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SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS & HUMANITIES AT THOMSON REUTERS

SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS & HUMANITIES AT THOMSON REUTERS. Philip Purnell Strasbourg September 2010. DEFINITIONS. WHAT IS WEB OF SCIENCE?. Definition:

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  1. SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS & HUMANITIES AT THOMSON REUTERS Philip Purnell Strasbourg September 2010

  2. DEFINITIONS

  3. WHAT IS WEB OF SCIENCE? • Definition: • Bibliographic database including comprehensive coverage of articles, reviews, letters, etc. From the world’s most prestigious and influential scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities • Citation index facilitating simple navigation through the global network of cited references and identification of number and source of citations for any paper, subject or author

  4. North America 760 institutions 2 countries Europe, Middle East and Africa 2,500+ institutions 50 countries Latin America 244 institutions 12 countries Asia- Pacific 353 institutions 26 countries WEB OF SCIENCE: LEADING CHOICE>4,000 CUSTOMERS IN 91 COUNTRIES

  5. WEB OF SCIENCESUMMARY World’s largest citation index >48 millon papers (75% withcitations) 800 millioncitations Multidisciplinary 252 categories covering Science, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities 110 years consistent coverage Publishers, societies, open access and electronionlyjournals Content derived from 12,000 scholarly journals 120,000 conferences Updatedweekly Exclusively hosted on ISI Web of Knowledge platform

  6. WEB OF SCIENCEMULTIDISCIPLINARY

  7. Social SciencesCitationIndex Social Sciences Citation Index: • 1898 – 2010 (112 Years) • >6,7 million papers • from 2.742 individually selected journals • >98 million cited references

  8. Social SciencesCitationIndexSUBJECT CATEGORIES

  9. ARTS & HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX • Arts & HumanitiesCitationIndex: • 1975 – 2010 (35 Years) • >3,8 millionpapers • From 1.559 individuallyselectedjournals • >30 millioncitedreferences

  10. EXPANSION OF WEB OF SCIENCEJOURNAL COVERAGE

  11. SELECTION POLICY

  12. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CITATION INDEX Concept first developed by Dr Eugene Garfield Science, 1955 The Science Citation Index (1963) SCI print (1960’s) On-line with SciSearch in the 1970’s CD-ROM in the 1980’s Web interface (1997) Web of Science Content enhanced: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) The Citation Index Primarily developed for purposes of information retrieval Development of electronic media and powerful searching tools have increased its use and popularity for purposes of Research Evaluation

  13. WEB OF SCIENCE JOURNAL SELECTION POLICY Why do we select journals?

  14. THOMSON REUTERSJOURNAL CITATION REPORTS • 40% of the journals: • 80% of the publications • 92% of cited papers • 4% of the journals: • 30% of the publications • 51% of cited papers

  15. WEB OF SCIENCE JOURNAL SELECTION POLICY • Approx. 2000 journals evaluated annually • 10-12% accepted • Thomson Reuters editors • Information professionals • Librarians • Experts in the literature of their subject area Journal ‘quality’ Web of Science Journals under evaluation

  16. THOMSON REUTERSJOURNAL SELECTION POLICY • Publishing Standards • Peer review, Editorial conventions • Editorial content • Addition to knowledge in specific subject field • Diversity • International, regional influence of authors, editors, advisors • Citation analysis • Editors and authors’ prior work

  17. REGIONAL EXPANSION

  18. Regional Journal Content Expansion 2007-2009Contribution of Each Region to Subject Areas Subject Areas: A&H : Arts &Humanities AB&ES : AgBio & Environmental Sci CM : Clinical Medicine EC&T : Engineering Computing & Technology LS : Life Science PC&ES : PhysChem & Earth Science S&BS : Social & Behavioral Science Regions: AP : Asia Pacific EU : European Union LA : Latin America MA : Middle East/Africa NA : North America

  19. GLOBAL RESEARCH REPRESENTATION WEB OF SCIENCE COVERAGE

  20. CENTURY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

  21. WEB OF SCIENCEDEPTH OF CITATION INDICES Century of Science Science Citation Index 1945 1900 SSCI Century of Social Sciences 1956 1900 A&HCI 1975 56 years of added coverage in the Social Sciences CPCI 1990 >300 journals added that focus on the first half of last century

