3. After you've completed your excellent research
you should consider your options carefully
when it comes to publishing
4. Outline
Citations and impact
h-index
Journal selection
Collaboration
Open Access
Some publishing tips
Data Management
What's in a name
7. How do we compare numbers
Scientist Z. Math has a publication from 2002 with 17
citations
Scientist M. Biology has a publication from 2008 with 24
citations
10. Baselines for Molecular Biology
Cumulative no. citations
400
Baseline
top 10%
300
top 1%
200
100
0
0
2
4
6
8
Years after publication
10
12
11. Baselines for Molecular Biology
Cumulative no. citations
400
Baseline
top 10%
300
top 1%
200
100
0
0
2
4
6
8
Years after publication
10
12
12. Bibliometric indicators: An example
Kroes-Nijboer, A; Venema, P; Bouman, J; van der Linden, E
(2009) The Critical Aggregation Concentration of betaLactoglobulin-Based Fibril Formation. Food Biophysics 4(2):5963.
● Citations from WoS: 11
Journal: Food Biophysics
● Categorised by ESI in Agricultural Sciences
Baseline data for Agricultural Science.
● Article from 2009 in Agricultural Sciences:
● On average: 6.12 citations; top 10%: 16 citations;
top1%: 38 citations
Relative Impact: 11/6.12 = 1.80
Values Oct. 2013
13. We are not the only ones doing these
calculations
http://www.wti2.nl/
14. We are not the only ones doing these
calculations
http://www.wti2.nl/
http://www.science-metrix.com
15. We are not the only ones doing these
calculations
http://www.wti2.nl/
http://www.scienceeurope.org
http://www.science-metrix.com
40. The impact factor Matthew effect
"The journal in which papers are published have a
strong influence on their citation rates, as duplicate
papers published in high-impact journals obtain, on
average, twice as many citations as their identical
counterparts published in journals with lower impact
factors"
Larivière, V. and Y. Gingras (2010). The impact factor's Matthew Effect: A natural
experiment in bibliometrics. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology 61(2): 424-427. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.21232
41. Where you publish matters most
"Where you publish is the primary
determinant of how many citations your work
will receive in the future"
Peng, T.-Q. & J.J.H. Zhu (2012). Where you publish matters most: A multilevel analysis of factors
affecting citations of internet studies. Journal of the American Society for Information Science
and Technology, 63(9): 1789-1803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.22649
42. Final word on journal quality
"It is better to publish one paper in a quality journal
than multiple papers in lesser journals. [...]. Try to
publish in journals that have high impact factors;
chances are your paper will have high impact, too, if
accepted."
Bourne, P. E. (2005). Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published. PLoS Computational
Biology 1(5): e57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010057
44. Cooperation is effective
UNIV.
EUR
RUG
RUN
TUD
TUE
LEI
MAA
TUT
UU
UVA
TIU
VU
WUR
Avg
Single Author
address
1.16
1.15
1.14
1.27
1.27
1.18
0.91
1.20
1.83
0.98
1.09
1.21
1.19
1.20
National
copublication
1.23
1.19
1.18
1.12
1.30
1.26
1.19
1.32
1.28
1.20
0.98
1.26
1.43
1.23
International
copublication
1.92
1.62
1.81
1.36
1.49
1.72
1.51
1.42
1.74
1.67
1.19
1.66
1.49
1.58
WTI2 report 2011
45. Research collaboration in Europe & USA
Kamalski, J., & Plume, A. (2013). Comparative Benchmarking of European and US Research
Collaboration and Researcher Mobility. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V. http://info.scival.com/researchinitiatives/science-europe
46. Collaboration with corporate very effective
Kamalski, J., & Aisati, M. h. (2013). International comparative benchmark of Dutch research
performance in TKI themes: Food Safety research. A report prepared by Elsevier for Agentschap NL.
47. University-industry collaboration and impact
"The average scientific impact of universityindustry papers is significantly above that of
both university-only papers and industry-only
papers"
Lebeau, L. M., Laframboise, M. C., Larivière, V., & Gingras, Y. (2008). The effect of university-industry
collaboration on the scientific impact of publications: The Canadian case, 1980-2005. Research
Evaluation, 17(3), 227-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.3152/095820208x331685
48. Collaboration leads to more authors per
paper
King, C. (2012). Multiauthor Papers: Onward and Upward. ScienceWatch Newsletter, July 2012.
http://archive.sciencewatch.com/newsletter/2012/201207/multiauthor_papers/
49. Increasing no. of authors per publication
Authors
Wageningen Graduate Schools
50. Start networking early!
Who is your neighbour in this audience?
Be active at conferences
Make use of social media
Use the social network tools
● Next to LinkedIn and Facebook
● Mendeley, Researchgate.net or Academia.edu
51. Start networking early!
Who is your neighbour in this audience?
