1. The development of bibliometric and
citation analysis services
UKSG 37th Annual Conference – 14-16 April 2014
Stephen Pearson (Research Information Analyst)
& Scott Taylor (Research Services Librarian)

2. Which of the following best describes your
experience of bibliometrics?
A. I’ve carried out a citation analysis
as part of my work or my studies
B. I’ve used a database (e.g. Web of
Science, Scopus, Google Scholar)
to answer a question about
citations
C. I’m aware of citation databases,
but I’ve never used them
D. None of the above
A. B. C. D.
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3. Outline of the session
Introduction
Consultancy
services to
University
leadership
Reports for
Faculties and
Schools
Training

4. Outline of the session
Introduction
Consultancy
services to
University
leadership
Reports for
Faculties and
Schools
Training

5. ‘The Manchester Model’
• Academic Engagement
• Research Services
• Teaching and Learning
Services
Service Teams
(2012 onwards)
• Arts
• Business and
Management
• Engineering and Physical
Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Medical and Human
Sciences
• Social Sciences
Subject Teams
(up to 2012)

6. Some of the drivers for the restructure

7. Where we are
Research
Services
Bibliometrics
and Citation
Analysis
Business Data
Service
Institutional
Repository
Research Data
Management
Research
Resource
Management
and
Development
Scholarly
Communication
and Open
Access

8. Who we are
Citation
Services
Team
Research
Information
Analyst
Research
Services
Librarian

9. Outline of the session
Introduction
Consultancy
services to
University
leadership
Reports for
Faculties and
Schools
Training

10. Size of user base
University leaders and
research leaders
Research support staff
Research staff

11. Size of user base
University leaders and
research leaders
Research support staff
Research staff

12. Which article do you think is doing ‘best’ in
terms of citations received?
A. An article in the field of Cancer
Research published in 1996, which
has so far received 64 citations
B. An article in the field of
Communication Studies published
in 2001, which has so far received
16 citations
C. An article in the field of Classics
and Ancient History published in
2006, which has so far received 4
citations
A. B. C.
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13. Cancer Research
•64 citations for hypothetical 1996 article
•14,903 articles published in 1996
•Top 10% (1,491) articles cited >= 83 times
Communication Studies
•16 citations for hypothetical 2001 article
•1,507 articles published in 2001
•Top 10% (151) articles cited >= 32 times
Classics and Ancient History
•4 citations for hypothetical 2006 article
•995 articles published in 2006
•Top 10% (100) articles cited >= 3 times

14. Setting a target
Manchester
highly cited
papers:
22%
Manchester
target for
highly cited
papers: ???
Oxford
highly cited
papers:
29%
Harvard
highly cited
papers: 36%

15. Authors Title Year Journal
title
Cited by Subject Article in
1%?
Article in
5%?
Article in
10%?
Nock M.K. Self-Injury 2010 Annual
Review of
Clinical
Psychology
75
Wolfer A.,
Ramaswamy
S.
MYC and
metastasis
2011 Cancer
Research
27
Valiant L.G. Evolvability 2009 Journal of the
ACM
12
Shleifer A.,
Vishny R.W.
Unstable
banking
2010 Journal of
Financial
Economics
43
Carey S. Beyond fast
mapping
2010 Language
Learning and
Development
12
Bates R.H. State failure 2008 Annual
Review of
Political
Science
14
Narayana S.,
Sato Y.
DC magnetic
cloak
2012 Advanced
Materials
13
De Leon N.P.,
Lukin M.D.,
Park H.
Quantum
plasmonic
circuits
2012 IEEE Journal
on Selected
Topics in
Quantum
5

16. Authors Title Year Journal
title
Cited by Subject Article in
1%?
Article in
5%?
Article in
10%?
Nock M.K. Self-Injury 2010 Annual
Review of
Clinical
Psychology
75 Psychiatry
and Mental
Health
Yes
Wolfer A.,
Ramaswamy
S.
MYC and
metastasis
2011 Cancer
Research
27 Cancer
Research
Yes
Valiant L.G. Evolvability 2009 Journal of the
ACM
12 Artificial
Intelligence
Yes
Shleifer A.,
Vishny R.W.
Unstable
banking
2010 Journal of
Financial
Economics
43 Accounting Yes
Carey S. Beyond fast
mapping
2010 Language
Learning and
Development
12 Education Yes
Bates R.H. State failure 2008 Annual
Review of
Political
Science
14 Sociology and
Political
Science
Yes
Narayana S.,
Sato Y.
DC magnetic
cloak
2012 Advanced
Materials
13 Materials
Science
Yes
De Leon N.P.,
Lukin M.D.,
Park H.
Quantum
plasmonic
circuits
2012 IEEE Journal
on Selected
Topics in
Quantum
5 Atomic and
Molecular
Physics, and
Optics
Yes

17. Climbing the league table

19. Informing collaboration

20. Articles in Medicine by Manchester academics receive on average just over
twice as many citations as the world average. What do you think is the
equivalent figure for articles in Medicine co-authored by Manchester
academics with Harvard academics?
A. 4-5 times as many citations as the
world average
B. 8-9 times as many citations as the
world average
C. 16-17 times as many citations as
the world average
A. B. C.
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21. The big picture

22. Shared research strengths

23. Exciting possibilities

24. Outline of the session
Introduction
Consultancy
services to
University
leadership
Reports for
Faculties and
Schools
Training

25. Size of user base
University leaders and
research leaders
Research support staff
Research staff

26. Size of user base
University leaders and
research leaders
Research support staff
Research staff

27. Standard reporting

28. Standard reporting

29. Standard reporting
Demo

30. Standard reporting
Script
automation
(Python)
Ready-made
clusters
Citation
centile
thresholds

31. Outline of the session
Introduction
Consultancy
services to
University
leadership
Reports for
Faculties and
Schools
Training

32. Citation training

33. Training

35. Thank you!
Questions?

36. Image credits
•Slide 13: Cancer image: Ed Uthman (CC-BY)
•Slide 13: Communication image: Yutaka Tsutano (CC-BY)
•Slide 13: Classics image: P.J. Hault (CC-BY)
•Slides 14 and 19: University of Manchester image: ‘raver_mikey’ (CC-BY)
•Slide 14: Archery target image: Alberto Barbati (CC-BY-SA)
•Slide 14: University of Oxford image: Jimmy Harris (CC-BY)
•Slides 14 and 19: Harvard University image: Kellly DeLay (CC-BY)
•Slide 17: Shanghai Jiao Tong University image: Qi Lin (Christopher) (CC-BY)
•Slide 24: Sweets image: Darren Johnson (CC-BY)