Evaluation of Scholarship using Web of Science

Evaluation of Scholarship using

Web of Science

Gayle BakerElectronic Services

CoordinatorUT Libraries

Overview Web of Science

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 Allows one to search cited references,

like searching for an author or subject Different types of searches:

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 Receive e-mail whenever someone

cites a “source” paper in Web of Science

Must be registered

Source Record: Times Cited Links to other source records that

have correctly cited this paper May not cover every citation of a

paper in the WoS database

Search for Dept. Output 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 Search results summary Limit to 2,000

Cited Reference Searching Cited Author

To be safe, use 1st 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 Detail (Tenure/promotion or

departmental output) Use list of publications Cited reference search for 1st author and

variations for each publication May limit references retrieved by Year

Quick (Departmental publication counts) Evaluation of departmental output

General search SAME operator in Address field May miss some publications

Caveats Citation Analysis: Some Caveats (

http://www.lib.utk.edu/~elecserv/citcaveat.htm)

Essential Science Indicators Another ISI product Am. Assoc. of Universities Trial Institutional data covered several

campus sites Data from Jan. 1, 1994-June 30, 20

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Questions? Contact:

Gayle Bakergsbaker@utk.edu

974-3519