The development of bibliometric and citation analysis services at The University of Manchester Library

The Northern Collaboration 2014 ConferenceStephen Pearson (Research Information Analyst)& Scott Taylor (Research Services Librarian)

Outline of the session

Introduction

Citation Services to University centrally

Reports for Faculties

and SchoolsAltmetrics

Introduction

Citation Services to University centrally

Reports for Faculties

and SchoolsAltmetrics

‘The Manchester Model’

• Academic Engagement• Research Services• Teaching and Learning

Services

Service Teams(2012 onwards)

• Arts• Business and

Management• Engineering and Physical

Sciences• Life Sciences• Medical and Human

Sciences• Social Sciences

Subject Teams(up to 2012)

Where we are

Research Services

Citation Services

Business Data Service

Institutional Repository

Research Data Management

Research Resource

Management and

Development

Scholarly Communication

and Open Access

Who we are

Citation Services Team

Research Information Analyst

Research Services Librarian

What is a citation?

What does a citation database look like?

• ... reference to earlier work implies value of earlier work?

• ... the more citations a piece of work receives, the greater its value is?

Can we be sure that ...

Which article has received the most citations?

A. F. Brown, 'Occurrence of vitamin-E in cod and other fish-liver oils'. Nature 171 (4357) 1953, pp.790-791.

B. W.R. Davis, R.J. Slawson, G.R. Rigby, 'An unusual form of carbon'. Nature 171 (4356) 1953, p.756

C. J.D. Watson, F.H.C. Crick, 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids'. Nature 171 (4356) 1953, pp.737-738

D. A. Wilska, 'A new method of light microscopy'. Nature 171 (4347) 1953, p.353

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• F. Brown, 'Occurrence of vitamin-E in cod and other fish-liver oils'. Nature 171 (4357) 1953, pp.790-791.13 citations

• W.R. Davis, R.J. Slawson, G.R. Rigby, 'An unusual form of carbon'. Nature 171 (4356) 1953, p.756169 citations

• J.D. Watson, F.H.C. Crick, 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids'. Nature 171 (4356) 1953, pp.737-7385,170 citations

• A. Wilska, 'A new method of light microscopy'. Nature 171 (4347) 1953, p.35324 citations

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6a3B499nwY&t=19m15s

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7INnQGoBkE&t=2m52s

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In which field would you expect citation levels to be highest?

A. ClassicsB. Economics and

EconometricsC. EducationD. Philosophy

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Articles published: 9

Citations received: 13

Citations received per article: 1.44

Articles published: 379

Citations received: 13,251

Citations received per article: 34.96

• Of 29,702 articles in the field of Atomic and Molecular Physics published worldwide in 2007 ...

• The most-cited 1% (297 articles) have received at least 108 citations

• The most-cited 5% (1,485 articles) have received at least 45 citations

• The most-cited 10% (2,970 articles) have received at least 30 citations

• The most-cited 25% (7,425 articles) have received at least 15 citations

• Of 10,624 articles in the field of History published worldwide in 2007 …

• The most-cited 1% (106 articles) have received at least 26citations

• The most-cited 5% (531 articles) have received at least 10 citations

• The most-cited 10% (1,062 articles) have received at least 6 citations

• The most-cited 25% (2,656 articles) have received at least 2 citations

Introduction

Citation Services to University centrally

Reports for Faculties

and Schools

Altmetrics

Reviewing institutional performance

Number of items published 2008-2012

Number of items in top 10%

Percentage of items in top 10%

Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health

731 232 31.74

Institute of Cancer Sciences

978 305 31.19

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences

371 83 22.37

Institute of Human Development

1044 237 22.7

Institute of Inflammation and Repair

1826 562 30.78

Institute of Population Health

1307 331 25.33

MHS Total (also including Schools)

9917 2495 25.16

Excel

Authors Title Year Journal title

Cited by Subject Article in 1%?

Article in 5%?

Article in 10%?

Nock M.K. Self-Injury 2010 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

75

Wolfer A., Ramaswamy S.

MYC and metastasis

2011 Cancer Research

27

Valiant L.G. Evolvability 2009 Journal of the ACM

12

Shleifer A., Vishny R.W.

Unstable banking

2010 Journal of Financial Economics

43

Carey S. Beyond fast mapping

2010 Language Learning and Development

12

Bates R.H. State failure 2008 Annual Review of Political Science

14

Narayana S., Sato Y.

DC magnetic cloak

2012 Advanced Materials

13

De Leon N.P., Lukin M.D., Park H.

Quantum plasmonic circuits

2012 IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

5

Authors Title Year Journal title

Cited by Subject Article in 1%?

Article in 5%?

Article in 10%?

Nock M.K. Self-Injury 2010 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

75 Psychiatry and Mental Health

Yes

Wolfer A., Ramaswamy S.

MYC and metastasis

2011 Cancer Research

27 Cancer Research

Yes

Valiant L.G. Evolvability 2009 Journal of the ACM

12 Artificial Intelligence

Yes

Shleifer A., Vishny R.W.

Unstable banking

2010 Journal of Financial Economics

43 Accounting Yes

Carey S. Beyond fast mapping

2010 Language Learning and Development

12 Education Yes

Bates R.H. State failure 2008 Annual Review of Political Science

14 Sociology and Political Science

Yes

Narayana S., Sato Y.

DC magnetic cloak

2012 Advanced Materials

13 Materials Science

Yes

De Leon N.P., Lukin M.D., Park H.

Quantum plasmonic circuits

2012 IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

5 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Yes

Setting a target

Manchester highly cited papers: ?%

Manchester target for highly cited papers: ?%

UK top university highly cited papers: ?%

World top university highly cited papers: ?%

What are the top universities in the UK and the world for citations?

A. Cambridge and Stanford

B. Edinburgh and Pennsylvania

C. Manchester and Penn State

D. Oxford and Harvard

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University Total number of publications 2008-2012

Proportion in top 10% most cited

Harvard 87,784 35.7Stanford 41,816 31.1Oxford 36,679 29.3University of Pennsylvania 35,130 28.4Cambridge 35,272 27.8University College London 39,939 27.1Imperial College London 28,392 26.2Edinburgh 20,285 26LSE 3,792 25.6Toronto 52,852 24.2Melbourne 27,531 23.5Liverpool 12,776 22.8Manchester 27,183 22.3Sheffield 15,479 21.8Penn State 29,496 21.1

Outline of the session

Introduction

Citation Services to University centrally

Reports for Faculties

and Schools

Altmetrics

Standard reporting

Demo

Standard reportingScript

automation

(Python)

Ready-made

clusters

Citation centile

thresholds

Outline of the session

Introduction

Citation Services to University centrally

Reports for Faculties

and Schools

Altmetrics

Thank you!

Questions?