Conferences & Publications
aap/PSP
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers Journals Committee Presents…
Citation Analysis & Evaluating Research Performance
The Impact Factor, h-index and beyond
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY
Who Should Attend: Anyone involved in journals publishing, marketing, sales or editorial management and strategy; librarians involved in collection management.
The session will look at the current environment where a number of metric tools are available to measure research performance and trends. Starting with ISI’s impact factor which has been the cornerstone of citation analysis for decades, we will also look at some newly emerging methodologies – the h-index, Eigenfactor and SCImago Journal Rank – that analyze bibliographic data in different ways. The indicators are used by many people throughout the world of research and scholarship – authors in deciding where to publish; funding agencies in evaluating grantees and new grant proposals; administrators in making hiring, promotion and tenure decisions; publishers in managing journal quality and keeping abreast of new and emerging research trends; librarians in managing journal collections and, finally, the readers who want to know where to find reliable, high-quality information. The seminar will address the following issues:
Moderated by:
John Tagler, Vice President & Executive Director, Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers, Inc.
1. The basic metrics of measuring research performance
James Pringle, Vice President, Product Development, Thomson Reuters
- Impact factor, h-index, Eigenfactor, SCImago Journal Rank
- What do these metrics reveal?
- How can these be used reliably?
2. How a publisher uses these metrics to manage a publishing program
Christine Rullo, Publishing Director, Elsevier
- Assessing a current journal and/or journal program
- Case study/example of
- Monitoring trends (emerging subfields, shifting dynamics, geographic trends)
- A pulse on the competition
3. Using Metrics in Journals Marketing
Matt Price, Director, Sales & Marketing, American Chemical Society
- Positioning and promoting journals
- Case studies on a new and an established journal
4. Collection Management: How do librarians view journal metrics?
Carol Feltes, University Librarian, Rockefeller University
- Selecting new titles
- De-selection (a polite word for cancellation?) decisions
- Balancing a collection – within the institution and within consortia
This will be an interactive session, so bring your questions for the panelists.
If you feel that this flyer would benefit others in your organization, please circulate this announcement.