ala metrics support presentation summer 2017
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DEMOGRAPHICS
Private university in Washington, DC
Applied social science focus International Service Public Affairs Communication
FTE ~13,000 Half undergrad, half grad
Growing emphasis on research Recent R2 designation Administrative focus on infrastructure
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Subject specialist model Aligned with schools
Some research-focused specialists Research Data librarian
GIS librarian
Institutional Repository librarian
Shared scholarly communication responsibilities
Metrics support Me
Other subject specialists
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METRICS SUPPORT MODEL
Library support LibGuide
Individual consultations
Workshops
Library promotion Annual faculty brunch
Conference for High Impact Research
Partnered promotion Tenure/promotion faculty review body
Provost’s office
SIS research office & other schools
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FOCUS AND STRATEGIES
Primary focus: empowering tenure-track faculty
Packaging the message to faculty Increasing impact
Successful internal/external evaluations
Left: tenure-track orientationAbove: Conference for High Impact Research
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INCREASING IMPACT: STRATEGIC PUBLICATION DECISIONS
Key messages explore options
consider audience, purpose of content, available metrics
Metrics and tools JIF (JCR), SJR/CiteScore (SCImagoJR.com,
journalmetrics.com, Scopus)
focus on subject categories, quartiles
ALMs (directly from publisher)
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INCREASING IMPACT: INCREASING DISCOVERABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY
Key messages- discoverable -> citeable- OA, IR- Scholarly networks, including Google Scholar profile- ORCID- abstract & keywords- start early
Metrics and tools- DOAJ, subject guides, library assistance
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INCREASING IMPACT: EVALUATIONS
Key Messages:- disciplinary standards vary- tell a story, but don’t cherrypick- consider your audience, guidelines, advice, and culture
Metrics and tools:- Altmetric, ImpactStory- Publish or Perish- Web of Science (usage and citations), Scopus (altmetrics and citations), Google Scholar
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ALTMETRICS CORRELATIONS
https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.4745; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23309/full
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DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC IMPACT
https://www.researchtrends.com/issue-30-september-2012/the-use-of-big-datasets-in-bibliometric-research/
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FACULTY EXAMPLE: TENURE FILE
Assistant Professor, School of International Service
Scholarship bridges academic and professional worlds
1 book, 1 forthcoming
5 peer-reviewed articles
Many think tank articles
Commentaries / op eds
Image: https://twitter.com/brecke/status/798191441981775872
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BOOK RESOURCES
Summon for book review discovery
Amazon AuthorCentral for sales and reviews
GoodReads for reviews
Book Citation Index, Scopus, Google Scholar for citations
WorldCat for holdings
Google for further evidence of impact
Primary qualitative focus, some metrics
Brainstormed ways to justify publisher quality in his field
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JOURNAL RESOURCES
Metrics and tools JIF (JCR) SJR (SCImagoJR.com for subject rankings) H5-index (Google Scholar Metrics) Views/downloads (directly from publisher) Altmetric bookmarklet Special: APSA survey journal rankings,
http://www.auspsa.org.au/publications
Quantitative focus with qualitative elements Methodology explanation
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EVERYTHING ELSE
Think tank articles & commentaries Google for evidence of impact Newspaper/magazine circulation
Relaying information Provost Committee on Faculty Actions
Further resources Recently tenured faculty / other colleagues Department guidelines / faculty manual Previous letters of evaluation
Future actions Open access Scholarly networks and uploading pre-pub manuscripts
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TIPS FOR DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS
Leverage existing connections
Ask to be included
.. or just show up!
Handouts can serve multiple functions Proxy for in-person presentation
Follow-up contacts for faculty
Supplement to presentation
Deliver additional key messages E.g. open access, IR, additional library support and services
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TIPS FOR ENGAGING WITH RESEARCHERS
Focus on key messages, avoid jargon and don’t overwhelm with details Impact vs. bibliometrics
Tinyurl.com/AUmetrics
Be consistent with terminology and messages
Package metrics into topics of interest E.g., “increasing impact”, “finding
your h-index”
Encourage word of mouth
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THANK YOU!
Rachel [email protected]
Meaningful Metrics, 2015 publication, freely available as an OA PDF e-book
Some previous presentations: https://www.slideshare.net/Plethora121