JournalPublication101_ItsAJungleOutThere.pdf
- 1. Journal Publication 101 It’s A Jungle Out There GBES21 Talk M. Rafee Majid 25.03.21
- 2. Which journal? Among the things to consider: The content & area of your paper The audience intended for the paper The aim & scope of the journal Indexed vs non-indexed journal Open access vs subscription journal The regularity, number of issues, number of articles per issues The acceptance rate of the journal The processing time (review & time to publication) & fees. The journal metrics
- 3. The content & area of your paper The audience intended for the paper The aim & scope of the journal Learning from The Journal’s Website
- 4. The content & area of your paper The audience intended for the paper The aim & scope of the journal Learning from The Journal’s Website
- 5. The content & area of your paper The audience intended for the paper The aim & scope of the journal Learning from The Journal’s Website
- 6. Journal matching tools -Provided mostly by publishers & also independent entities.
- 11. Indexed vs Non-Indexed What does indexed stand for? • A journal whose articles are indexed in a scientific database and available to all users of that database. Some databases index titles, some index full articles while some others index only the abstract and/or references. • Indexed journals considered to be higher quality in comparison to a non-indexed journal & the quality is also dependent on the indexing database. Some databases (SCOPUS, WOS) are more well-known then others (EBSCO, MyCite). So, not only indexed but indexed by whom? • At UTM, indexed journals are always used to refer only to journals indexed by SCOPUS, WOS & ERA (Excellence in Research for Australia.
- 12. Indexed vs Non-Indexed Why is indexing essential? • Indexing helps a journal achieve its main purpose of being accessible to a wide audience. • Being accessible in turn will improve the journal’s reputation as a reliable source of high-quality information in its field. • Database research is the first activity researchers undertake in a study, and established, well-known databases are their natural first choices. Thus, being indexed in a known database in its field will help increase the journal’s readership.
- 13. How does indexing work? • Some databases index titles, some index full articles while some others index only the abstract and/or references. • Several abstracting and indexing services available today. Some are affiliated with institutions (e.g., PubMed maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health) while some are provided by publishers (e.g., Scopus by Elsevier). • Among journal indexing agencies/entities: o Google Scholar o Scopus o PubMed o EBSCO o IJIFACTOR o EMBASE o DOAJ o SCIE o SCIMAGOJR o OAJI o Index Copernicus o Ulrich’s International Periodical Directory o BASE o WOS
- 14. WOS vs SCOPUS FEATURE SCOPUS WEB OF SCIENCE (WOS) Publisher Elsevier Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics Number of Journals 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) > 21,419 journals + books and conference proceedings Content Biomedical sciences, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, arts & humanities. Strongest coverage of biomedical & natural sciences and engineering. Natural sciences, biomedical sciences, engineering, social sciences, arts & humanities. Strongest coverage of natural sciences & engineering. Databases Covered 100% of Medline and Embase - plus other content Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Index Chemicus, Current Chemical Reactions Time Period Covered Initially covered 1996-present. Now includes substantial content prior to 1996, with some back to 1823. Science component: 1990- Social science component: 1975- Arts & humanities component: 1975- Citation Analysis Yes, including citation tracking, citation counts, and author h-index calculations Yes, including citation tracking, citation counts, and author h-index calculations Journal Metrics h-index, SJR, SNIP IF, 5-year IF, Qs, Eigenfactor, h-index, Immediacy Index Relative strengths • More versatile search and refine options, including ability to search for "first author" • Tools for analyzing search results by author, affiliation, country, journal title, and broad subject categories. • Scopus Author Identifiers are broadly assigned; useful for distinguishing among publications from authors with similar names • Growing book chapter coverage, especially for social sciences and arts & humanities • Can search using controlled vocabulary terms • More thorough coverage of older literature • Ability to analyze search results by author, affiliation, country, journal/book title, and broad subject categories. • Can sort search results according to how frequently the articles have been cited.
- 15. WOS vs SCOPUS
- 16. WOS vs SCOPUS
- 17. OA vs Subscription Journals Why is an Open Access? • Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of cost or other access barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre open access, barriers to copying or reuse are also reduced or removed by applying an open license for copyright. - Suber, Peter. "Open Access Overview". 2007.
