Citation databases and researcher identifiers

Faculty Use of Author Identifiers and Researcher Networking Tools

35 107 103 24 15 284 3.43 I am interested in having a profile created for me by Stony Brook University. 52 86 92 32 27 289 3.36 Summary: Awareness and Use Author Identifiers • 32% (n=95) of 300 were aware of author identifiers • 59% (n=197) of 335 indicated no use of author identifiers • 15% (n=49) of those faculty who utilized an author ID preferred ORCID Researcher Networking Systems • 56% (n...

Savvy searching Citation-enhanced indexing/abstracting databases

Provides an introductory look at what savvy users should know about the implications of having information about cited references in I/A records. Looks at the more sophisticated, link-enabled cited references and the novel citation scores in full-text collections, then discusses the alternatives for searching efficiently by elements of cited references: cited author, cited title, cited source a...

Hypothesis: the research page. One researcher, two researcher, three researcher, four. Five researcher, six researcher, seven researcher, more!

Science indicators revisited - Science Citation Index versus SCOPUS: A bibliometric comparison of both citation databases

Although the evaluation of knowledge in the form of a quantitation of scientific output is not uncontroversial, it is a widely practised form of science evaluation. For more than 30 years, the Science Citation Index (SCI) has been alone in fulfilling mis purpose. But since 2005 Scopus is a direct competitor to the SCI-databases. Comparing the two databases should help to answer questions that c...

A Model for Data Citation in Astronomical Research using Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)

Standardizing and incentivizing the use of digital object identifiers (DOIs) to aggregate and identify both data analyzed and data generated by a research project will advance the field of astronomy to match best practices in other research fields like geosciences and medicine. Increase in the use of DOIs will prepare the discipline for changing expectations among funding agencies and publisher...