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Research Impact Assessment

Research Impact Assessment. Research Impact Assessment. Measurement : Impact Factor Databases Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Journal Performance Indicators on Diskette (JPIOD). How good is this journal in the research field?. 1. Measurement : Number of cited references

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Research Impact Assessment

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  1. Research Impact Assessment

  2. Research Impact Assessment

  3. Measurement : Impact Factor Databases Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Journal Performance Indicators on Diskette (JPIOD) How good is this journal in the research field? 1

  4. Measurement : Number of cited references Databases : ISI Web of Science How Important is this article in the research field?How important are the works of this author? 2 3

  5. Measurement Find the impact factor of a journal Databases Find the number of cited reference to a publication/ an author’s work Research Assessment

  6. Some definition before we begin……

  7. Important Definitions

  8. Part I Impact factor of a journal

  9. Impact Factor WHY impact factor? WHERE to find impact factor? WHAT is impact factor? HOW to find impact factor

  10. A quantitative indicator to assess the importance of a journal Important to A Consumer of information: “ Which journals should I read?” An author: “ Which journals should I submit my research papers to?” Why Impact Factor

  11. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Subscriptions: CD-ROM version (Win frame): 1994-1998 Web version: 1998 Over 7400 journals Available annually in two editions: Science Social Sciences Where to find Impact Factor?

  12. Impact Factor (JCR) New England Journal of Medicine (1999) 1998 1997 Total Cites in 1999 to articles published 9698 12493 22191 Number of articles published 390 379 769 Impact Factor = Cites to recent articles = 22191 = 28.857 Number of recent articles 769

  13. Citation Impact (JPIOD) Key : C = total citations received P = total papers published U = uncited papers Citation impact (All items ) = C/P Citation Impact (Cited items only = C/ P – U)

  14. Summary

  15. Number of cited reference to a publication or an author’s publications Part II

  16. WHY cited reference? WHAT is cited reference? WHERE to find cited reference? HOW to find cited reference?

  17. Check how important is an article in the research filed Check how important is an author’s publications in the research field. Trace the historical development of a research field. Find related research work Why cited reference?

  18. What is cited reference? 1. ISI identified the top journals and includes them in the database. These are the source journals.

  19. What is cited reference? 2. For each source journal ,ISI studies the reference list of each article. This time, instead of studying the journals, ISI examines the publications referenced. Rationale: “The more a publications is referenced, the more important is this publication”.

  20. ISI Web of Science Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-) Science Citation Index (1970-) Social Sciences Citation Index (1970 - ) Over 8,000 top international journals Provides weekly updates Where to find the number of cited reference?

  21. Cited Author Search Best to use the first listed author of the publication Name format How to find Cited Reference? Maximum : 15 characters Last Name XXX Begin with the last name, e.g Yuen Followed by up to 3 initials e.g KY

  22. In 2000 , It was found that out of 945 scientists 50 percent have impact factor of 0 or less than 1. 117 people became full professor with such a little impact factor. In 2002 a voluminous report called Productive Scientists of Pakistan was published. This study added points for journal articles, editing of books, patents, proceedings of conferences, research grants won and supervision of theses. Pakistani Scientists

  23. The highest points in the country are those of Dr Atta ur Rahman (Chemistry) being 5859 (with impact factor of 456.686). Dr Riazuddin, the Quaid-i-Azam University Physicist, has 2,368 points but an impact factor of 478.47. In Physics the highest points are of Dr Hameed Ahmad Khan (PAEC) being 2,722 but his impact factor is 312.758. In mathematics the highest points are of Dr Asghar Qadir being 1125 with an impact factor of 97.435. REFERENCE:- Evaluating scientists Dr Tariq Rahman Pakistani Scientist Impact Factor

  24. Resources

  25. IEEE Journals have highest journal Impact Some journals have impact factor more than 2.0 ACM computing journals Some Indian journals also have good impact factor Before selecting journal to publish the paper we can check its impact factor in JCR report of the previous years Recommendations

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