Peranan Pusat Sitasi Malaysia The role of Malaysian

Peranan Pusat Sitasi Malaysia = The role of Malaysian Citation Centre Prof. Madya Dr Abrizah Abdullah Timb. Pengarah, Pusat Sitasi Malaysia http: //mcc. um. edu. my/en/ BENGKEL EDITOR JURNAL MALAYSIA Memperkasakan Jurnal Malaysia : Empowering Malaysian Journals

Issues to access Malaysian scholarly journals Scholarly journal audit exercise What does MCC do? MCC’s products and services ◦ My. Cite & My. Jurnal ◦ Challenges & prospect Implication to stakeholders: journal editors, researchers, librarians. Scope of presentation

I will start by highlighting problems expressed by stakeholders of scholarly journal publishing which was extracted from workshops, seminars, conferences and conversations.

Problems expressed by journal publishers • Not getting enough articles to publish • Not getting quality articles • Not supported with clerical assistants • Don’t know whether people can easily access my journal • Don’t know who is citing articles I publish • Don’t know how to get my journal indexed • Does my journal has an impact in Malaysia • How can I prove to management that my journal has quality? • Don’t know the best practices for e-journal publishing

• Where / how to access Malaysian journals in my field? • Is there an online repository of Malaysian journals? • Are the journals refereed? • What are IF of the journal? • What is journal’s frequency? • How can I get infor about instructions to authors? • Is there an e-version of a journal? Can I submit online? • Who is citing my articles in Malaysian journals? • What is my h index in Malaysia? • Are Malaysian journals indexed by ISI, Scopus or any indexes? Problems expressed by authors, researchers

Problems expressed by information professionals/ librarians • Is there a master list of Malaysian journals? • Is the list available online? • Who is responsible for maintaining such a list? • How can I locate Malaysian journals to purchase or subscribe for the library? • How can I help show my university the performance of our own journals? The total cites, h index?

Indexation by My. AIS

Results of our journal audit (Zainab, A. N. , Sanni, S. A. , Edzan, N. N. & Koh, A. P. 2012. Auditing scholarly journals published in Malaysia and assessing their visibility. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Vol. 17. no. 1, April: 65 -92

Journals by Type of Publishers Government Societies Universities Private TOTAL No of Journals Percentage 96 104 257 7 464 20. 6 22. 4 55. 5 100. 0

Journals by broad disciplines Broad fields Arts, humanities, social sciences (AHSS) Sciences, technology, engineering, medicine (STEM) TOTAL No of journals Percentage 265 57. 1 199 42. 9 464 100. 0

Frequency & format Frequency No of journals Percentage Annual 259 55. 8 Bi-annual 167 36. 0 Tri-annual 10 2. 2 Quarterly 25 5. 4 >4 issues 3 0. 6 464 100. 0 No of journals Percentage Print 272 62. 9 Hybrid 145 31. 3 Online 27 5. 8 TOTAL 464 100. 0 TOTAL Format

Visibility: Malaysian journals in Wo. S (n=9) No Title JCR 2011 JIF Scimago Journal Rank 2011 Quartile S=Scopus, W=Wo. S N/A N/A 0. 804 (30/33) 0. 053 Q 4(W), Q 2 (S) 0. 237 (116/128) - Q 4 (W) 1 Al-Shajarah 2 Bul Math Sci Soc 3 J Oil Palm Res 4 J Rubber Res 0. 297 (75/78) 0. 031 Q 4 (W); Q 3 (S) 5 J Trop Forest Sci 0. 467 (44/59) 0. 035 Q 3 (W); Q 2 (S) 6 Mal J Comp Sci 0. 167 (107/111) 0. 030 Q 4 (W) Q 3 (S) 7 Mal J Lib Infor Sci 0. 381 (60/83) 0. 027 Q 3 (W) Q 3 (S) 8 Sains Malaysiana 0. 268 (39/55) 0. 031 Q 3 (W); Q 3 (S) 9 Trop Biomed 0. 804 (30/33; 15/20) 0. 053 Q 4 (W); Q 3 (S)