  22. CENTURY OF SOCIAL SCIENCESBREAKDOWN BY FIELD

  23. CASE STUDY:Charles Warren Thornthwaite C. Warren Thornthwaite was a Geographerand Climatologist best known for devising a Climate Classification System proposed in his landmark paper in 1948 which also discusses the importance of evapotranspiration on climate. Thornthwaite published 28 papers between 1931 and 1965, mostly in the fields of Geography and Geochemistry & Geophysics. His works have gone on to be highly influential to researchers in many fields and in recent years have been particularly utilized by researchers involved in climate change and water management

  24. The works of C. Warren Thornthwaite Thornthwaite produced 28 highly influential works in the Social Sciences which have been consistently cited throughout their history

  25. CITED REFERENCE SEARCHING

  26. CITATION VARIANTS

  27. CITED REFERENCE SEARCHING GEORGES BIZET Includes music script in article Implicit reference to ‘Georges Bizet’ but without formal reference

  28. CITED REFERENCE SEARCHINGPABLO PICASSO Find art exhibit reviews or discussions Includes illustration in the article

  29. ALBERTO GIACOMETTI - ITALIAN SCULPTOR These papers contain illustrations of Giacometti’s work

  30. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS CITATION INDEX

  31. CPCI – ON WEB OF SCIENCE Search by - Conference title - Location - Date - Sponsor

  32. FACILITATES FULL LITERATURE SEARCH A combined set of results from both Conference Proceedings and Journal literature. Refine options are a useful tool to narrow a search. For example narrow by subject classifications or document type to focus on the most relevant materials

  33. Full Web of Science functionality with Conference Proceedings content Details of both conference and source publication Classified by Document Type

  34. FOLLOW CITATION NETWORKSCOMPUTER MUSICIANS

  35. WEB OF SCIENCECONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS CITATION INDEX • Two Editions: - Science & Technology -Social Sciences & Humanities • Approx 5.5 million records • Updated Weekly • Over 385,000 records per year • More than 120,000 conferences covered in total • Approximately 12,000 conferences covered annually • Coverage from 1990, cited references from 1999 • Comprehensive, multidisciplinary and international coverage from conferences proceedings published in books, journals, reports, series, and preprints • Details of each conference are indexed and searchable, data includes: conference title, sponsor, location, description and date

  36. HUMANITIES

  37. THOMSON REUTERS and European Reference Index to the Humanities • ERIH: Effort to rank journals by committees of experts • Provoked intense debate • “Along with many others in our field, this journal has concluded that we want no part of this dangerous and misguided exercise.”--Editorial Signed by Editors of 52 Journals in the History of Science--Notes & Records of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2008.0047 • ISI and ERIH • ISI Practice: evaluate each journal in line with ISI editorial policies • Generally high overlap between ISI coverage and ERIH “A” list

  38. European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) Journal List

  39. BIBLIOMETRICS

  40. GOVERNMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS USING TR DATA FOR EVALUATION (INCL.) Germany: IFQ, Max Planck Society, DKFZ, MDCUS Netherlands: NWO & KNAW France: Min. de la Recherche, OST - Paris, CNRS United Kingdom: King’s College London; HEFCE European Union: EC’s DGXII(Research Directorate) US: NSF: biennial Science & Engineering Indicators report (since 1974) Canada: NSERC, FRSQ (Quebec), Alberta Research Council Australian Academy of Science, gov’t lab CSIRO Japan: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry People’s Republic of China: Chinese Academy of Science Times Higher Education: World University Rankings (from 2010)

  41. DIFFERENT FIELDS EXHIBIT DIFFERENT CITATION BEHAVIOUR • Appropriate use • To evaluate journals within a subject field • Misuse • Comparison of journals from different fields • Evaluation of individual articles • Evaluation of institution or researcher

  42. UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN HUMANITIESPRODUCTIVITY

  43. UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN HUMANITIES CITATION IMPACT Impact = Citations Papers

  44. UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN HUMANITIES CITATION IMPACT Impact = Citations Papers

  45. UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN HUMANITIES CITEDNESS

  46. EVALUATING INSTITUTIONS Source: Thomson Reuters North America University Science Indicators

  47. OUTPUT AND PRODUCTIVITYBULGARIAN RESEARCH 1998 - 2008

  48. JOURNAL IMPACT FACTORWOMEN’S STUDIES JOURNALS Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports

  49. USING THE IMPACT FACTOREVALUATING JOURNALS • Appropriate use • To evaluate journals within a subject field • Misuse • Comparison of journals from different fields • Evaluation of individual articles • Evaluation of institution or researcher

  50. USING THE IMPACT FACTOR MISUSE: EVALUATING INDIVIDUAL PAPERS 30% of articles in Food Policy were not cited at all Journal Impact Factor = 2,01

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