Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index ESCI

Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Anthony Dona Ph. D Solution Consultant 1 st Aug 2018

Clarivate Analytics 2018 Citation Distributions Explained All documents globally published in 2009 in the Field of Research (Fo. R) Code 1701 Psychology. In 2009 a total of 20, 004 publications were produced in Psychology with an average number of 29. 3 citations. 700 600 Percentile # of Citations 1 Ø 227 5 Ø 96 10 Ø 64 25 Ø 34 50 Ø 16 500 400 Average number of Citations = 29 Number of Publications with Citation Count 300 200 > 64 Citations = Top 10 % 100 > 227 Citations = Top 1 % 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Number of Citations 140 160 180 200 2

Clarivate Analytics 2018 What is the ‘Emerging Sources Citation Index’? Expanding Core Collection journal coverage over 40% via the Emerging Sources Citation Index Journal Publishing Standards Editorial Content • Peer review • Ethical publishing practices • Has a scholarly audience requested this content? • Meets technical requirements (XML / PDF) • How does this journal compare with covered journals of similar scope? • Timeliness of publication • Is this subject already well covered? • International editorial conventions • Will this journal enrich Wo. S with novel content? • English-language metadata International Focus • Does this journal target an international audience or specifically a regional audience? • Is international representation among authors and board members at an appropriate level for such a journal? Citation Analysis • Total citations • Recent citation activity • Author and editorial board members’ citations in the literature • Integration of the journal into the literature over time *These Criteria are Relaxed when choosing ESCI content 3

Clarivate Analytics 2018 4 What is the ‘Emerging Sources Citation Index’? BOND UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST VICTORIA UNIV COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION CSIRO MURDOCH UNIVERSITY SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY UNIV SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA FLINDERS UNIVERSITY SOUTH AUSTRALIA WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE LA TROBE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RMIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY DEAKIN UNIVERSITY QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY QUT AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SYDNEY UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE MONASH UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Emerging Citation Index Classic Sources Core Collection Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000

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Clarivate Analytics 2018 What is the ‘Emerging Sources Citation Index’? By definition, some research areas are generally only of regional interest, so we find the majority of the Emerging Sources Citation Index coming from these research interest. 6

Clarivate Analytics 2018 Current Forms of Assessing Impact – Bibliometrics 25 Good • Normalized Indicators - for relative performance comparisons • Average Percentiles - where does it fall in the range of values near the Benchmarks - how does it compare with the group or globally top of the distributio n of How many citations should 0 I have received? values 1000 • Is this good or bad? Expectation Better or Worse? Bad near bottom of range 0 7

Clarivate Analytics 2018 Current Forms of Assessing Impact – Bibliometrics Absolute Measures of productivity, for example Number of Documents Times Cited Percent Cited Like for Like Allow limited comparisons, for example H-Index Citation Impact Journal Impact Factor Normalisation Put data in context & allow comparisons, for example Normalized Citation Impact Percentile Indicators ESI Highly Cited Papers 8

Clarivate Analytics 2018 Addition of Content into In. Cites 9

Publication Level Metrics Clarivate Analytics 2017 10 Details Are Static Metrics Are Dynamic

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