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Citation Counting: ResearcherID vs Google Scholar Citations

Learn how to create your own researcher profile on ResearcherID and Google Scholar Citations to showcase your publications and track citation metrics. Discover the benefits of having a strong online presence and how it can help you in your academic career.

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Citation Counting: ResearcherID vs Google Scholar Citations

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  1. Marianne van der Heijden 21-3-2013 Citation Counting: ResearcherID vs Google Scholar Citations

  2. NIOO RESEARCHERS WITH A PROFILE 52 Researcher ID´s 21 Google Citation Profiles Mark youraffiliation: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

  3. Researcher Profile Publication List Citationmetrics SHOW THE OUTSIDE WORLD YOUR PUBLICATIONS SHOW EVERYONE THE IMPACT = I.E. CITATION RATE OF THESE PUBLICATONS

  4. Example: Louise Vet Researcher|ID # pub: 169 # cit: 6232 H-index: 44 Google ScholarCitation # pub: 253 # cit: 8843 H-index : 49

  5. How to make your own profile Researcher-ID Google ScholarCitation Got to Google scholar Login to your Google account Click my Citations Search and select your publications Add them to your profile and make it public Updates automatically, check from time to time • Go to Web of Science • Login to your personal account • Search and select your own publications • Click the I wrote these publications button • Update regularly (My publications in EndnoteWeb)

  6. Usefull • Evaluation of academicreputationforfunders / employers • Presenting yourpublication listforotherscientists to read/citeyour papers • PersonalScientific Brandingfor media /public/otherscience disciplines to findyou as an expert • Web of Science / Google Scholar to improvetheir database

  7. Differences

  8. Database & collection ‘It is the collectionfrom the database thatdeterminesyourcitationmetrics’ • the database is to register yourpublication • the database is to register the publicationthatcitesyours • the citation report shouldcontain the relevant publications • the citation report shouldcontain the relevant filters (years)

  9. Notes • “Combining citations from a largely unregulated space with a tightly regulated space is not just problematic, it corrupts the citation as an evaluative metric.”http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/12/12/gaming-google-scholar-citations-made-simple-and-easy/ • “This is not about competition, this is about providing an open platform for academic research,“http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110803/full/476018a.html • “However, the h-index will vary considerably depending on a person's number of credited publications and the length of time they've been active”http://www.lib.utexas.edu/chem/info/cited.html

  10. Choose between RID - GSC • At NIOO we go forpurelyscientific = RID for official reports, Web of Science is leading • At NIOO we care forour public image, therefore we encourage GSC as outreach tool

  11. Citation reports for others “ResearcherID and Google ScholarCitationscanonlybe found if the author has activatedthemand made them public” • ResearcherID’s database is Web of Science, onlytobesearchedwithsubscription • Google ScholarCitations’ database is Google Scholarandgives no metricsforotherauthors except via Publish or Perish software tool

  12. Other citation reports Payed services: • ScifinderScholar (CAS-chemical), •Scopus (Elsevier - general) Free services: • Microsoft Academic Search http://academic.research.microsoft.com • Altmetrics (non scientific), tools liketotal-impact, sciencecard, readmeterhttp://altmetrics.org/tools/

  13. Conclusion (1) ‘Bottom-line:  Web of Science has the cleanest database, but is missing big chunks of scientific literature.  Google Scholar is the most complete, but has not merged slightly erroneous citations, and is cluttered with bogus information.’ http://gasstationwithoutpumps.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/google-scholar-vs-web-of-science/

  14. Conclusion (2) ‘Overall, I trust Web of Science more, which is why I have been using it to compile citations to the 2003 NAR paper. However, I use Google Scholar more frequently for quick reference simply because it is free and easy to access.’ http://xiang-jun.blogspot.nl/2011/07/tracking-3dna-citations-google-scholar.html

  15. Literature • LibguidesUniversity Utrecht : researcher profileshttp://libguides.library.uu.nl/content.php?pid=310987&sid=3058269 • Google Scholarcompared to Web of Science: a literaturereview / Susanne Mikki. https://noril.uib.no/index.php/noril/article/viewFile/10/6 • PublishorPerish ; software and papers / Anne-WilHarzing http://www.harzing.com/papers.htm

  16. Literature (further reading) • Authoridentifier and altmetrics / Maurice Vanderfeesten http://www.slideshare.net/maurice.vanderfeesten/author-id-and-altmetrics • Manipulating Google Scholar Citations and Google Scholar Metrics: simple, easy and tempting/ E. Delgado Lopez-Cozare.a. http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0638 * Mr RI (Research Impact): Limititation to bibliometrics / Ray O’Neil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OLvh1VMgN8

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