October 16, 2009 – 7:00 am
nbsp;http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/pub_supported_…
The Research Evaluation and Policy Project (REPP) was commissioned by the Australian Research Council (ARC) to update its previous 2004 analysis of the impact of publications resulting from ARC-funded research. The ARC has many diverse schemes for funding research, which target different aggregations of effort – the research group, cross-institutional programs, and the individual researcher. [...]
October 15, 2009 – 9:14 am
nbsp;http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?a…
Abstract:
As the Internet has enhanced the collection and provision of citation, usage and access metrics, the challenge lies neither in the technology nor the method, but in constructing databases that deliver services of value to the scholar. However, the development of metrics has hitherto been driven by the needs of external research assessment (governments and [...]
October 2, 2009 – 10:58 am
nbsp;http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs…
Thomson have released an update to the online version of their Journal Citation Reports. This release includes official Impact Factors for BMC Systems Biology, Chemistry Central Journal, Diagnostic Pathology, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neural Development and Radiation Oncology (which had been omitted in error from the earlier release of the JCR in June 2009) and [...]
September 24, 2009 – 11:09 am
nbsp;http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/0…
This report presents the work undertaken to develop the bibliometrics element of the Research Excellence Framework, the key part of which has been a pilot exercise to develop bibliometric indicators.
September 24, 2009 – 7:30 am
nbsp;http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/0…
We have published a consultation on our proposals for the Research Excellence Framework, which can be viewed at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/0…. The consultation will run until 16th December 2009. Further information on the consultation including supporting documents and contact information can be found on the REF web pages http://www.hefce.ac.uk/ref/ These pages will be updated during the consultation to include [...]
September 23, 2009 – 2:28 pm
nbsp;http://wwwalt.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.d…
For many years, the scientific community made use of the Journal Impact Factor, created by Garfield and Sher in 1963 and commercially distributed by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI-today part of Thomson Reuters), to approximate the standing of an academic periodical. Nowadays, we are confronted with a multitude of different impact factors, namely, the [...]
September 22, 2009 – 1:01 pm
nbsp;http://www.info.scopus.com/researchtrend…
Learning from our mistakes
Critics have long held that only positive results (where the outcome fits the hypothesis) are published in journals. However, science has always progressed by learning from its mistakes as well as its successes. Research Trends investigates the impact of negative findings.
Analyzing the multidisciplinary landscape
Many of our most urgent scientific challenges require [...]
September 18, 2009 – 8:05 am
nbsp;http://www.plos.org/cms/node/485
As part of our ongoing article-level metrics program, we’re delighted to announce that all seven PLoS journals will now provide online usage data for published articles. With this addition, the suite of metrics on PLoS articles now includes measures of: online usage; citations from the scholarly literature; social bookmarks; blog coverage; and the Comments, Notes [...]
September 16, 2009 – 8:25 am
nbsp;http://code.google.com/p/citations-gadge…
A Google Scholar Universal Gadget which enables users to search for the total number of citations of author(s). It provides a total citation count, total number of cited publications and Jorge E. Hirsch’s H-Index.
source: Eve Young
September 16, 2009 – 8:24 am
nbsp;http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/20…
Summary
HEFCE has conducted a pilot exercise to inform the use of bibliometric indicators in the Research Excellence Framework (REF). We commissioned Technopolis to identify and disseminate the key lessons learned by higher education institutions participating in this pilot. Technopolis consulted pilot institutions in two stages; the first at the end of the data collection and [...]
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