ScienceDirect & Scopus In Research Work 2013

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1 / ScienceDirect & Scopus In Research Work 2013 Trainer : Mr. Nattaphol Sisuruk sisuruk@yahoo.com 1

2 ELSEVIER Company ELSEVIER is the world s leading publisher of science and health information 2

3 ELSEVIER Online Tools 3

4 Session Contents (Part I) Research Work Introduction to ScienceDirect & Scopus ScienceDirect & Scopus New Release and Up Date in 2013 Personalize ScienceDirect & Scopus Search Content & Search Tips Review and Refine Search Results Features & Functionalities for Research Workflow I 4

5 Session Contents (Part II) Features & Functionalities for Research Workflow II Browse Journal and Book Titles in ScienceDirect What Else Can ScienceDirect & Scopus Do? Going Mobile Supporting Sites 5

6 Research Work 6

7 Definition of Research (Cohen and Manion, 1994) Research is a combination of both experience and reasoning and must be regarded as the most successful approach to the discovery of truth. (The Oxford Encyclopedia English Dictionary - OEED, 1991) a. The systematic investigation into the study of materials, sources etc. in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions b. an endeavor to discover new or collate old facts etc. by the scientific study of a subject or by a course of critical investigation 7

8 Objective of Research Categorization Explanation Prediction Creating a sense of understanding Providing potential for control Evaluation (Walliman, 2011) 8

9 Major Types of Research 1. Historical 2. Comparative 3. Descriptive 4. Correlation 5. Experimental 6. Evaluation 7. Action 8. Ethnogenic 9. Feminist 10. Cultural (Walliman, 2011) 9

10 Research Process I (Walliman, 2011) 10

11 Research Process II (Leedy, 1989) 11

12 Further Reading 1. Blaxter, L., Hughes, C. and Tight, M. (2006) How to Research, 3rd edn. 2. David, M. and Sutton, C. (2004) Social Research: the Basics. 3. Bell, J. (1990) Doing Your Research Project: a Guide for First-time Researchers in Education, 3rd edn. 4. Wilson, E. B. (1990) An Introduction to Scientific Research. 5. Polgar, S. T. (2008) Introduction to Research in the Health Sciences, 5th edn. 6. Pennings, P. (1999) Doing Research in Political Science: An Introduction to Comparative Methods. 7. Cooper, D. and Schindler, P. (2006) Business Research Methods, 9th edn. 12

13 Research and Publishing Workflow Experiment and Assess Impact Conduct Research Research Workflow Peer Review Build Fame Report Findings Identify New Areas 13

14 Introduction to ScienceDirect & Scopus 14

15 Dayton, Ohio : Home of ScienceDirect & Scopus 15

16 What is ScienceDirect? ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peerreviewed journals and almost 20,000 books. Publishes over a quarter of the world's full text scientific, technical and medical (STM) articles Over 11.9 million articles are available online, including Articles in Press Coverage includes over 2,500 journals cross Scientific, Technical, Medical (STM) and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Almost 20,000 books published by Elsevier including Major Reference Works, Monographs, Books Series 16 16

17 Subject Field Coverage Physical Sciences and Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemistry Computer Science Earth and Planetary Sciences Energy Engineering Materials Science Mathematics Physics and Astronomy Life Sciences Agricultural and Biological Sciences Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Environmental Science Immunology and Microbiology Neuroscience 17

18 Subject Field Coverage Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Nursing and Health Professions Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine Social Sciences and Humanities Arts and Humanities Business, Management and Accounting Decision Sciences Economics, Econometrics and Finance Psychology Social Sciences 18

19 Features: Highlights No Limit on number of simultaneous users/number of downloads Full-text Articles of Subscribed / Open Access Abstracts of all journals (from Vol 1, Issue 1) Full text formats: HTML & PDF 19

20 What is SCOPUS? Scopus, launched in November 2004, contains both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 20,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, Scopus offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields Scopus at a glance Famous Slogan : World s Largest Abstract & Citation Database More than 20,000 titles 50 million records 380 M integrated scientific websites with 24 M Patents 40 languages covered Fastest Route to Academic Library Sources 20

21 Breadth of Coverage Across Subject Areas Physical Sciences 6,600 Health Sciences 6,300 Social Sciences 6,350 Life Sciences 4,050 Chemistry (100% Medline) Psychology Neuroscience Physics Nursing Economics Pharmacology Engineering Dentistry Business Biology etc., etc., A&H etc., etc., More than 20,000 titles in Scopus, titles can be in more than one subject area 21

22 Broader Coverage Than Nearest Peer Scopus (Total: 19,804) 10,257 Web of Science (Total: 10,291) 9, Scopus added value 22

23 ScienceDirect & Scopus New Release and Up Date in

24 Science Connect April 2013 MathJax, now on ScienceDirect, makes online math 'beautiful and accessible 24

25 New Release (August 2013) Open Access Publishing Access to quality research is vital to the scientific community and beyond. Elsevier support sustainable access and work hard to provide a range of open access options alongside our access initiatives to ensure everyone can read, use and trust the latest research. 25

