent

Quick Scalable

Useful

Standard reporting

Demo

Standard reportingScript automation

(Python)

Ready-made clusters

Citation centile thresholds

Outline of the session

Introduction Consultancy services to University leadership Reports for Faculties and Schools Training

Citation training

Training

“Citation Analysis 101”

“SciVal: an introduction”

“Attracting an audience, making

your mark, and measuring it”

Thank you!

Questions?

Image credits

• Slide 13: Cancer image: Ed Uthman (CC-BY)• Slide 13: Communication image: Yutaka Tsutano (CC-BY)• Slide 13: Classics image: P.J. Hault (CC-BY)• Slides 14 and 19: University of Manchester image: ‘raver_mikey’

(CC-BY)• Slide 14: Archery target image: Alberto Barbati (CC-BY-SA)• Slide 14: University of Oxford image: Jimmy Harris (CC-BY)• Slides 14 and 19: Harvard University image: Kellly DeLay (CC-BY)• Slide 17: Shanghai Jiao Tong University image: Qi Lin (Christopher)

(CC-BY)• Slide 24: Sweets image: Darren Johnson (CC-BY)