Using Google Scholar and Publish or Perish to manage research

1. HEDA Deans’ Workshop
Alan Amory

2. Outline

3. Software

4. Browsers
• Firefox
– http://www.firefox.com
– Zotero – integrated
• Chrome
– http://www.google.com/chrome
– Zotero – integrates via the stand-alone
version
• My preference – Chrome
• Select, download and install

5. Zotero
• Install
– Open Firefox and browse to
http://www.zotero.org  Download 
Zotero 3.0 Beta  Select the browser of
your choice
– Also install Word integration

6. Publish or Perish
• Visit http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm
and click Download and install Publish
or Perish

7. Referencing

8. Referencing
• Work with a colleague and visit
http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_s
tart_guide to learn about Zotero
• Surf to http://scholar.google.com
• Work with a colleague and find a
number of interesting papers related
to you research field
• Capture the references into Zotero

9. Referencing
• Open Word and ensure that Zotero is
integrated
• Add references in-text
• Add a biography
• Add a few more in-text references

10. Research Metrics

11. The software

12. Citation Metrics
Papers: 68 h-index: measures the cumulative impact of a
Citations: 635 researcher's output by looking ath-index by of
g-index: Aims to improve on the the amount
Years: 32 citation theirweight to received. articles.
giving more work age-related weighting to
hc-index: Add an has highly-cited
Cites/year: 19.84 each cited article, giving less weight to older
Cites/paper: 9.34 articles. hI-norm, hm-index: Three different
hI-index,
Cites/author: 305.1 ways to take account of shared authorship.
Papers/author: 41.08
Authors/paper: 2.1 AWCR, AW-index, AWCRpA: Three different
h-index: 10 ways to take account of the age of each
individual paper. differentiate between scientists
e-index: Used to
g-index: 24
hc-index: 5 with similar h-indices but different citation
hI-index: 3.85 patterns.
hI-norm: 7
hm-index: 6.58
AWCR: 51.06
AW-index: 7.15
AWCRpA: 29.26
e-index: 20.12

13. CitationB-rated
Mean
Metrics
Educationalist Executive
Papers: 68 50 75
Citations: 635 260 723
Years: 32 24 22
Cites/year: 19.84 10.6 32. 86
Cites/paper: 9.34 4.7 9.64
Cites/author: 305.1 165.2 337.37
Papers/author: 41.08 30.7 38.96
Authors/paper: 2.1 2.2 2.44
h-index: 10 [2]* 8 14 [5]*
g-index: 24 13 25
hc-index: 5 11
hI-index: 3.85 5.03
hI-norm: 7 10
hm-index: 6.58 10.48
AWCR: 51.06 87.67
AW-index: 7.15 9.36
AWCRpA: 29.26 40.73
e-index: 20.12 17.83
* Scopus

14. Citations
Citations
Scholar Scopus Reference
204 60 AMORY, A., K. NAICKER, J. VINCENT and C. ADAMS. 1999. The use of
computer games as an educational tool: 1. Identification of appropriate
game types and game elements. British Journal of Educational Technology
30: 311-322. (Impact factor: 1.255).
60 - AMORY, A. 2001. Building an Educational Adventure Game: Theory,
Design, and Lessons. Journal of Interactive Learning Research 12: 249-264.
(Impact factor: 0.435).
58 - AMORY, A. and R. SEAGRAM. 2003. Educational game models:
conceptualization and evaluation. South African Journal of Higher
Education 17(2), 206 – 217. (Impact factor: 0.308).
44 13 AMORY, A. 2007. Game Object Model Version II: A Theoretical framework
for educational game development. Educational Technology, Research &
Development 55(1): 51 – 77. (Impact factor: 1.183).
24 - AMORY, A.M., FORD, L., PAMMENTER, N.W. and C.F. CRESSWELL 1992. The
use of effects of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole to investigate the short term effects
of oxygen toxicity on carbon assimilation in Pisum sativum seedlings. Plant
Cell and Environment 186: 655-663. (Impact factor: 5.081).
None of the top citations (books) by the executive are listed in Scopus.

15. Your Metrices
• Use Publish or Perish to determine your
own or someone’s matrices
• Discuss with a colleague how you
could use this tool to support staff
development

16. But what about a community