Computational Science & Mathematical Modelling: Bibliometrics

Understanding Metrics in Pure

There are three metrics providers on the Pure Portal supplying insights into how people are interacting with your research. Below we explain each type and where to find more information.

Please bear in mind when looking at these that metrics should always be used in conjunction with qualitative measures, have more relevance in certain disciplines and that the ones displayed on the Portal are a select few of the vast amount available.

Plum Print

PlumX aims to cover a large variety of research output types (67 in total) going beyond journals and conference papers to include things  such as videos, web pages, posters and exhibitions. They may provide more useful insights to research in the humanities and social sciences than more traditional measures.

The metrics are divided into 5 categories: Usage -  for example the number of downloads and clicks Captures - number of times an output is bookmarked/added to favorites, citations are saved Mentions - where the work is mentioned on Wikipedia, blog post, in the news etc. Social media - likes, shares, tweets Citations - when others refer to your research, a number of citation sources are included, for example, SSRN, PubMed and policy citations

When you click on 'see details' in the Pure Portal you can view more information for each category.  Click here for more information about PlumX.

Altmetric Doughnut

Altmetrics measure the number of times research is mentioned captured on different platforms for example news outlets, Twitter, Mendeley, blogs and Wikipedia. By clicking on 'See more details' in the Pure portal for each individual output you can view a geographical breakdown of where in the world your research has been picked up and any posts/articles mentioning the research.

Click here to find out more about Altmetrics.

Citations

Scopus citations are captured on articles, chapters, books and conference proceedings.  They are most relevant to the science and engineering disciplines. Often you will have insights from Altmetrics/PlumX prior to information from Scopus. 

The citation count shows how many times the publication has been cited by sources indexed in Scopus.  To view more details on the citation count and where the citations are sourced from you will need to use Scopus

What is Scopus

Scopus is a multidisciplinary database containing abstracts and cited references of peer reviewed literature, including journal articles, books and conference proceedings. It contains more than 7 million items, with cited references back to 1970 and more than 16 million author profiles. 

Information on the content coverage can be found here, you can also download the full list of journal and book titles included from there.

How do I access Scopus

Scopus is a subscription service which can accessed via this link - https://www.scopus.com/. Logging into Scopus is recommended even when on campus, this allows you to save searches and create alerts.

Searching Scopus

You can search Scopus for documents, authors or affiliations. Results can be ‘limited’ using the options on the left hand side of the screen by years, keywords, sources etc.

You can view each document in the list to see additional details including citation count, references, abstract etc. Groups of documents can be selected for further analysis or export from the menu bar above the results.

Managing author profiles in Scopus

Scopus profiles include total number of citations, publication history, ORCID id and affiliation. In some cases when you search for yourself you may find inaccuracies with your profile, the solutions for these are below:

• More than one author profile – check the box next to both the profile names and choose ‘request to merge authors’, follow the wizard to select preferred name, check documents and choose correct affiliation.
• Missing documents

1. On Scopus but not on your profile – in this case use the author feedback wizard or choose ‘request author detail corrections’ in your profile page and follow instructions.  Note you may need to provide a pdf copy of the output in some cases.
2. Not on Scopus – check the content coverage guide, if the guide indicates this should be included use the web form to contact Scopus.

• Incorrect affiliation – usually your affiliation updates once you have published a document indexed by Scopus under your current affiliation. However in cases where this doesn’t happen you can use the ‘request author detail coprrections’ option to choose which affiliation is displayed from ones you have published with.
• Missing ORCID ID – choose ‘add to ORCID’ option from your author profile screen, you can then sign into ORCID or register if you don’t yet have an ORCID ID and follow the instructions.

Additional information on the inter-operability between Scopus and ORCiD is available within the Open Access section of the libguide.

Metrics available in Scopus

• Journal metrics – CiteScore, SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) and Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
• Article metrics – PlumX, citations and Field weighted citation impact
• Author metrics – h-index, citation overview

Further information

For more help with Scopus see the support centre

What is SciVal

SciVal is an online tool which uses Scopus data from 1996 to present, in order to analyse research outputs, identify collaborative partnerships and see trends.

SciVal consists of 5 modules:

1. Overview – high level overview of researchers, institutions and groups
2. Benchmarking – comparisons between researchers, institutions and groups
3. Collaboration – Explore networks and identify potential collaborators
4. Trends – Investigate topics in depth
5. Reporting – Create reports tailored to specific needs

How do I access SciVal

SciVal is a subscription service which can be accessed via this link - https://www.scival.com. You can access SciVal using your password for other Elsevier products such as Scopus or Science Direct, if you have registered for these previously (note that you can use an institutional login option for Scopus, but this is not yet available for SciVal).

If you do not have personal log in credentials for any other Elsevier products you will need to register to use SciVal. To do this you will need to be on campus or be using remote anywhere. From the SciVal home page click register and complete the form. You will receive a confirmation email once complete.

How to use SciVal

You can use SciVal to

• Create groups of researchers
• Create publication sets
• Analyse research performance using a range of metrics across different disciplines

Metrics available in SciVal

There are over 30 different metrics available in SciVal, you should ensure you select appropriate metrics for your particular question and that you are aware of influencing factors such as size of group/number of outputs, discipline, time frame and coverage. 

For a full range of metrics available in SciVal see the metrics guidebook.

For a quick overview of some of the metrics used in SciVal and Scopus see the Quick Reference Cards.

Creating entities in SciVal

An entity in SciVal can be an institution, researcher/s, publication set, country or topic. Each entity apart from Coventry University needs to be added by the user. You can search for entities or create new ones.

1. Click on ‘My SciVal’ in the top menu bar and choose add new

2. Click on the entity type you are creating
3. Follow the instructions
4. Once created this is available for use within the SciVal modules and can be shared with colleagues

Coventry maintains some entities centrally, for example Research Centres in order to reduce the need for these to be recreated multiple times. These can be shared with other users on request, to enquire about this please email scival@coventry.ac.uk

Further information

For further help with SciVal visit the support centre or contact scival@coventry.ac.uk