Pat,
>>> I was very interested in the discussion earlier this year about the
bibliometrics training offered by libraries. Apart from face to face
training and online resources does your library offer any other types of
bibliometrics support? For example, do you calculate their h-index for
researchers? If so, what is the job title of the staff who provide this
service?
I've done some very basic bibliometric work for a number of departments
here comparing - using RAE 2008 data (which is very poor quality) - the
Journal Impact Factors of the journals our academics have published in
compared to various competitor universities. I've written a couple of
articles on JIFs and the H-index for our in-house magazine and I'm
always glad to advise academics on a one-to-one-basic, but so far that's
it.
I've only once been asked to calculate an academic's H-index (he needed
it for a promotion application at another university he was affiliated
to) and I advised him to sign up for the Web of Knowledge's
ResearcherID. Once he's done that he'll be able to record his articles
in WoK under his Researcher ID and, as far as I understand it, WoK will
calculate his H-index for him. I can't set up a ResearcherID for myself
(I don't do research) so I can't test it... Do you know any other way of
calculating an individual's H-index?
I look forward to seeing the feedback you get.
Andy
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Andrew Barrow
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University of Portsmouth
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