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Measuring Research Output and Enhancing Impact

Library Services aims to support the wider research activities at Bond via the provision of specialised resources, services, and information specialists. The following online resources are particularly relevant to researchers at Bond:

Evaluating Journals - Journal Impact:

Journal impact factors are measures produced using citation data, and sometimes expert review, which aim to gauge the impact or importance of journals.

Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is available via ISI Web of Knowledge (click the Additional Resources tab). A range of journal impact data is presented including the longstanding ISI 'Impact Factor', and the Eigenfactor Score.

The Eigenfactor Project is a non-commercial academic research project sponsored by the University of Washington which also produces measures of journal impact, based on data retrieved from Journal Citation Reports.

Scopus Journal Analyzer
The Scopus Journal Analyzer is available via Scopus (click the Analytics button). This tool presents the SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) as well as other journal metrics such as number of documents and number of citations. Up to 10 journals may be selected and their relative metrics viewed in graph form.

The SJR is a metric produced by SCImago, a research group from the University of Granada, Spain, based on data retrieved from Scopus.
 

Citation Analysis:

Citation analysis is the process of extracting and analysing information about the citation patterns of specific publications. For example, you can get an indication of how many times a particular publication/author/body has been cited, and which publications/authors/bodies are doing the citing. Library Services staff are available to assist you with the use of citation analysis resources.

Web of Science
Incorporating the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Web of Science has historically been the most widely used tool for performing citation analyses.

Scopus
Scopus is a large abstract and citation database produced by Elsevier. Covering the sciences (life sciences, health sciences and physical sciences) and social sciences and humanities, Scopus is the citation data supplier for the 2010 ERA Evaluation.

Publish or Perish/ Google Scholar
Produced by Professor Anne-Wil Harzing of the University of Melbourne, Publish or Perish is software that extracts the citation data present in Google Scholar and produces a range of metrics, including the h-index and journal impact metrics. The Publish or Perish software is not supported by Information Technology Services.

ResearcherID
Produced by Thomson Reuters (the publishers of Web of Science) ResearcherID aims to counter problems encountered in citation analysis due to variant spellings of a researcher's name, or multiple researchers who share the same name. When you register you receive a unique identifier; you can then maintain a complete list of your publications which is associated with your identifier. You can also create a custom profile, and generate metrics such as the h-index using the ResearcherID website. Publication and citation data is updated from the Web of Science. 

h-index
The h-index (Hirsh, 2005) is intended to be a better representation of an author or body's productivity and impact than simpler metrics such as publication counts or citation counts. An author with an h-index of n has published n publications which have each have been cited at least n times. Web of Science, Scopus, Publish or Perish, and ResearcherID all calculate this metric for identified sets of publications, though figures retrieved will vary due to the significant differences in coverage of these resources.

 

Hirsch, J. E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(46), 16569-16572. doi:10.1073/pnas.0507655102 

 

 

e-publications@bond:

e-publications@bond is a digital repository of research and scholarly output of researchers at Bond University. The repository aims to support open access and increased usage of research outputs, and also to provide a platform for showcasing Bond publications and researchers.

Academic staff can request their own Personal Researcher Page which provides 24/7 worldwide access to biographical and contact information, published and unpublished works, and other related information such as a CV. Contact the Copyright and Quality Coordinator, Antoinette Cass.

e-publications@bond can also support peer-reviewed series and journals, such as the ADR Bulletin and the Bond Law Review. Research Centres interested in starting a peer-reviewed series or journal should also contact Antoinette Cass.
 

ERA:

Library Services provides support for Bond's submissions to the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Initiative. ERA is an evaluative program of the Australian Government via the Australian Research Council. It aims to assess research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review. Bond researchers may find this page from Deakin University useful; it provides a searchable and browsable method of accessing the official ERA journal and conference rankings. More information about what ERA means for Bond researchers is available from the Office of Research Services.
 

HERDC:

Universities receive funding under a formula which includes the quality and output of their research publications. In order to meet Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) requirements, the University must provide data regarding research published by Bond University staff and students.

HERDC is based on research publications that were published in the previous year. DEEWR provides a specifications document outlining the criteria for inclusion of a publication and several supporting documents. Publications by both academic and general staff may be eligible for inclusion. Staff members who are supervising students involved in research are requested to follow up on student publications that may be eligible. Guidelines for the preparation of submissions are available on the Library’s HERDC intranet website. Each of the publication categories: book, book chapter, conference paper and journal article has specific requirements. HERDC is a hardcopy collection. Authors must provide a copy of the publication (or parts thereof in the case of books) plus copies of the verification materials as outlined in the guidelines. Submissions are delivered to the nominated representative in each Faculty, then verified, processed and reported upon by Library Services.