Citation Searching and
Journal Rankings
15 Mar 2017
Outline
• Part 1: InCites Journal Citation Reports
• Part 2: Web of Science (Social Sciences
Citation Index and Arts & Humanities
Citation Index)
• Part 3: Scopus
• Part 4: Q&A
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InCites Journal Citation
Reports
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InCites Journal Citation Reports
• InCites Journal Citation Reports includes citation data drawn from
approximately 12,000 scholarly and technical journals and conference
proceedings from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries.
• It covers almost all specialties in science, technology, and the social
sciences and enables the evaluation and comparison of journals to
identify the top ranked and highest impact journals in a particular field.
• It provides dynamic, interactive features supported by visualizations of
JCR indicators that allow researchers to compare, evaluate and inform
their decisions on published research in varying fields.
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http://www.lib.eduhk.hk/research/journalmetrics/
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Finding a Journal in JCR
Enter your requested
journal in the search
box, e.g. Learning and
Instruction
Select the JCR year
and the edition(s) of
SCIE / SSCI or other
fields
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Key Indicators Provided by JCR
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Total Cites
Impact Factor
5-Year Impact Factor
Immediacy Index
Cited Half-Life
Citing Half-Life
Eigenfactor Score
Article Influence Score
and more ……
In this workshop, we shall
focus on the meaning of
Impact Factor, which has been
the most widely used JCR
indicator for journal ranking.
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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 InCites Journal Citation
Reports which is updated on annual basis.
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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 for Different JCR Years
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Working Example: Impact Factor of Learning and Instruction
(JCR SSCI 2015) = 3.692
Impact Factor =
No. of Cites to 2013 or 2014 items in 2015
No. of items published in 2013 or 2014
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Impact Factor Trend of a Journal
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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 different ranks
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The Meaning of Quartiles in JCR
http://ipsciencehelp.thomsonreuters.com/incitesLiveJCR/JCRGroup/jcrJournalProfile/jcrJournalProfileRank.html
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Journal Ranking by Impact Factor by JCR Subject Category
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e.g. 231 journals
under the category of
education &
educational research
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To Save the Journal Data of a List of Journals
Click on the “Customize
indicators” button to add
more other indicators
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Export the
report to excel
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Journal Title Change
Covers title changes occurring in the
past two years (that is, the JCR year
and the preceding year).
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Hands-on Practice
• What is the Journal Impact Factor for the journal Early
Childhood Research Quarterly?
• What subject categories does the journal Early Childhood
Research Quarterly belong to? What are the Impact Factor of
these subject categories? What are the respective subject
rankings of Early Childhood Research Quarterly in the
respective subject categories?
• What is the full name of the highest ranked journal under the
subject category “family studies" in JCR 2015 Social Sciences
Edition? What is its Impact Factor?
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Additional Information
• About InCites Journal Citation Reports
– http://about.jcr.incites.thomsonreuters.com/
• InCites Journal Citation Reports Help
– http://ipscience-help.thomsonreuters.com/incitesLiveJCR/JCRGroup/jcrOverview.html
• Journal Selection Process
– http://wokinfo.com/essays/journal-selection-process/
• Web of Science Training
– https://www.youtube.com/user/WoSTraining
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Web of Science (Social Sciences
Citation Index and Arts &
Humanities Citation Index)
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Web of Science (Social Sciences Citation Index and
Arts & Humanities Citation Index)
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
Web of Science Core Collection include citations from:
• Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded)
• Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Subscribed by the Library
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• 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)
http://images.webofknowledge.com/WOKRS520B4.1/help/WOS/hp_database.html
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Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
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A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences.
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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.
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Coverage: 1992-present
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Examples of Subject categories:
Anthropology
Linguistics
Psychology
Sociology
History
Philosophy
Public Health
Substance Abuse
Industrial Relations
Political Science
Social Issues
Urban Studies
Law
Psychiatry
Social Work
Women's Studies
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
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A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the of the arts and humanities.
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Covers over 1,600 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and indexes
individually selected, relevant items from over 6,000 major science and social
science journals.
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Coverage: 1975-present
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Examples of Subject categories:
Art
Folklore
Literary Reviews
Poetry
Asian Studies
History
Literature
Radio, Television, & Film
Classics
Language
Music
Religion
Dance
Linguistics
Philosophy
Theater
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How to access
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Search the Library Catalogue, or
EdUHK Library Homepage > E-Resources
Search or Browse by alphabet
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.eduhk.hk/research/journalmetrics/
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Basic Search
Search Field
Boolean Operator
Search Tips
Add Another Field
Year Range
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Search Tips
Operator
AND
Example
Find records that contain …
theory AND practice
both terms
OR
theory OR conception
either term or both terms
NOT
theory NOT hypothesis
first term but not the second
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
$
colo$r
color, colour
NEAR/x
“…”
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Refine & Sorting Results
Sorting options
Refine search
Narrow results by
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Check for Full Text via
EdLINK or Google Scholar
Detailed View of A Record
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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-Feinberg’s Article)
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Citation Hierarchy
2008
citing reference
2004
1997
2000
2005
2007
cited reference
citing reference
2003
cited reference
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"Related Records" – Other Articles Using At Least One Cited
References in Peisner-Feinberg’s Article
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Use Related Records to Identify Similar Articles
5,398 articles have at least one
common citation with this
Peisner-Feinberg’s 2001 article
The more references the
articles share, the more
related they are
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Record
C
A is a “Cited Reference” of C,
i.e. A is cited by C
Record
A
Reference
Reference
Record
A is a “Citing
Reference” of B,
i.e. B is cited by A
Record
D
Reference
D is a “Related
Record” of A,
because B is cited
by both of them
Reference
B
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Exercise
1. Search for topics: social and cognitive development
2. Refine with keywords “language” and “school”
3. 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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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 2016?
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
researcher’s 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 = 322
Click "Create Citation
Report" for quick summary
of the 322 citing articles
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Most highly cited article
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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 322 citations, enter the "cited
work" field with what Web of
Science 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" option 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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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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View Journal Impact Factor via SSCI
Check Journal’s
Impact Factor
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Online Help
http://images.webofknowledge.com/WOKR
S523_2R2/help/WOS/index.html
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Reference Materials
 Online Tutorials
http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science/
Web of Science Search Tips:
Author Search
Citation Report 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_qrc.pdf
 Journal lists for Web of Science Databases:
- Social Sciences Citation Index
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/publist_ssci.pdf
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=H
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Scopus
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Search Interface
Scopus Search
Interface
Search Basics
- use double quotes to search as phrase
- search for “Keywords” instead of “Article Title, Abstracts, Keywords” for
better precision
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Search Results
Add additional search terms, filter by
year, author, subject, document type, etc.
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We can also enter Additional Search Terms, use “Limit to”
options (by year / document type) in the search form
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From the results screen: you can also change the sorting order
(default order is by date)
Various Output Options like Export,
Print, Email or Create a Bibliography
Check EdLINK for Full Text
Availability
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Like Web of
Science, citing
articles are
offered
Emails / RSS
Alerts can also
be set up
A Scopus detailed record
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Like Web of Science,
related articles are
offered (a list of all
documents that share
references with the
document you selected)
A Scopus detailed record
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CiteScore Metrics for Serials in Scopus
Search by Source Title
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CiteScore calculates the average number of citations received in a calendar
year by all items published in that journal in the preceding three years.
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