Malaysian Journals in Wo. S & Scopus by Publisher Type Publishers Government Societies Universities Private TOTAL No of Journals Percentage of 464 7 15 29 0 51 1. 5 3. 2 6. 2 0 10. 9%

Malaysian Journals in Wo. S & Scopus by Broad Fields (10. 9%) Broad fields No. of journals Percentage Science 18 35. 3 Medicine Engineering Arts, humanities Social sciences Miscellaneous TOTAL 10 4 51 19. 6 7. 8 9. 8 19. 6 7. 8 100. 00

Journals in Wo. S & Scopus by Universities (6. 2% of total) Universities Scopus Wo. S Total UIA - 1 1 UKM 5 1* 5 UM 7 2* 7 UNIMAS 1 - 1 UMT 1 - 1 UPM 7 - 7 USM 6 1* 6 Taylors UC 1 - 1 28 5 29 TOTAL

Result MOHE established Malaysian Citation Centre in February 2011 to improve the situation. Location: FCSIT, University of Malaya Main KPI at UM: - Hire contract staff - Develop My. Cite + other support system - Migrate data from My. AIS (12000 records) - Launch My. Cite ASAP (22 May 2012, KLIA Pan Pacific)

The setting up of MCC is in line with the Ministry of Higher Education's (MOHE) aspiration specifically and the government of Malaysia in general to improve Malaysian university ranking by improving the quality of Malaysian publications especially scholarly journals. MCC would be the one-stop centre that would help internationalize Malaysian journal publications, making their contents accessible globally and indexed locally, as well as proposing their indexation by international indexing agencies such as Scopus and the ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Web of Science databases. About MCC. . what MOHE aspires

Collect published articles and citations for Malaysian scholarly journals and develop search and retrieval tools in the form of sustainable citation index database. Make available the Malaysian journal impact factors on a yearly basis. Conduct bibliometric and scientometric studies in related areas and publish articles regularly in national and international journals. Provide academic services as well as training and consultancy on how to improve the quality of Malaysian journals. Seek partnership with related organizations to make Malaysian journals more visible locally, regionally and internationally Responsibilities

MCC is responsible for collating, monitoring, coordinating and improving the standard of scholarly journal publications in Malaysia. MCC mainly engages in the research and evaluation of Malaysian scholarly communication, journal database development and citation software research and development. Main role

My. Jurnal Bibliographic data • For each article in journals = Author(s), Title, Journal, Year + References. • Full text if publishers permit • Editing modules = • author, • affiliations, • journal names, • References segmentation Products My. Cite Performance bibliometric reports § Topic = Total articles, for each article total cites § Authors = Total articles, total cites, h index § Affiliation – Total articles, total cites, h index § Journal = total articles, total cites, h index. If 2 or 5 year issues are indexed • total articles • total citations • Impact factor • Immediacy index, • citation half life, • h index, other indicators

Journals must be published at least 2 years and current. Older is good. Provide MCC access to full-text (online, soft copies, print) Put MCC in list of receivers Follow international editorial convention of a scholarly journal Those with good impact factor within Malaysia will be recommended to Scopus for indexation.

Yearly bibliometric reports Journal productivity: total articles, total cites, yearly IF, 5 -yrly IF, immediacy index, citation half life, h index. Institution and author productivity: total articles, total cites, h index Citation based on disciplines: total articles, total cites to an article

My. Cite or Malaysian Citation Index is the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia’s initiative, in line with its aspiration as embedded in Core 3 of the Malaysian Higher Education Strategic Plan, that is to "strengthen research and innovation" in institutions of higher learning in terms of: 1. Item 5. 24 (iii): To increase collaboration amongst institutions of higher learning through improving the quality of research and publications 2. Item 5. 24 (xii): To encourage and assist researchers in their writings in refereed journals with high impact 3. Item 5. 24 (xii): To increase the quality of local journals so as to be competitive or at par with other international journals 4. Item 9. 28 (v): To improve the Ministry’s ability to compile and analyze data related to all aspects of higher education, [including the publication output from Malaysian institutions of higher learning] My. Cite is a national initiative

