Citation Analysis - how to ...

All researchers will be familiar with calls to measure or prove your impact through citation analyses. Whether you agree or disagree with such measures of quality, these Step-by-step guides to citation analysis for UL researchers using Web of Science (ISI) and Publish or Perish (Google Scholar) will be useful.

Guide to using Web of Science
Guide to using Publish or Perish

Journals
If the Web of Science does not cover the journals or books in which you publish (check the Master List here), you can apply to have a journal included. Click here for selection criteria and an application form.

Conference Proceedings
For those disciplines where Conference Proceedings are primary publications, the recent inclusion of Conference Proceedings in Web of Science should improve citations.

Books
Books are not covered by Web of Science, nor are there plans to begin coverage of books. Those researchers who publish mainly in books may be interested in this post suggesting alternative measures for assessing impact in the AHSS.

Publish or Perish , a Google Scholar citation analysis tool from Anne-Wil Harzing, can be useful where Web of Science results do not appear to give a fair reflection of your research output.

For more information on Citation Analysis, the h-index and Journal Impact Factors see the library webpage (www.ul.ie/library) at Supporting Research -> Research Publication & Dissemination here, or go directly to the site here.

The articles linked to in the first paragraph above are:

Agree
Garfield, Eugene (2006) The History and Meaning of the Journal Impact Factor. JAMA 295: 90-93.

Disagree
The PLoS Medicine Editors (2006) The Impact Factor Game. PLoS Med 3(6): e291. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030291.