Web of Science

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Citation Searching and Journal Rankings
2 Apr 2014
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Outline

• Part 1 Citation Analysis at Researcher or
  Article Level
• Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index
  (SSCI)
• Part 2 Citation Analysis Ranking Tools at
  Journal Level
• Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
• Part 3 QA

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Part One Mastering Social Sciences Citation
Index (SSCI)
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)

• Help you answer questions like
• What is the most highly cited article on
  Education Policy?
• Which journal has the highest number of articles
  on Sociolinguistics?
• Who are the top researchers in Chinese Politics?
• How many times my journal articles are cited?

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Web of Science Summary

• Citation Counts in Web of Science include
  citations from
• Web of Science Core Collection Science Citation
  Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) Social Sciences
  Citation Index (SSCI) Arts Humanities
  Citation Index (AHCI) Conference Proceedings
  Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) Conference
  Proceedings Citation Index - Social Sciences
  Humanities (CPCI-SSH) Book Citation Index
  Science (BKCI-S) Book Citation Index Social
  Sciences Humanities (BKCI-SSH) Current
  Chemical Reactions (CCR-Expanded) Index
  Chemicus (IC)
• BIOSIS Citation Index
• Chinese Science Citation Database
• Data Citation Index
• SciELO Citation Index

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Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

• A multidisciplinary index to the journal
  literature of the social sciences.
• Covers over 2,900 journals across 50 social
  sciences disciplines and indexes individually
  selected, relevant items from over 3,500 of the
  world's leading scientific and technical
  journals.
• Coverage 1992-present
• Examples of Subject categories

Area Studies History Psychiatry Social Work
Cultural Studies Linguistics Psychology Sociology
Economics Management Public Adm. Urban Studies
Education Educational Research Political Science Social Issues Womens Studies

• Notes we have an archive of Arts Humanities
  Citation Index covering 1992 Nov 2011 at a
  dedicated PC in the Library

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How to access

• Search the Library Catalogue, or
• HKIEd Library Homepage gt E-Resources
• Search or Browse by alphabet
• S (Social Sciences Citation Index) or W (Web of
  Science)

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How to access

• Also available under Research Support at Library
  Web Site

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http//www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/journalmetrics/

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Basic Search
Search Tips
Search Field
Operator
Add another field
Year Range
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Search Tips
Operator Example Find records that contain
AND theory AND practice both terms
OR theory OR conception either term or both terms
NOT theory NOT hypothesis first term but not the second
NEAR/x theory NEAR/5 knowledge terms within a specified number of words (x) of each other
knowledge economy exact phrase
child child, children, childhood
? wom?n woman, women
color color, colour
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Refine Sorting Results
Sorting options
Refine search
Narrow results by
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Detailed View of A Record
Check for Full Text
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Export / Email / Print Your Search Results
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e.g. directly export the marked records to
RefWorks
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Cited References
Click "Cited References" to see the References
Cited by this Article
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Cited References of this Article
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Click "Times Cited" for Citing References
Times Cited Counts in Web of Science Core
Collection
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Citing References (Articles that are Citing
Peisner-Feinbergs Article)
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Citation Hierarchy
2004
1997
2003
2000
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"Related Records" Other Articles Using At Least
One Cited References in Peisner-Feinbergs Article
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Use Related Records to Identify Similar Articles
4,847 articles have at least one common citation
with this Peisner-Feinbergs 2001 article
The more references the articles share, the more
related they are
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A is a Cited Reference of C, i.e. A is cited by
C
Record A
D is a Related Record of A, because B is cited
by both of them
A is a Citing Reference of B, i.e. B is cited
by A
Reference
Reference
Record B
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Exercise

• Search for topics social and cognitive
  development
• Refine with keywords language and school
• Limit to Article document
• How many records found?
• What is the most highly cited record?
• How many times this article is cited?