The aim of My. Cite is to increase the quality and visibility of Malaysian scholarly journals. Specific objectives are: To create a policy that can facilitate in the organization and monitoring as well as improving the standard of scholarly journal publication in Malaysia. To formulate a journal rating system to help Malaysian publishers self-access the international standing of their own journals. To list and evaluate all scholarly journal publications in Malaysia using bibliometric and scientometrics indicators. To provide an objective measure of Malaysian journal scientific impact. To enable the global access of Malaysian scholarly publications. Objectives of My. Cite

Provides bibliometrics information as well as full- text contents of scholarly journals published in Malaysia in the field of Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, Social Sciences and the Humanities. Provides citation and bibliometric reports on Malaysian researchers, journals and institutions based only on the contents within My. Cite. Helps make contents of Malaysian scholarly publications globally visible so that Malaysian researchers can identify experts and areas of possible collaboration as well as stimulate use and citations. My. Cite Usability

Authors could find out: The total articles they have published in Malaysian journals i. e. their research productivity. Who are citing their works in Malaysian journals. Who else are researching in their area and publishing in Malaysian journals. Journal publishers will know: Total articles they have published. Their journal impact in 2 and 5 years window. The immediacy index of their journals or how soon articles they publish get citation. Their journal’s h-index. Significance of My. Cite

Academic librarians could find out… Academics, researchers and students could… Total publications by authors affiliated to the institution published in Malaysian scholarly journals. Total citations to articles authored by authors affiliated to the institution. Search for information, view and download full-text articles which is made available by persons or institutions that contributes to the system Locate productive authors and institutions Identify journal impact Conduct bibliometrics and scientometric studies related to Malaysian research Significance of My. Cite

Journals Indexed in My. Cite by Fields Arts & Humanities Number of Percent Journals Number of Articles Percent 14 18. 0 1292 11. 0 7 9. 3 948 8. 0 Medical & Health Sci 15 20. 0 3429 29. 0 Sciences 17 22. 7 4139 35. 0 Social Sciences 22 29. 3 2008 17. 0 Total 75 100. 0 11816 100. 0 Engineering & Technology

Top 10 Country-based Works Ranked by Total Publications in 2006 - 2010 9000 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Singapore Japan Thailand Iran Indonesia United States United Kingdom Australia India Malaysia Singapore 2006 17 19 18 17 19 20 35 31 51 981 2007 22 19 22 15 40 30 51 45 61 1195 2008 23 18 23 24 47 62 39 65 67 1391 2009 23 31 30 39 32 50 61 62 111 1526 2010 26 40 36 35 59 60 42 59 161 1603 Japan Total 111 Iran Indonesia 127 United States 129 Kingdom United Australia 130 India 197 Malaysia 222 228 262 451 6696 Thailand

Top 10 Institutions Ranked by Total Publications No Institutions Total Publications Total Citations h-Index 1 UKM 1715 171 4 2 3 4 5 UPM UM USM Ui. TM 1270 1195 925 406 122 102 72 41 4 3 6 7 8 9 10 UTM IIUM UMT UM Sabah UM Sarawak 346 279 177 175 166 13 30 9 11 14 1 3 1 2 2

Report: Authors Ranked by Total Publications No Authors Total Publications Total Citations h-Index Affiliation 1 Son, R. 50 29 4 UPM 2 Zainab, A. N. 40 19 3 UM 3 Lee, H. L. 35 9 2 IMR 4 Sherina, M. S. 30 18 2 UPM 5 Nazni, W. A. 30 8 1 IMR 6 Jamaluddin Md. Jahi 30 2 1 UKM 7 Zaini Hamzah 27 3 1 Ui. TM 8 Abdul Samad Hadi 27 2 1 UKM 9 Abdul Hadi Harman Shah 25 3 1 UKM 10 Abdullah, S. 25 3 1 UKM 11 Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman 23 10 1 UKM 12 Abdullah, B. J. J. 22 5 1 UKM 13 Saidur, R. 21 3 1 UM

Gratis to Malaysian journal editors to publish and manage their journals - My. Jurnal support refereeing function and delivery of publication. My. Cite extracts data from My. Jurnal to display search results and churn citation reports. A must if a journal wants to be indexed by My. Cite to measure productivity and impact (citation). Publishers are given the option to build journal website through a publishing application.

