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Journal Citation Reports for 2017 now available

July 10, 2018 /

The Journal Citation Reports with 2017 data are now available. The following new features are included:

  • Re-designed and enhanced journal profile pages (see screenshots below)
  • Document-level transparency for the JIF and new indicators
  • Citation network expansion: Citations now include the contribution of the Book Citation Index
  • New contextual information: Geographical data of authors and a list of top contributing institutions.

Find the Journal Citation Reports on the Library Homepage under Find/E-databases/Journal Citation Reports.

These metrics could be helpful in finding a good journal, but remember that there is no guarantee that an individual article in a journal with a high impact factor will be well-cited. JCR and the Journal Impact Factor can be useful in helping you to choose a journal, but it is always good to use it in combination with other methods too, such as asking the opinion of a colleague or supervisor, or maybe your own knowledge of the editors of the specific journal.

One-click access to journal articles with Kopernio

May 9, 2018 /

Clarivate Analytics recently announced the acquisition of the AI-technology startup Kopernio.  Kopernio’s vision is to legally provide one-click access to millions of journal articles and academic research papers worldwide, improving and facilitating access to scholarly articles.

This means that you will be able to find the PDF of an article (if available and if Stellenbosch University subscribes to it), with one click. From the Kopernio website, you will first have to register and install the application for free. You will also have a “locker” where the articles you accessed will be stored. Only 100MB storage is available, but it seems they are giving away free Premium access (2 GB storage) if you refer the service to only one other person. Kopernio integrates with Google Scholar and Pubmed.

Read more about this very helpful tool and try it out:

 

How important is ORCID author identifier?

February 14, 2018 /

If you are a researcher or an academic or planning to become one, you are going to need an ORCID identifier in the near future.

The Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) connects a researcher or academic to his or her research output and allows others to access your publications. ORCID streamlines the publication submission processes and improves discoverability. Increasingly, funders and publishers require ORCID in their application and submission processes. Since April 2017, the National Research Foundation (NRF) mandated the use of ORCID in all application processes.

Stellenbosch University is a member of ORCID and we have an integration where we store access to your iD. This will be used in future integrations that will be developed over time, for example with the Institutional Repository and the Knowledge Directory. Please read more about our integration and see the link where you can connect your iD with Stellenbosch University on our Library guide: http://libguides.sun.ac.za/ORCID.

For further reading on important aspects and benefits of ORCID:

You are also very welcome to contact the Research Impact division or your faculty librarian for any assistance.

What is ORCID? from ORCID on Vimeo.

Why ORCID? from ORCID on Vimeo.

New Research Workshops coming up in 2018

January 17, 2018 /

A wide range of workshops on research related topics will be presented by the Library and Information Service during 2018.

Three new workshops have been developed.  The first new workshop, Maximising your research impact, will give an introduction to research impact and how to improve your impact as a researcher. The following topics will be included in three short sessions:

  1. Where to publish (Choosing a journal/predatory journals/journal metrics)
  2. Increase the visibility of your research  (Open Access/ORCID /author profile systems /Social Media)
  3. Track citation metrics for your articles (How to increase citations by making your research more visible / The different citation metrics and where to find it)

All three these topics will also be addressed in more detailed workshops throughout the year.

The second new workshop is Introduction to Research Data Management, which is designed to assist you with general background on how to manage your research data, including an overview of the Research Data Management (RDM) lifecycle. It will also give you an introduction to Data Management Planning and some advice on where to deposit your data.

Enhancing the visibility of your research output through self-archiving is a brand new workshop on the Stellenbosch University’s institutional policy on the self-archiving of research output, which asks researchers to deposit copies of their research output in SUNScholar, the institutional repository. This can greatly increase the visibility of your research output and therefore also increase the impact of your research.

Other workshops are presented on topics such as reference managers (Mendeley); how to do your literature search; formatting of your thesis with MS Word; how to track and enhance your citations (and impact); how to distinguish between trustworthy and untrustworthy information; where and how to publish your research; unique author identification with ORCID; how to increase the visibility of your research; useful tools and applications for research; how to find government statistics; how to submit your thesis/dissertation to SUNScholar and the benefits of Open Access publishing.

Please see the full programme here and use the training calendar to book your place!

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