Evaluation of Scholarship using Web of Science Gayle Baker Electronic Services Coordinator UT Libraries
Overview n Web of Science n n n Source record Citation alerts Times cited in source record Analyze results feature Cited reference searching Essential Science Indicators of UTenn and AAU membership
Citation Index Database n n Allows one to search cited references, like searching for an author or subject Different types of searches: n n Who is citing one’s work Track research based upon an earlier paper Identify sources of information used by competitors Who is working in the same area of a given paper
Source Record: Citation Alerts n n Receive e-mail whenever someone cites a “source” paper in Web of Science Must be registered
Source Record: Times Cited n n Links to other source records that have correctly cited this paper May not cover every citation of a paper in the Wo. S database
Search for Dept. Output n n n n Quick General search Address field SAME univ SAME tennessee SAME dept SAME (knoxville or 37996) Look at abbreviations May not cover all publications by a department
Analyze Results Feature n n Search results summary Limit to 2, 000
Cited Reference Searching n Cited Author n n n To be safe, use 1 st author Cited Work Cited Year Look for variations No citations from references in books, reports and journals that are not Web of Science sources
Suggested Methodology n Detail (Tenure/promotion or departmental output) n n Use list of publications Cited reference search for 1 st author and variations for each publication May limit references retrieved by Year Quick (Departmental publication counts) n Evaluation of departmental output n n n General search SAME operator in Address field May miss some publications
Caveats n Citation Analysis: Some Caveats (http: //www. lib. utk. edu/~elecserv/citcaveat. htm)
Essential Science Indicators n n n Another ISI product Am. Assoc. of Universities Trial Institutional data covered several campus sites Data from Jan. 1, 1994 -June 30, 2004
Questions? n Contact: Gayle Baker gsbaker@utk. edu 974 -3519
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