26 New Release (August 2013 ) 1. Book or Book Chapter document type 2. Sources Alert 26

27 Up Date (August 2013) SciVerse Hub is retiring!! 27

28 Personalize ScienceDirect & Scopus 28

29 Redesigned Homepage 29 29

30 Using Personal Functions Register Now 3 Role & Field of Interest 5 User-Login In 2 User Registration 4 Registered User Agreement News Alert 30

31 Advantages of Registration Content Log In _ User No Log In _ User Search Recent Action Yes - Save search Yes - Search History Yes - Quick Link Favorite Journal / Book Yes - Quick link in SD Yes - Quick link on the Web Yes - Alert Journal and Book-Series Alerts Yes - Search Alerts Yes - Topic Alerts Yes - Applications ScienceDirect Mobile Yes - 31

32 Advantages of Registration Content Log In _ User No Log In _ User Search Save search Yes - Search History Yes - Advanced Functions Citation Tracker Yes - My List & My Setting Yes - Live Chat Yes - Alert Search Alerts Yes - Author Citation Alerts Yes - Document Citation Alerts Yes - Applications Scopus Mobile Yes - 32

33 Search Content & Search Tips 33

34 Search Content Search effectively supports the four most frequent research tasks and is available on every page: A specific title A specific article by publication/ vol./ issue page search A specific author name Related articles by searching specific terms Images Search - *New Feature* 34

35 Searching for Images Image Search (Figure Video) 3 Enlarge View 2 Refine Image Results 4 Display Full Text (View within article or PDF) 35

36 Advanced Search 36

37 Searching Citations & Indexes Document Search 3 Affiliation Search 5 Add More Search Fields 2 Author Search 4 Advanced Search (Using Boolean Connectors) 37

38 General Search Tips 1. Capital / Non-capital letter 2. Singular / plural forms 3. ( ) Quotation mark 4. ( {... } ) Phrases Wildcards 1. (? ) Question Mark for one alphabet search Ex. Wom?n = Woman, Women 2. ( * ) Asterisk for multi alphabets search Ex. Behav* = Behave, Behavior etc. 3. ( - ) Hyphen is treated as a space 38

39 Review and Refine Search Result 39

40 1 2 3 Refine Result in SD 1. Content Type 2. Journal/Book Title 3. Topic 4. Year 4 1 Search Results 3 Access Rights 2 Search Refine (Limit to or Exclude) 4 Display Article Pages (HTML or Abstracts) 40

41 Intuitive Online Article Format New and valuable types of content Provides easy navigation 3 1 Navigator Bar 3 Author Information 2 New and valuable types of content 4 More Options ( Alert Images) 41

42 Reviewing Search Results Refine Result in Scopus 1. Source Title 2. Year 3. Author Name 4. Affiliation 5. Subject Area 6. Source Type 7. Keyword 8. Document Type 9. Language 10. Country 1 Search Results 2 Refine Results (Limit or Exclude) 3 Display Article Pages (Abstracts & References) 42

43 Reviewing Documents Author Information 3 Related Articles 2 Citation Information & Alert 4 SciVerse Application 43

44 Features & Functionalities for Research Workflow I 44

45 To Assist the Researcher in Conduct Research Find Research Topic Find Co-Authors, Peer Reviewers or Experts Find Target Institute & Evaluation Remind New Research in Your Target Download and Export Citation 45

46 Research Topic : Top 25 Hottest Articles Free quarterly alerting service on the Top 25 most downloaded articles per journal title or per subject area 46

47 Research Topic : Topic Alert

48 Find Co-Authors, Peer Reviewers or Experts 48

49 Source By & Analyze Result Source By Prolific authors 49

50 Find Target Institute 50

51 Select Target Institute Click to show Affiliation Details 51

52 Institute Details Subject areas graph & table Research Information 52

53 Institute Evaluation Year No. of papers published per year Top Authors who publish the most papers Top Subject Areas/Faculties 53

54 Remind New Research : My Alerts Alerts in ScienceDirect : Search Alert Topic Alert Journals and Book Series Alert Alerts in Scopus : Search Alert Author Citation Alerts Document Citation Alerts 54

55 Search Alert, Export, Download Search Alert 2 Batch Download of PDFs 3 Export Citations Information 55

56 Download PDF Manager - ScienceDirect Batch Download and Automatic Naming Download multiple PDF files and assign them names based on specified rules (Author, Publication Year, Article Title, journal, etc) Maximum number of PDF files 20 per download Java required 56

57 Export Reference List, Bibliography 57

58 Features & Functionalities for Research Workflow II 58

59 To Find Target Journal and Following Your Research Impact Find Quality Journal for Your Selection Metrics for Journal Evaluation Find Quality Journal for Your Analyzer Find Perfect Journal for Your Article Publishing Tracking Your Research Impact 59

