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 [...]
September 14, 2009 – 8:00 am
nbsp;http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/ERA_indicators…
In 2008, the ARC released the ERA Indicator Principles which established the general principles for the inclusion of an indicator as a measure of research quality in the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. The indicator development process was underpinned by extensive consultation with institutions and other interested parties, by analytical testing of the [...]
September 4, 2009 – 7:36 am
nbsp;http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?a…
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 [...]
August 24, 2009 – 2:46 pm
nbsp;http://blog.lib.umn.edu/scholcom/accessd…
Steve Hitchcock of the Open Citation Project has updated his excellent resource, “The effect of open access and downloads (’hits’) on citation impact: a bibliography of studies.”
http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-bibl…
Here is Hitchcock’s introduction:
Despite significant growth in the number of research papers available through open access, principally through author self-archiving in institutional archives, it is estimated that only c. [...]
August 10, 2009 – 3:31 pm
nbsp;http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/p…
Limited time and budgets have created a legitimate need for quantitative measures of scholarly work. The well-known journal impact factor is the leading measure of this sort; here we describe an alternative approach based on the full structure of the scholarly citation network. The Eigenfactor Metrics—Eigenfactor Score and Article Influence Score—use an iterative ranking scheme [...]
nbsp;http://www.webometrics.info
Since 2004, the Ranking Web is published twice a year (January and July), covering more than 17,000 Higher Education Institutions worldwide. Web presence measures the activity and visibility of the institutions and it is a good indicator of impact and prestige of universities. Rank summarizes the global performance of the University, provides information for candidate [...]
nbsp;http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/20…
HEFCE commissioned Evidence Ltd to work on the Research Excellence Framework bibliometrics pilot exercise. The pilot exercise tested the options for producing bibliometric indicators for the REF and has identified three main models; the outcomes of the analysis of these models will be reported in interim and final reports. This report by Evidence describes their [...]
nbsp;http://www.pnas.org/content/106/17/6883….
Progressin science is driven by the publication of novel ideas and experiments, most usually in peer-reviewed journals, but nowadays increasingly just on the internet. We all have our own ideas of which are the most influential journals, but is there a simple statistical metric of the influence of a journal? Most scientists would immediately say [...]
nbsp;http://www.myplick.com/view/cf8qFak4Ymv/…
This was a webinar presented to NISO covering the way in which ‘Article-Level Metrics’ are being implemented by PLoS. Also see: http://everyone.plos.org/2009/05/27/arti…
Article-Level Metrics at PLoS takes the view that readers need some way to measure, or at least indicate, the ‘worth’ (or ‘impact’ etc) of a journal article. With over a million articles published per [...]
nbsp;http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/2086
The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), an innovative, open access OJS journal, has been recognized by Thomson Reuters Impact Factor rankings as the top cited, number one ranked journal in its discipline.
source: OJS blog
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