- 19. Scientific Impact of OA Journals vs Subscription Journals
- 20. Citation Averages of OA Journals vs Subscription Journals
- 21. OA’s APC
- 22. Understand Journal Metrics before you submit Metric Name Metric Source Metric Description Impact Factor Web of Science The average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. The Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous years. 5-Year Impact Factor Web of Science The average number of times articles from the journal published in the past five years have been cited in the JCR year. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the five previous years. Altmetrics (Any source) Altmetrics go beyond more traditional citation metrics to measure social visibility around scientific articles. These metrics are based on a broad spectrum of indicators, such as tweets, blog mentions, news media, social bookmarking, article views, and downloads. - Understanding common journal metrics helps you decide which journal is right for your research. The “JCR Year” refers to the Journal Citation Report year, which is the individual year for which a metric is provided.
- 23. Metric Name Metric Source Metric Description Eigenfactor Web of Science Based on weighted citations in the JCR year to papers published within the previous 5 years. Citations are weighted according to the prestige of the citing journal - citations from highly ranked journals making a larger contribution to the Eigenfactor than those from poorly ranked journals. h-index Web of Science, Google Scholar, or Scopus The h-index attempts to measure the productivity and citation impact of the published body of work of an author. The h-index indicates the number of papers, h, that have been cited at least h times (e.g. an h-index of 15 means that 15 papers have been cited at least 15 times each.) Note: Due to variations in citation coverage between databases, each source may determine a different value of the h-index for each author. Immediacy Index Web of Science The Immediacy Index is the average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published. The Immediacy Index is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a given year by the number of articles published in that year. Understand Journal Metrics before you submit
- 24. Metric Name Metric Source Metric Description SJR Scopus The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Indicator is based on weighted citations in Year X to papers published in the previous 3 years. Citations are weighted by the prestige of the citing journal, so that a citation from a top journal will have more impact than a citation from a low-ranked journal. SNIP Scopus The Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) measures average citations in Year X to papers published in the previous 3 years. Citations are weighted by the citation potential of the journal’s subject category, thereby making the metric more comparable across different disciplines. JIF Quartile (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) Web of Science The quartile of journals in WOS based on the ranking of their IF. Top quarter is Q1, second is Q2 and so on. Understand Journal Metrics before you submit
- 25. Impact Factors and Immediacy Index • Developed by Eugene Garfield in the 1950s • Reflects average of number of citations to recent articles published in journals JCR tracks • Proxy measure for importance of journal in the field • Impact Factor • Current and 5-year IFs • Immediacy Index • Cites in 2012 to items published in 2012 Formula • The number of times that articles published in that journal in 2016 and 2017, were cited by articles in indexed journals during 2018 (X). • The total number of "citable items" published by that journal in 2016 and 2017 (Y). • 2018 impact factor = X/Y. • e.g. 1000 citations = 3.33 150 + 150 articles
- 26. Listing of Qs in WOS
- 27. One-Stop Centre (OSC): UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory • Like one-stop shopping. Can pull up and select the reviews you want, then download them as .pdf, .txt, .csv or .xls files with specific data: Basic Subject Classifications Additional Title Details History Publisher & Ordering Details Price Online Availability Abstracting & Indexing Other Availability Demographics Reviews Related Titles Note: Institutional subscription. UTM does not subscribe. Can suggest to library.
- 28. Publishing speed • Time to publish is important. Many journals have now introduced a “Fast Rejection“ process by the journal Editor 3 2 1 Submission to Acceptance (short) Submission to Acceptance (long) Submission to first online (short) Submission to first online (long) Submission to Print (short) Submission to Print (long) 5 25 8 31 13 50 Long and short publishing times (weeks)
- 29. Answering Basic Questions QUESTIONS TOOLS Peer-reviewed? UlrichsWeb Focus? UlrichsWeb Audience? UlrichsWeb Publisher? UlrichsWeb Scope? UlrichsWeb Indexed and abstracted? UlrichsWeb Impact factors(s)? Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Reviews of Journal UlrichsWeb Acceptance/Rejection Rate Publisher
- 30. Use Journal Finder Tools for preliminary search. Use Ulrichʼs as a quick overview of the journal. Look at JCR for impact and subject categories. Then check out the journal website if you are still interested. Keep a record of the journals in which you are interested -- tracking impact, publisher info, audience, focus, etc. Because one day you may need it .. To sum up
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