“Citation, Journal Impact Factor, H-index: Their Meaning and Impact on
Researchers and Institutions”
Date: 5 & 6 Nov 2014 (2 Days)
Facilitator: Dr. Szarina Abdullah – Ph.D. Information & Library Science (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), M.L.S. (Hawaii), B.A. Honours (Chulalongkorn)
Venue: Ancasa Hotel & Spa, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Kuala Lumpur
Coordinates: 3.145176,101.699343
Date: 5 & 6 Nov 2014 (2 Days)
Facilitator: Dr. Szarina Abdullah – Ph.D. Information & Library Science (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), M.L.S. (Hawaii), B.A. Honours (Chulalongkorn)
Venue: Ancasa Hotel & Spa, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Kuala Lumpur
Coordinates: 3.145176,101.699343
Introduction
This workshop is intended for researchers, lecturers, librarians, and information professionals interested in the following topics and issues:
- Why citations are important to your publications and your university
- How citations are created
- How to conduct research and publish articles that attract citations
- The relationship and differences among citations, journal impact factors, h-index
- How to track citations and h-index of your publication
- Which is more important to you: getting citations to your article or getting your article published in high impact journal?
- How you can improve the accuracy of your citation count
- How to differentiate the uniqueness and overlap of bibliographic data from various databases.
Workshop Delivery
The two-day workshop is interactive. Participants will have opportunities to ask questions, engage in discussions and do online search where relevant. Participants should bring their laptop to take advantage of the wi-fi facility at the venue.
Programme
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Time
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Day 1
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Day 2
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0800-0855
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Registration / Coffee
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Registration / Coffee
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0900-1000
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·
Knowledge production – a characteristics of advanced
nations
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The significance of citations in scholarly works
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Introduction to Bibliometrics, Citation analysis,
Scientometrics, Cybermetrics, Webometrics
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The use and misuse of citation, JIF, and h-index
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The significance of data sources: their authority,
validity, and reliability
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1000-1020
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Tea / coffee break
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Tea / coffee break
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1020-1245
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Research, Publication, Citation, and Nobel Laureates
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Citations as a measure of intellectual influence
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Seminal works associating citations with quality
research
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The use of citations in evaluating journals: Journal
Impact Factor (JIF), Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
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The use of citations in evaluating individual
researchers, departments, universities, countries: H-Index
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Comparing different data sources and different
outputs
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Data verification from various sources: ThomsonISI,
Scopus, GoogleScholar
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Overlap and duplication among various databases
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1245-1400
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Networking Lunch
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Networking Lunch
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1400-1530
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The use of citations in evaluating research
performance
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Current methods in world university ranking:Criteria
for a Research University in Malaysia
o Times Higher Education
(THE)
o Academic Ranking of
World Universities (ARWU)
o QS World University
Ranking
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Criteria for a Research University in Malaysia
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How to prevent miscounting of your publications and
citations
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1530-1550
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Tea / coffee break
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Tea / coffee break
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1550-1700
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Research and publications that attract high
citations
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Characteristics of highly cited articles
End of Day 1
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The importance of consistencies in the authors’
byline of publications
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Variations of authors’ names, affiliations, journal
sources
Certificate Presentation
End of Workshop |
For enquiries, please contact:
Aliza (019-244 8983) or Ayati (019-708 5435) or e-mail wisdomsynergy@gmail.com
For enquiries on how to get to Ancasa Hotel & Spa, Kuala Lumpur.Tel: 03-2026 6060, Web: http://www.ancasahotels.com/kl.php
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