Seminar - Publishing for PBRF

Knowledge Management in Research 2 :Publishing for PBRF (Palmerston North only)
Date: Friday, 2 December 2005
Time: 08:45-12:00
Venue: Library Training Room

Modern research assessment exercises like PBRF emphasise the measurement of outputs, the most important of which are publications. An ability to interpret publication data and to make strategic decisions in the placement of published work is essential for the researcher seeking to enhance the reputation and standing of their work. Similarly it is important to be able to trace citations to published work, wherever these may appear.

This session aims to fulfil the following objectives: You will have:

• An understanding of the role of citation counts in research assessment and of their limitations;
• An understanding of the variations in bibliometric data between disciplines;
• An ability to make informed decisions on the choice of journals in which to publish;
• An enhanced ability to measure and interpret individual research outputs;
• Techniques to make individual research outputs more visible;
• An enhanced ability to track down citations of published work; and
• Opportunities for hands-on practice of techniques.

Issues that will be covered in this seminar are:

• the use of Web of Science and other sources to measure citation rankings of individual journals and within disciplines
• the use of Web of Science and other sources to measure citations of individual articles and books
• the use of "clustering techniques" in bibliographic databases to determine appropriate journals in which to publish specific research
• identifying key authors and their characteristics
• difficult cases and the limitations of the bibliometric approach
• the use of novel information sources like Google Scholar to locate citations
• the strategic use of keywords to attract readers to articles

Enrolments to: Sarah Cresswell