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More Analysis Tools
To use more analysis tools, change the default
All Databases to Web of Science Core
Collection
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Category Breakdown Under Refine Results
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Analysis Tools

• Analyze Results
• extract citation data from a selected field (e.g.
  source title, country, author), and produces a
  report showing the values in ranked order
• Create Citation Report
• view aggregate citation statistics for a set of
  search results
• e.g. breakdown of citations over years, average
  citations per year

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Analysis Tools
Analysis tools
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1. Analyze Results
Max number of items to display top 500 results
You can rank the search results with different
field options, e.g. source titles
e.g. Rank the journals by number of articles on
this topic
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2. Create Citation Report
Citation statistics of records found
Most highly cited article
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Exercise

• Search for articles with topic mobile learning
• Analyze Results
• How many articles are found?
• What is the source title with the highest no. of
  publications?
• How many percentage of articles are published in
  2013?
• Creation Citation Report
• How many times these articles have been cited?
• What is the average citations per year received
  by the top article?

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Cited Reference Search

• To discover how the works of an author are being
  cited
• How many citations received?
• Cited by whom?
• It can also cover the variant citation data in
  your search

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Finding Citation Counts and Create Alerts for
Works Not Indexed in Web of Science

• Important Note Citation data by Web of Science
  are only limited to citations recorded in the Web
  of Science indexed publications.
• Author Finder only finds the citation data for a
  particular researchers publications that are
  indexed by Web of Science.
• If your article is not indexed in Web of Science
  or may be it is a book, you can still check how
  many times it has been cited by Web of Science
  journals and create an email alert using the
  "cited reference search" function.

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Cited Reference Search

• E.g. I want to know how many times the following
  book has been cited
• Bond, M. H. (1991). Beyond the Chinese face
  Insights from psychology. Hong Kong Oxford
  University Press.

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Click the "Cited Reference Search"
Under the search menu, select Cited Reference
Search
Use only Surname and initial(s) Chinese authors
should consider using different variant forms
(e.g. Cheung ABL or Cheung BL or Leung CB)
Use abbreviated journal titles only (click the
View abbreviation list for reference). For
books, suggest to leave this blank first
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Select the relevant entries from the result list
and then click "Finish Search"
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Number of times cited in Web of Science 287
Click "Create Citation Report" for quick summary
of the 287 citing articles
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Create Citation Alert

• Email alerts / RSS feeds
• Sign up for your free account first

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Modify the Cited Reference Search for Future
Email Alerts
Based on what has been entered for the 287
citations, enter the "cited work" field with what
Thomson Reuters uses (Use "" and "or" as
necessary)
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Click "Select All" and "Finish Search"
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Select search history
Use the "Save History / Create Alert" function to
set up alerts
Delete unwanted search history
Enter History Name and select desired options.
Make sure you have checked the Email Alerts option
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Other than email alerts option, you may subscribe
to the feed via your browser, e.g. the URL of
this RSS feed ishttp//rss.webofknowledge.com/r
ss?eabe6b3f18ff0d179c797ea22af71e57fd1ca9a81b3a
75fa3d
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Hands-on Practice

• Try Cited Reference Search or set up a Citation
  Alert on anything that interest you a piece of
  your work, a key paper related to your research
  topic, etc.

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Online Help
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Reference Materials

• Online Tutorials
• http//wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-o
  f-science/
• e.g. Web of Science Search Tips
• Author SearchCitation Reporting and the H-index
  
• Citation Alerts Cited Reference Search
• Saving Search Histories and Creating Email
  Alerts
• Quick Reference Guide of Web of Science Core
  Collection
• http//wokinfo.com/media/pdf/wos_core_collection_q
  rc.pdf
• Social Sciences Citation Index Source
  Publications List 2013
• http//science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/publist_ssci
  .pdf

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Part Two Mastering Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
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What is Journal Impact Factor?

• Journal Impact Factor is a simple statistics
  intended to reflect the impact of a journal.
  Basically it indicates the average number of
  times an article published in the particular
  journal during the past two years was being
  cited.
• Journal Impact Factor is based on the Journal
  Citation Reports which is updated on annual basis.

