Bibliometric Services
Bibliometrics can assist you in evaluating published research results (e.g., books, articles, conference proceedings), assessing the impact of basic and applied research, or in making decisions about funding (scientometrics).
Most of this is done by using citation metrics (assessed via citation analysis methods). The main source of these metrics are citation databases, such as Web of Science and Scopus.
If you would like to discuss searching in citation databases in detail or better understand scholarly metrics, please schedule a consultation. (up to one hour).
Sample consultation topics
- Learn to effectively search citation databases.
- Quickly find your publications and h-index variants.
- Manage your published output with author identifiers (ORCID, ResearcherID, Scopus Author ID).
- Evaluate journal impact factor or other citation metrics.
Publication Overview with Citation Counts
We can prepare a customized citation report for you based on provided information such as an author's name or particular research field.
For these reports, we primarily use citation databases and resources such as Scopus, Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, and Google Scholar.
This service is conducted for a fee and not provided for students (except PhD candidates); for detailed information, see Rules for use of consultation and information retrieval services.
Web of Science and Scopus are citation databases of scientific literature. They help you identify reliable sources of information, because of the strict conditions journals need to fulfill to be indexed in these databases (WoS, Scopus).
Furthermore, both these databases enable to determine the most important articles, authors, journals, or conferences in your field through results analysis (WoS, Scopus).
Both Web of Science and Scopus are licensed databases, you can access them via NTK or another institution's subscription, or subscribe to them individually, if you are not affiliated with an academic institution.
NTK Materials
- Introduction to Web of Science & Scopus: NTK webinar (slides and recording) that includes step-by-step instructions for using Web of Science and Scopus (e.g., author search, h-index, journal search, quartiles).
- Web of Science & Scopus II: Using Citation Databases to Foster Your Research : NTK webinar (slides and recording) focusing on the more advanced uses of these databases such as advanced search, result analysis, or author profiles and identifiers.
Open resources
- List of indexed journals:
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Comparing Citation Analysis Sources (University of Michigan Library)
- Ranking journals & h-index (UMICH): Guide about citation databases, impact factors, journal rankings, h-index, altmetrics, and more created by the University of Michigan (US) Library. Contains useful overviews of these topics and many links to additional materials and tutorials.
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Web of Science training videos: Web of Science Search tips, New Web of Science series
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Scopus training videos: Tutorials, How to make corrections to your author profile
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2-Min Metric series (HKBU): The 2-Min Metrics series of videos from Hong Kong Baptist University aims to raise awareness about metrics issues and to facilitate the appropriate use of research impact metrics. Includes brief explanation of impact factor and h-index.