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1、Towards a bibliometric database for the social sciences and humanities,Carmen Lopez Illescas, Felix de Moya Anegon, Janus Linmans, Anton Nederhof and Henk F. MoedSCIMago Research Group, Univ Granada, Spain CWTS, Leiden Univ, the Netherlands,This presentation ,Highlights wider context and its dynamic

2、sMakes analytical distinctionsDescribes actual developmentsDiscusses options,Structure of the presentation,Introduction; backgroundAnalysis of existing SSH databasesActual use of bibliometric indicators in research assessment Actual practices in dealing with non-publication outputsOptions for creati

3、ng a comprehensive database of SSH outputs,General scheme,Research Assessment Objectives; criteria,Assessment methodologies; indicators,Databases,Introduction; background,About SSH General trends Indicators,Science vs. Social Sci & Humanities (SSH),SSH outputs and impacts,Trends-1 : Increasing impor

4、tance of research assessment,Performance-based funding across scientific institutionsInstitutions operate in a global marketPublic rankings of institutionsEuropean Research Area and Research CouncilManagement tools within institutionsNeed for adequate tools for research assessment in SSH fields,Tren

5、ds - 2 : Electronic publishing; more databases,Publishers make their content electronically available on-lineMore and more documents freely available via the Web (Open access, self archiving)Standardisation of meta-data and meta-data infastructuresMore repositories (institutional/disciplinary)More i

6、nstitutional research management systemsWeb of Science (WoS), Scopus and Google Scholar are genuine competitors,Trends 3 : Better coverage of SSH; more indicators,WoS and Scopus expand their source coverage of SSH fieldsBibliographical databases implement bibliometric featuresCalculation of bibliome

7、tric indicators not merely done by bibliometric experts,Two types of bibliometric activity,Bibliometric database: examples,Cited references parsed and linked to corresponding targets (citation index)De-duplicated institutional affiliationsAuthor names linked to unique researchersAbstracts parsed int

8、o noun phrasesDates expressed as numbersPolicy relevant subfield delimitationsAcknowledgements parsed; funders de-duplicated,Principal bibliometric indicators and database requirements 1,Principal bibliometric indicators and database requirements 2,Bibliometric impact indicators,2. Analysis of exist

9、ing SSH databases,Sources of publication meta data,Sources of citation data,ERIH Journal classification for 11 Humanities research fields (6,000 journals),Analysis of databases,European special bibliographies: Aspects considered 1,Database producer Dates of coverage (Sub)disciplines covered Number o

10、f records Selection criteria of sources Countries or languages covered Type of sources covered Nr authors of a source publication included Nr institutional affiliations included Standardisation of author names/affiliations,European special bibliographies: Aspects considered 2,Categorization of docum

11、ents Type of content classification system Does it contain cited references in source publications? Has the database ever been used in bibliometric studies?,Special bibliographies: Conclusions,Some interesting databases for field-specific studiesIn most databases no author affiliations and no cited

12、referencesMainly journal articles covered,Citation Indexes: Major recent developments,Google Book Search 1,Aims: Enhance the users ability to access and read books Opportunity for authors and publishers to make their books available. Two sources: Partner program: Publishers and authors Library proje

13、ct: partner libraries,Google Book Search 2,For books protected by copyright, search results are limited to meta-data and selected (random) text passagesBooks out-of-copyright may be read online in full length or downloadedCited references not a part of meta-data GBS books as targets in Google Schola

14、r,OAPEN - Open Access Publishing in European Networks,OAPEN: European scholarly university presses active in SSH and in book publishingEU funded project aims to improve quantity, visibility and usability of high-quality OA content. Uses Driver infrastructure,European Institutional repositories,EU fu

15、nded project DRIVER aims to establish a cohesive, pan-European infrastructure of Digital RepositoriesDriver Inventory study (2006): 230 European institutions have a repository (=10-20%?)These cover 37 % of institutions recent publication output (based on questionnaire)18 % of materials is books /cha

16、pters 30 % of materials is SSH,Driver Inventory study (2006),Institutions need research management systems for .,National research assessment exercises (e.g., UK REF)Funding parameters at a national levelInternational rankings and benchmarkingPositioning in European Research AreaInformation for gene

17、ral public and clientsInternal research management at central and departmental level,3. Actual use of bibliometric indicators in research assessment,In progress,Flanders: Distribution of funds across institutions,Current funding parameters based on Web of ScienceCreation database of scientific-schol

18、arly SSH publications per institutionInstitutions establish selection criteria for sources and document typesOperational in 2011,4. Actual practices in dealing with non-publication outputs,The UK Research RAE 2008,Research: original investigation undertaken in order to gain knowledge and understandi

19、ng Scholarship: creation, development and maintenance of the intellectual infrastructure of subjects and disciplines,The UK Research RAE 2008 Panel O,Research outputs must be verifiable and relate to research, and may include:New materials Devices Images Products and buildings Intellectual property

20、patents or other forms) Performances, exhibits or events Work published in non-print media,RAE 2008 submissions: criteria,Submitted research outputs must be verifiable and relate to researchNon-text output: evidence of their dissemination in the public domain and of their research contents are requ

21、ired,Australia: ERA non-publication outputs,Applied research Registered designs (if clear link with research)Esteem: Editorial roles and contribution to prestigious works of reference Curatorial role of a prestigious event,Yardsticks,Formal yardsticks for scholarly non-publication output are missing

22、 in RAE and ERAPrestigious events, performance outlets , media might be ranked according to prestige,5. Options for creating a comprehensive database of SSH outputs,Options,Combine European special SSH bibliographiesFurther enhance SSH coverage of Web of Science and / or Scopus (books!)Stimulate cre

23、ation and standardization of institutional research management systems Further stimulate institutional repositories,Four options: discussion,Further research,Exploration of Google Scholar / Book SearchFurther information-scientific and sociological studies of SSH fieldsHow to discriminate between scholarly and non-scholarly sources (pre-selection criteria),END,