1. Quality in Research
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at the Organization for Nuclear Research... © Pierre Albouy / Reuters June 02, 2015
Customer Education Specialist
Amine Triki

2. Publish or Perish
Publish ………. or Perish
They Say:
Something is Missing !!!!!!!!

3. Challenges
Why to publish?
Where ?
When ?
How?
With Whom?

4. Why we Publish
Diffusion of Knowledge
Promotion
Sharing Ideas
Community belonging
Research Valorization
Getting Feedback
Professional Profile

5. Where to Publish
• Which journal? Indexed?
• How journals are classified? Which is better?
• Should I look at the Impact factor?
• Would my publications be accepted in high-IF journals?
• Open Access?

6. Today: What to Read

7. Contradictions?
Need a Benchmark
Research
papers?
Need a Model

8. Don’t forget benchmarking
• Indicators
• Planning
• Perform quality Research
• Differentiate and Evaluate
• Auto-Evaluation
• Decide
• PDCA

9. Citation Index, A Benchmark
American Documentation, Vol. 14, No.3 , p. 195-201 1963
Eugene Garfield Derek J. de Solla
Price
Price, DJD
Archives Internationale d'histoire Des Sciences
No 14, p 85, 1951

11. 2003 2007
2011
2008
1965
1998
2010
1930
Times
Cited
Related
Records
2008
1938
1984
1972
Author Cited
References
Authoritative, integrated Journal,
Conference, and Book content.
Citation’s benefits

12. Millions of Records
SCIENCE CITATION
INDEX EXPANDED
• 41.2 million records
• 1900-present
SOCIAL SCIENCES
CITATION INDEX
• 7.9 million records
• 1900-present
ARTS & HUMANITIES
CITATION INDEX
• 4.6 million records
• 1975-present
CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
CITATION INDEX
• 8.2 million records
• 1990-present
BOOK CITATION
INDEX
• 977,199 records
• 2005-present
CURRENT CHEMICAL
REACTIONS
• 212,622 records
• 1985-present
INDEX CHEMICUS
• 337,305 records
• 1993-present
DATA CITATION
INDEX
• 2.8 million records
• 1900-present
CURRENT
CONTENTS
CONNECT
• 18.1 million records
• 1998-present
BIOSIS CITATION
INDEX
• 22.8 million records
• 1926-present
ZOOLOGICAL
RECORD
• 4 million records
• 1864-present
MEDLINE
• 22 million records
• 1950-present
DERWENT
INNOVATION INDEX
• 22.9 million basic
inventions
• 1963-present
A comprehensive gateway to the most
relevant research information: reliable,
integrated, multidisciplinary

13. Thomson Reuters Journals Selection Policy
•Publishing Standards
– Peer review, Editorial conventions
•Editorial content
– Addition to knowledge in specific subject field
•Diversity
– International, regional influence of authors, editors, advisors
•Citation analysis
– Editors and authors’ prior work

14. Highly Cited Open Access Journals

15. Highly Cited Non-Open Access Journals

16. When to publish
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%ofdatabase
Articles Citations
40% of the journals:
• 80% of the publications
• 92% of cited papers
4% of the journals:
• 30% of the publications
• 51% of cited papers

17. When not to publish
Should I wait before publishing?
35 USD billions has been wasted developing things that are already
documented in a patent specification.(Source: British Patent Office, 2000)
Never forget to say when I should stop research on a given topic !

18. How to Publish
Research Methodology Topic, Research Area
Language
France

19. With Whom?
•Session on
Collaborations
Evaluation

20. Publish or Perish
Publish Wisely or Perish
They Say:
Thomson Reuters Say:

21. Please contact us on
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