Be active at conferences
#awpc
Make use of social media
Use the social network tools
● Next to LinkedIn and Facebook
● Mendeley, Researchgate.net or Academia.edu
56. What do PhD theses mean for Open Access
at Wageningen UR
VLAG PhD students set out to publish 5.5 article per
thesis
Finally 4.5 article per thesis gets published
This represent
Preprints of 4.5 * 200 = 900 articles/year
ca. 36% of all peer reviewed Wageningen UR articles
57. After your thesis publication what are your
options for Open Access publishing?
58. Open Access publishing
Golden Road e.g. PLoS, BMC, SpringerOpen, Sage Open
● Directory of open access journals DOAJ (currently
9957 journals)
● Often author pays model; many society publishers
for free
Delayed OA publishing
● Cambridge UP, Highwire press, many society
publishers
Green Road : self-archiving in repositories e.g.
Wageningen Yield (WaY)
59. Green Road: Deposit author versions to WaY
See: http://edepot.wur.nl/169331
Send your final version of the article to: way.libray@wur.nl
60. Open Access Publishing
Open Access leads to more citations!
● Open access increases societal relevance
● Vital for Wageningen's international collaborators
Be aware of predatory publishers!
● Have a look at Beall's list
64. Self citations
"The model implies that external citations are
enhanced by self-citations, so that we have
the 'chain reaction:' Larger size leads to more
self-citations, which lead to more external
citations"
11/28
van Raan, A. F. J. (2008). Self-citation as an impact-reinforcing mechanism in the science system.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 59(10): 1631-1643.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20868
65. More on references
Articles that cite more references are in turn
cited more themselves
Webster, G. D., P. K. Jonason, et al. (2009). Hot Topics and Popular Papers in Evolutionary Psychology:
Analyses of Title Words and Citation Counts in Evolution and Human Behavior, 1979 – 2008. Evolutionary
Psychology 7(3): 348-362. http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/ep07348362.pdf
To be the best, cite the best
Borrowed from: Corbyn, Z. (2010). "To be the best, cite the best." Nature News, 13 October
2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.539 Reporting on the publication of Bornmann, L., F. de Moya
Anegón, et al. (2010). Do Scientific Advancements Lean on the Shoulders of Giants? A Bibliometric
Investigation of the Ortega Hypothesis. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13327 DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013327.
66. More articles per research project?
Publishing more articles results in higher citation counts
if the articles provide sufficient substantive content to
other researchers.
● Beware of the ethical standards
● Bornmann looked at total citations, not to relative
impact
Bornmann, L. & H.-D. Daniel (2007). Multiple publication on a single research study: Does it pay? The influence
of number of research articles on total citation counts in biomedicine. Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology, 58(8): 1100-1107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20531
67. Citations
Where to publish interdisciplinary research
Avg
Social Sciences
Clinical Medicine
Larivière, V. & Y. Gingras (2010). On the relationship between interdisciplinarity and scientific impact. Journal of the
American Society for Information Science and Technology, 61(1): 126-131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.21226
68. If a picture is worth a 1000 words
How many citations is a graph worth?
Tartanus, M. et al. (2013). Graphs and prestige in agricultural journals. Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology, 64(9), 1946-1950. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.22868
70. Why is data management important
Good data management improves thinking and writing
up your results
Data should be reproducible 5 years after publication
(code of conduct)
It facilitates sharing of data with other researchers
71. Why is data management important
Good data management improves thinking and writing
up your results
Data should be reproducible 5 years after publication
(code of conduct)
It facilitates sharing of data with other researchers
As of April 2014, a Data Management Plan becomes
mandatory for new PhD students
72. Sharing data increases impact
"Publicly available data was significantly associated with a
69% increase in citations, independently of journal impact
factor, date of publication, and author country of origin"
Piwowar, H. A., Day, R. S., & Fridsma, D. B. (2007). Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased
Citation Rate. PLoS ONE, 2(3), e308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000308
73.
74.
75. What's in a name
On the cover:
● Arina Schrier
First first title page:
● A.P. Schrier-Uyl
Second title page:
● Adriana Pia Uyl
In here own publication list
● A. Uyl
● A. Uijl
● A.P. Schrier Uyl
76. You should repair the damage
Make your
1. Google Scholar Citations profile publically
available
2. Make a researcherID (in Web of Science)
3. Check your Scopus profile
4. Couple 2 & 3 to ORCiD
Additionally
● Mendeley, Researchgate.net and Acdemia.edu
78. This also applies to the names of groups
Environmental Policy Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University
79. This also applies to the names of groups
Environmental Policy Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University
Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University
80. This also applies to the names of groups
Environmental Policy Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University
Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University
Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre
81. This also applies to the names of groups
Environmental Policy Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University
Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University
Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre
Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen UR
82. Get your affiliation right
For the university:
Chair group + Wageningen University
Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen
University, P.O. box ..., 6700 HA Wageningen, The
Netherlands
For the institutes:
Institute + Wageningen University & Research Centre
Alterra, Wageningen University & Research Centre, P.O.
box ..., 6700 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
83. Conclusions
It all starts with good research
Think about where you publish
Science is a team effort
Consider Open Access publishing
Your data will become as important as publications
Be careful with your name and affiliation