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Four Leicester academics feature in this year's list of Highly Cited Researchers, compiled by Web of Science.  To be in the list of Highly Cited Researchers you must have published multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science. The four Leicester academics are: Melanie J. Davies, Professor of Diabetes Medicine. Kamlesh Khunti, Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine. Alex J. Mitchell, Honorary Professor of Psycho-oncology and Liaison.  Gary B. Willars, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology. You can read the full list and further explanation here .

Over the Summer of 2019, two studies were published investigating commonalities in highly cited papers. If you've ever wondered how to give your article a boost and attract more readers - read on - this post will summarise the findings. Of course, there is no magic formula or quick-and-easy route to guarantee a highly cited paper. Ultimately, a paper is cited as a result of its content contributing something new or significant to a field of research. However, as the rate of publishing scientists and academic publications rises each year, the struggle is real for the early career researcher seeking to simply get their work read! The insights from Mohamed Elgendi (The University of British Colombia) and Nicholas Fraser (ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics) et al make for interesting reading. Picture from Pixabay.com under  Pixabay License 5 features of a highly cited article Elgendi analysed 100 highly cited and 100 lowly cited articles from 202 open-acc...

This month, Research England revealed Clarivate Analytics™ as the company who will be supplying assessment panels with citation data for REF2021 . The announcement marks a change from REF2014 when the data was provided by Clarivate's rival, Elsevier. What does this mean for REF? We know from previous guidance still out for consultation ( REF 2018/01 Section 281 ) that some panels will consider the number of times an item has been cited to aid their assessment of that output for the REF.  We now know the source of that data provided will be ISI Web of Science™ (WoS), a product owned by Clarivate Analytics™. We know that one source cannot tell the whole story about a research output, which is why panels will still use expert peer review as their primary means of assessment. However, for those disciplines where citation information is considered to be well represented in WoS, (namely Main Panels A and B ) it will be in the interest of those authors to ensure data about their out...

Earlier this week I blogged about how Open Access broadens out readership beyond academia and recommended investigating Altmetrics, which offer a really useful insight into the conversations that take place online between audiences. Today's post delves a little deeper into a possible link between Open Access, Altmetrics and citation count. Image credit: [citation needed] by  Dan4th Nicholas CC BY 2.0 The correlation of Open Access publication and an increased citation rate has been well-established, from +36% (Biology) to +600% (Agricultural Sciences). It's been interesting since then to observe how the Open Access landscape has evolved to include Altmetrics into the citation equation. Studies have found a short-term spike in the attention received by articles that have been Tweeted by the journal publisher, others have linked Altmetrics attention to a citation count higher in Open Access (OA) articles than in Non-Open Access (NOA) articles. However, the causali...

Title Description Resources Open Scholarship Landscape Open Access has benefits for you beyond simply meeting HEFCE's requirements and any set by your funder. We show you how to navigate the steps of publishing an article in order to make it Open Access. Video: Publishing Open Access Talk (23mins) OA Briefing for Admin Staff HEFCE's open access policy comes into force on the 1st April 2016 as an absolute condition for papers entered for the next REF. Find out how you can comply - easily - with HEFCE's new requirements. University Open Access Webpages  Video: Countdown to Open Access Talk (17mins) How to publish an open access report The Library can help you publish open access reports. We can advise you on asserting your author copyright and choosing a license. We can assign ISSNs and persistent web addresses for you.   Example of a report in the LRA (PDF) For help jus...

... in Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar. For those of you who can't make the workshop this week, or who would like a quick reminder. Web of Science Search Web of Science for the article you are interested in. If you find it, click on the article title and then click on the Create Citation Alert link on the right-hand side of the page. You will need to login to, or create, a Web of Science account to activate the alert. Scopus Search Scopus for the article you are interested in. If you find it, click on the article title and then click on the Set Citation Alert link on the right-hand side of the page. You will need to login to, or create, a Scopus account to activate the alert. You can also set-up an RSS feed by clicking on the Set Citation Feed link. You do not need a Scopus account to create a RSS feed. Google Scholar   Search Google Scholar for the article or book you are interested in. If you find it, click on the Cited By ...

Non-traditional metrics (alt-metrics) have become widely available in recent years to help you understand the wider impact of your work.  These complement rather than replace traditional citations and measure very different things.  This session will explore some of the metrics available: including article-level downloads, social media mentions, social bookmarking counts and recommendations.  What do they mean, and how can you access them to follow the progress of your papers? Our final session for July 2015 is in the Library Seminar Room or online at 11am (BST) on: 28th July Measure the wider impact of your research Watch the recording: https://connect.le.ac.uk/p7b0m8ecvtk/

ORCID is your free unique researcher identifier for life. It allows you to unambiguously associate yourself with your research. Otherwise it can be difficult to know exactly who wrote a paper because many people have similar or identical names. ORCID is independent of any employer, funder or commercial concern. We will look at the benefits of ORCID and how simple it is to set up and maintain. Our first session for July 2015 is in the Library Seminar Room or online at 11am (GMT) on: 7th July Distinguish yourself: Associate your research with you We show you how to navigate the steps of publishing an article in order to make it Open Access. Watch the recordings: https://connect.le.ac.uk/p1eotfigrtr/ Hope to see you there!