ResearchErs’ seminars spring 2012 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

1. Introduction to citation analysis ”A professor asks you, ”Who is citing my articles? How many times have I been cited? What is my h-index score?” A student asks you, ”How do I know if 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

1. Introduction to citation analysis Historical background of citation index: 1873, ”Shepard’s Citations” was the first citation system, created by Frank Shepard (law) 1960, Eugene Garfield’s Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) introduced the first citation index for papers published 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

1. Introduction to citation analysis Definition of citation index: ”A citation index is a kind of bibliographic database, an index of citations between publications, allowing the user to easily establish which later documents cite which earlier documents”. Source: WIKIPEDIA. Citation index

1. Introduction to citation analysis Cited references are always retrospective in nature pointing to documents in the past Citing references are always prospective in nature referring to previously published documents used by subsequent authors writing at a future time

1. Introduction to citation analysis

3. Other tools and applications Examples of applications at SciVerse (Elsevier): ”Co-author analyzer” ”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/

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/

3. Further reading HAMMOND, C. C. & BROWN, S. W. 2008. Citation Searching: Search Smarter & Find More. Computers in Libraries, 28, 10-12. ROBIN, K. & DANIELLE, C.-L. 2011. Citation searching and bibliometric measures: 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. 

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?

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

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