139 journals have been covered in My. Jurnal

Web Site Generated (http: //www. myjurnal. my/publish/MJLIS/index. php)

Editorial functions of My. Jurnal No Descriptions Shows the summary of the journal 1 2 3 Able to edit the journal information, name, descriptions Function to upload published articles by Editors/Publishers 4 Function where editor will be able to check all the submitted articles and view all the comments from the collaboration with reviewers, editorial board members, editor-in-chief and authors 5 Collect / register all the reviewers for this journal 6 Information about the editorial group to be displayed in the web 7 Information about the submission to be displayed in the web 8 Create volume and Issue to upload and publish articles 9 Function for editors to change their profile 1 0 CMS to create journal website

Challenges: “Cleaning” of critical data Affiliations can be deleted or edited Establish Authors’ names & aliases Establish affiliation & aliases Establish journal names & aliases for abbreviations Algorithm that segment article references

Problems: authors’ variant names Authors Affiliation Country Publications Citations h. Index 1 Nazni, W. A. Institute for Medical Research Malaysia 20 6 1 2 Nazni Wasi Institute for Ahmad Medical Research Malaysia 1 2 1 3 Nazni, W. A. Institute for Medical Research Malaysia 2 0 0 4 Huq, Naznin Afrose University of Dhaka Bangladesh 1 0 0 5 Nazni, W. Institute for Medical Research Malaysia 1 0 0 6 Nazni Wasi University of Ahma Malaysia 1 0 0

Affiliation group management module

Affiliation aliases management module

Segmented References in “Reference editor” Item title: An unusual presentation of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults Ray, S 1, Sarkar, D 2, Ganguly, S 3, Maiti, A 4. Medical Journal of Malaysia (Volume 67, No. 1, 2012, Pages 116 to 117) Times cited: 0 5 references, Reference no: 1071

General search module

Search topic = “nipah virus”

Results for “nipah virus”

Article citation report

Articles citing an article

Search author = “Chua, k. b. ”

Citation report “chua, k. b”

Articles by “chua, k. b” Articles by Chua, K. B.

Articles that cite chua, k. b. Total 4

Search journal “Sains Malaysiana”

Publication Report for “Sains Malaysiana”

Publication in “Sains Malaysiana” Total articles: 152

Citation report: “Sains Malaysiana”

Search affiliation “Universiti Malaya”

Publication report: “Universiti Malaya”

Citation report: “Universiti Malaya”

My. Cite Citation reports

Journal Citation Report by yearly IF

Single journal summary click on journal title

Summary: Mal J Econ Stud

Journal information Journal impact factor

5 -yr impact factor

Total cites vs Self cite

Immediacy index

Cited half life: 1. 7 the median age of the articles in the journal that were cited by other journals during the year

Citing half life: 0. 9 the median age of the articles that were cited by the articles published in the journal that year

Collaboration with Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam to form ASEAN Citation Index. Contribute publication and citation information to the Islamic Citation Centre in Iran. An agent which recommends Malaysian journal to Scopus for indexation. MCC: Future Prospects

Buku maklumat My. Cite = My. Cite information booklet Malaysian scientific performance in the Web of Science 2001 -2010 Citation performance of Malaysian scholarly journals in the Web of Science 2006 -2010 Proceeding: International Conference on Journal Citation Systems in Asia Pacific Countries MCC’s publications 2012

Your action! • • Know your journal’s performance in Malaysia Increase your journal’s visibility. Request to be indexed. Provide MCC with at least 5 years of issues 2007 – 2011, if not longer. Give MCC access to the full text articles (online, softcopies, print) Improve your journal h index by giving MCC access to your archives too. Follow the scholarly journal publishing standards (take care of the quality). Refer to My. Cite Information booklet on the journal selection criteria. Remember: the more journals that are indexed the higher would be the chances of seeing how you really perform in Malaysia

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