This document discusses strategies for improving citation scores and research impact, including publishing in high-impact journals in relevant subfields, maintaining a consistent author name, advertising your work, writing high quality papers, and engaging in international cooperation. It provides examples of journal impact indicators and analyzes the effects of various factors like open access and research field on relative citation impact.

1. Publication strategy Marianne Renkema & Wouter Gerritsma Wageningen UR Library

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4. Increase in impact

7. Effect of high journal impact Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl) 81,937 6,307 1,151 3,116 8,903 Publications 1.20 1.32 Alle NU 1.13 1.23 WUR 1.09 1.12 UvT 1.32 1.35 UT 1.31 1.56 EUR Journal Impact Citation Impact

9. Example of journal indicators 42 0.146 12.85 60 2.861 TRENDS FOOD SCI TECH 51 0.372 11.68 86 2.937 NUTR REV 39 0.292 9.18 97 2.945 J NUTR BIOCHEM 43 13.27 48 3.411 P NUTR SOC 30 0.396 8.94 95 3.676 CURR OPIN CLIN NUTR 39 0.301 17.10 40 3.805 CRIT REV FOOD SCI 91 0.388 15.24 527 4.009 J NUTR 73 0.544 17.09 276 4.055 INT J OBESITY 118 0.695 23.87 373 6.562 AM J CLIN NUTR 62 1.486 46.22 22 10.449 ANNU REV NUTR 50 2.165 41.50 22 12.235 PROG LIPID RES h-index SJR Cites/paper Articles IF

10. Effect of subfield in ESI Relative impact of a research institute 1.84 2.26 2.08 2.06 All subfields 1.73 - 0.57 1.70 Microbiology - 1.11 1.81 1.73 Clinical medicine - 1.76 - 1.76 Chemistry 1.09 0.44 1.55 0.91 Biology & biochemistry 3.60 3.87 3.86 3.82 Agricultural Sciences Group 3 Group 2 Group 1 All groups Subfield

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16. Increased Impact? Advertise yourself

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20. Effect of cooperation on relative impact Source: Wetenschaps- en Technologie- Indicatoren 2008 (www.nowt.nl) impact % output impact % output 1.53 44 1.15 25 Alle NU 1.27 49 1.12 21 WUR International cooperation Without cooperation