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Journal Citation Reports

• "Journal Citation Reports offers a systematic,
  objective means to critically evaluate the
  world's leading journals, with quantifiable,
  statistical information based on citation data.
  By compiling articles' cited references, JCR Web
  helps to measure research influence and impact at
  the journal and category levels, and shows the
  relationship between citing and cited journals.
  Available in Science and Social Sciences
  editions. "
• JCR is part of based on citation data from the
  Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social
  Sciences Citation Index. In the past, SCI, SSCI
  and JCR were the only tools providing verifiable
  measurement tools of journal impact based on
  citation statistics. Therefore they have been and
  still are the most widely recognized journal
  ranking / measuring tools.

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http//www.lib.ied.edu.hk/research/journalmetrics/

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Finding a Journal in JCR

• HKIEd has JCR
• Social Sciences Edition (1998 2012)
• Science Edition (2008 2012)

Browse by Subject / Publisher / Country
or Search by Title or ISSN or View all Journals
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Journal Information Provided by JCR

• Total Cites
• Impact Factor
• 5-Year Impact Factor
• Immediacy Index
• Cited Half-Life
• Citing Half-Life
• Eigenfactor Score
• Article Influence

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Below is only a simplified explanation of the
metrics. For definitions and details, click the
help in the JCR journal report pages
Total Cites Total number of citations for this journal in the JCR year
Impact Factor On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited based on articles published in the two previous years
5-Year Impact Factor On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited based on articles published in the five previous years
Immediacy Index On average, how many times an article in this journal is being cited in the same year based on last year's data (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)
Cited Half-Life Indicates how far back the older articles in this journal are still being cited (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)
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Below is only a simplified explanation of the
metrics. For definitions and details, click the
help in the JCR journal report pages
Citing Half-Life Indicates how recent or how old the bibliography referred by articles in this journal are (reflects more about the nature of the subject than journal quality)
Eigenfactor Score The Eigenfactor Score is some kinds of enhanced 5-year impact factor by giving higher score for getting cited in more influential journals and eliminates self-citation
Article Influence Score The Article Influence Score is derived from the Eigenfactor Score based on matching the share of the journal's influence against the share of the journal's share of articles. The neutral influence score is 1.00 thus a journal with article influence score greater than 1.00 indicates that each article in the journal has above-average influence and vice versa
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Impact Factor Calculation
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Working Example Impact Factor of Journal of
Experimental Education (JCR SSC 2012) 0.822
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Impact Factor Trend of a Journal
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Impact Factor Trend of a Journal
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So, is an Impact Factor of 0.822 Good or Bad?
Well, it largely depends on the subject category
and which journals it is compared with
Q. If John is scoring 2 goals per football match,
is he a good shooter? A. May be. But is he
scoring against professional goal keepers or is
he playing at your backyard?
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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject
Category
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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject
Category
By default, journals are ranked by its current
impact factor by subject
NOTE A journal can belong to more than one
subject category and therefore it is possible
for a journal to have two different ranks
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The Meaning of Category Box Plot
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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject
Category
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Journal Summary List
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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject
Category
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Category Summary Data
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To Browse and Sort by Subject Categories
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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
Mark All
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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
Click Marked List
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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
or display the whole list in one page for print
or paste to Excel
You can Save to a Text File which can be imported
to Excel
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View Journal Impact Factor via SSCI
Check Journals Impact Factor
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Hands-on Practice

• What is the Journal Impact Factor for the journal
  addictive behaviors?
• What subject categories does the journal
  addictive behaviors belong to? What are the
  Impact Factor of these subject categories? What
  are the respective subject rankings of addictive
  behaviors in the respective subject categories?
• What is the full name of the highest ranked
  journal under the subject category "women's
  studies" in JCR 2012 Social Sciences Edition?
  What is its Impact Factor?

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Additional Information

• JCR Fact Sheet
• http//thomsonreuters.com/products/ip-science/04_0
  31/esi-jcr-brochure.pdf
• Using Citation Reports Wisely
• http//admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_us
  ing.htm
• JCR Help Pages
• http//admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_to
  c.htm
• JCR Subject Category Scope Notes
• http//admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/static_ht
  ml/scope_notes/SOCIAL/2012/SCOPE_SOC.htm
• http//admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/static_ht
  ml/scope_notes/SCIENCE/2012/SCOPE_SCI.htm

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