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SESSION FOUR: DISSEMINATION & IMPACT
SAM ASTONSCOTT TAYLOR
Humanities Information Skills PGR Module
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Definition of an Impact Factor
The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower ones.
Uses and Limitations
The IF is used to compare different journal titles in the same field
There are queries about the validity of the measure
The IF can be calculated using Web of Science, Scopus and Publish or Perish
How the IF is calculated
Sam Aston
200920082007
Source paper – published in 2009
Cited reference – published in 2007 or 2008
Citations
All Previous Years
2006 2010
2009 Impact Factor
Questions?
Are they useful for your research?
Are they useful for Arts & Humanities?
What ways can we demonstrate impact in Arts and Humanities?
How to create impact in humanities
Publishing a successful bookA published article being referred to
consistentlySubject expert in the media/eventPerformance/film/artwork/exhibition being
shownPopularisation of research e.g. Aleks Krotowski
IN GROUPS LOOK UP EACH OTHER USING GOOGLE AND
SEE WHAT YOU FIND.
Individual Digital Profiles
Background to institutional repositories (IR)
SECTION 1
There are different types of repository…
• …discipline specific, e.g. ERIC
• …funder-specific, e.g. PubMed
• …institutional, e.g. Manchester eScholar
There are different types of repository…
• …discipline specific, e.g. ERIC
• …funder-specific, e.g. PubMed
• …institutional, e.g. Manchester eScholar
What is an Institutional Repository (IR)?
An institutional repository is…
…an online locus for collecting, preserving, and disseminating – in digital form – the intellectual output of a research institution.
Which research institutions have IRs?
Why should I use an IR?
• Satisfy funder OA mandates • Increased chance of citation for your work
o Disseminate your ‘grey literature’o Drive traffic to OA published researcho Provide OA version of your subscription barriered research
• Find related research• Store for your work
What about copyright?
• All 7 research councils and the Wellcome Trust advocate open access on all published outputs of their funded projects.(Source: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies)
• Of the 328 publishers listed on SHERPA/RoMEO 58% allow postprint archiving without embargo.(Source: SHERPA/RoMEO)
• 70% of publishers formally allow some form of self-archiving.(Source: SHERPA/RoMEO)
Manchester eScholar: the basics
SECTION 2
Introduction to Manchester eScholar
• Manchester eScholar is the University of Manchester’s IR
• Developed in-house using open-source technologies by a permanent support team based in JRUL
• All PGR students have a My eScholar account
• Accessed by portal, eScholar home-page, faculty intranet
Quick facts
Quick facts
4,000 people
Quick facts
4,000 people
125,000 records
Quick facts
4,000 people
125,000 records
50,000 deposits last year
Breakdown of content types
ETD submission
• Mandatory electronic submission of your doctoral thesis• Stored by Manchester eScholar• Submit through Student Portal • You control access!
Round-Up
Bibliography
Arts and Humanities Research Council http://www.ahrc.ac.uk [11 October 2010]
Levitt, R et al Assessing the impact of arts and humanities research at the University of Cambridge. RAND Europe 2010.
Vitae website http://www.vitae.ac.uk [3rd August 2010]
