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Citation Analysis lunch seminar, 4 May 2012 LTH Libraries Lars Andersson, Maria Johnsson

Citation Analysis lunch seminar, 4 May 2012 LTH Libraries Lars Andersson, Maria Johnsson . ResearchErs ’ seminars spring 2012 . Agenda. Introduction to citation analysis Demonstration of some systems for citation searching Other tools and applications and further training Discussion .

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Citation Analysis lunch seminar, 4 May 2012 LTH Libraries Lars Andersson, Maria Johnsson

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  1. Citation Analysis lunch seminar, 4 May 2012LTH Libraries Lars Andersson, Maria Johnsson ResearchErs’ seminars spring 2012

  2. Agenda • Introduction to citation analysis • Demonstration of some systems for citation searching • Other tools and applications and further training • Discussion

  3. 1. Introduction to citation analysis ”A professor asks you, ”Who is citing my articles? Howmanytimeshave I beencited? What is my h-index score?” A student asks you, ”Howdo I knowif this article is important?” Another professor asks you, ”Which journal should I publish in for my tenure?” A different students asks you, ”What are the best journals in the field of Anthropology?” Robin Kear & Danielle Colbert-Lewis 2011, "Citation searching and bibliometric measures: Resources for ranking and tracking", College & Research Libraries News, vol. 72, no. 8

  4. 1. Introduction to citation analysis Historicalbackground of citation index: • 1873, ”Shepard’s Citations” was the first citation system, created by Frank Shepard (law) • 1960, Eugene Garfield’sInstitute for Scientific Information (ISI) introduced the first citation index for paperspublished in academic journals called ”Science Citation Index (SCI)” • During the 1970s and 1980s ”Science Citation Index” developed from print to digital form • 1997, ISI launched ”Web of Science”, the web-based interface of ”Science Citation Index” Sources: Stephanie Ballard & Marcia Henry 2006, "CITATION SEARCHING: New Players, New Tools", Searcher, vol. 14, no. 9 Robin Kear & Danielle Colbert-Lewis 2011, "Citation searching and bibliometric measures: Resources for ranking and tracking", College & Research Libraries News, vol. 72, no. 8

  5. 1. Introduction to citation analysis Definition of citation index: ”A citation index is a kind of bibliographicdatabase, an index of citations betweenpublications, allowing the user to easilyestablishwhich later documentscitewhichearlierdocuments”. Source: WIKIPEDIA. Citation index

  6. 1. Introduction to citation analysis Citedreferences • are alwaysretrospective in nature • pointing to documents in the past Citingreferences • are alwaysprospective in nature • referring to previouslypublisheddocumentsused by subsequentauthorswriting at a future time

  7. 1. Introduction to citation analysis

  8. 3. Other tools and applications Examples of applications at SciVerse (Elsevier): ”Co-authoranalyzer” ”Co-author visualizer” Read more at: http://www.applications.sciverse.com/action/gallery?pageOrigin=appGallery&zone=header Examples of tools at Web of Knowledge (Thomson Reuters): • Citation map • Citation report • ”My Citation alerts” • ”Scientific Web Plus” Read more at: http://apps.webofknowledge.com.ludwig.lub.lu.se/

  9. 3. Further training and tutorials Sciverse/Scopus (Elsevier): http://hubhelp.sciverse.com/flare/Content/tutorials/ICS_Hub_menu.html Web of Knowledge (Thomson Reuters): http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/

  10. 3. Further reading • HAMMOND, C. C. & BROWN, S. W. 2008. Citation Searching: SearchSmarter & FindMore. Computers in Libraries, 28, 10-12. • ROBIN, K. & DANIELLE, C.-L. 2011. Citation searching and bibliometricmeasures: Resources for ranking and tracking. College & Research Libraries News, 72, 470. • STEPHANIE, B. & MARCIA, H. 2006. CITATION SEARCHING: New Players, New Tools. Searcher, 14, 24. • WIKIPEDIA. Citation index [Online]. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_index [Accessed 2012-05-02.

  11. 4. Discussion Questions: • Would you use citation searching in the future? If yes, in what way / for which purpose? • What is your impression of the tools and applications? Useful? Not useful?

  12. Next researchers’ seminar: Publish via open accessTuesday 15 May at 14-16pmSuggestions/ideas for new seminars? Let us know, send an e-mail to: maria.johnsson@bibliotek.lth.se

  13. Thanks for joining in today! Lars Andersson, Library of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering E-mail: Lars_A_H.Andersson@chemeng.lth.se Maria Johnsson, LTH Libraries E-mail: maria.johnsson@bibliotek.lth.se

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