60 Find Quality Journal : Sources Two metrics broaden journal evaluation 60

61 Metrics for Journal Evaluation ( SCImago Journal Rank SJR Developed by SCImago Felix de Moya, University of Granada Main feature: prestige metric similar to Google PageRank Is weighted by quality, subject field and reputation of the Journal Share a journal s prestige equally over the total number of citations in that Journal Source-Normalized Impact per Paper SNIP Developed by Henk Moed, CWTS, University of Leiden Main feature: contextual citation impact Is weighted by total number of citations in the Subject field Consider how quickly a paper is likely to have an impact in a given field 61

62 SJR & SNIP ( available in 2009 ) SJR SNIP

63 Find Journals For Your Analyzer : Analytics Journal performance for up to 10 journals in a specific field and going back to

64 Find Perfect Journal for Your Article 64

65 Tracking Your Research Impact Click to show Author Details 65

66 Author Evaluation Different name formats No. of papers published No. of times cited See his h-index No. of times Author appears on scientific websites Journals he publishes in Most recent affiliations 66

67 h-index in Scopus Developed in 2005 by Jorge Hirsch, a condensed-matter physicist and peace activist from University of California in San Diego The h-index is the highest number of papers a scientist has that have at least that number of citations. Nature (2005) The h-index combines quantity and quality, productivity and influence Ignores the highly & poorly cited papers Dynamic, not a static number can change as citations increase, realtime in Scopus 67

68 35 documents written after 1995 Article Rank Number No. of Citations A scientist has index 14 if 14 of his 35 papers after 1995 have at least 14 citations each and the other 21 (35-15) papers have no more than 14 citations each. 68

69 Browse Journals and Book Titles in ScienceDirect 69

70 Elsevier Journals (57 titles out of 232 categories, based on JCR 2012) 70 70

71 Publications Content Type and Checking for Access Browse &Journals / Books Content Click on title to go to journal homepage 71 71

72 7 8 6 Reading the index from the Journal homepage Access Rights 4 Export Bibliographic Information - Citations 7 Journal Information 2 Volume List (Articles in Press) 5 View all Previews 8 Author Submission Services 3 Display Article Page (HTML or PDF) 6 Volumes/Issues Alert or RSS Feed (Registered Users only) 72

73 Online Submission - Author Elsevier Editorial System (ESS) Submit articles online using Elsevier Editorial System It lists information about each journal, the submission standards, support information, etc. authorsupport@elsevier.com 73

74 The Value of Book Content to the Research Workflow Fundamental Knowledge Deepen & Apply Methodologies 28% 42% Books: 72% Books: 58% Add Currency from the Field 68% Books: 32% Broaden Perspective 45% Books: 55% Journals Encyclopedias Handbooks Books Front list Books Back list 8 % 92 % 92% of researchers say they regularly perform cross-disciplinary research. Having access to Fundamental knowledge [Books] across diverse subjects is essential. Source: global survey responses from 500 researchers & librarians, Elsevier & S.M.S. Research,

75 Discover ebooks on ScienceDirect Click on the Chapter Title to view the article display page for more information and to download the chapter

76 ebooks on ScienceDirect Book & Chapter Contents 76 76

77 ebooks Subject Landing Page

78 What else can ScienceDirect & Scopus do? 78

79 Add a quick link After registration and Log In, You can add your interested in website or URL to show on ScienceDirect homepage 79

80 Advanced Search 80

81 Use Scopus to promote journal prestige 81

82 Top decision making institute globally use Scopus data More than 95 of the world s top Laboratories, Institutes and Ranking Bodies use Scopus for evaluation 82

83 Research Institute Environment Faculty at Einstein use the application every day to make significant connections with other researchers. The application is also an essential part of our process to onboard new faculty, as the site enables investigators and trainees to quickly get familiarized with the research landscape of the institution. Harry Shamoon MD, Associate Dean and Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Albert Einstein College of Medicine 83

84 Benefits personnel throughout your institution Researchers, Lecturers Find collaborators for a funding opportunity Track my list of publications Evaluate other researchers publications Find new articles to read Administrators, Deans and Department Heads Form research teams for grants Connect disconnected researchers Onboard new faculty Identify experts for internal review committees Students Librarians Identify, Researching mentors Find new journals to read Find new articles to read Find prolific author Find experts to comment on news items Introduce to Student, Researcher and teacher staffs Research Executives Identify organizational strengths Demonstrate our institutional expertise Use the data to determine program design Connect donors to researchers 84

85 Going Mobile 85

86 ScienceDirect Going Mobile Free access to *Registered Users* Access to Full-text only to individuals from subscribed customers Access to full-text per customer s entitlements Requires registration on sciencedirect.com Provides the most important SD productivity tasks, any time and anywhere Search, Off-line library (Saved articles), Article view Sharing and customization features No synchronization with Desktop

87 Scopus Going Mobile Scopus has launched an iphone App., Android. Free access to *Registered Users* Search Scopus Share article links through Save and annotate abstracts with your own notes Set up alerts for latest and abstracts and citations copus 87

88 Supporting Site 88

89 ScienceDirect Supporting Sites 89

90 Scopus Supporting Sites 90

91 Live Chat!! 91

92 Thank You Questions & Answers sisuruk@yahoo.com 92