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Publications in top citation percentiles

Scopus

  1. Login to Scopus.
  2. Click on the 'Author' tab.
  3. Search using your last name and first name or initial.  You can also add your affiliation.
  4. Click on your profile in the search results.  If you have multiple profiles, you can merge them in this screen.  It can take approximately 10 working days for changes to your profile to appear in Scopus.
  5. Click on the 'Author metrics' tab.

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  1. Scroll down the page.  This will show you the author's publications in the top 25% most cited for the last 10 years.

Click on Author Metrics…

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SciVal

Explore (using predefined publication periods)

  1. Login to SciVal.
  2. Click on 'Explore'
  3. If you haven't used SciVal before, you will need to define yourself.  Instructions here.
  4. Select the period you would like to analyse. 
  5. Click on the 'Summary' tab.
  6. Scroll down to 'Publications in Top 10% Citation Percentiles'. 
  7. Click on the check box to either select field-weighted or not.  Field-weighting this metric means that the Field-Weighted Citation Impact of publications is used to determine the percentile thresholds, rather than citations.  
  8. This metric shows the percentage of your publications in the selected period that are in the top 10% citaiton percentiles.
  9. Click on 'Analyze in more detail' to see the percentage of your publications in top journal percentiles over time, including the top 1%.

Compare (1996 onwards)

  1. Login to SciVal.
  2. If you haven't used SciVal before, you will need to define yourself.  Instructions here.
  3. Click on 'Compare'.
  4. Click on 'All metrics' under 'Benchmarking'
  5. Using the menu on the left side of the page, click on the person icon and select your name.
  6. Under the 'Benchmark all metrics' heading, select the period you would like to use.
  7. Click on 'Table' to get numbers, rather than a graph.
  8. There are several ways to select metrics in the Compare section.
    • Click on the down arrow on the metric displayed next to 'One metric over time'.
      1. Click on 'Cited'.
      2. Select 'Outputs in Top Citation Percentiles'.
      3. Select the appropriate citation percentile.
      4. Choose whether you would like the metric field-weighted.
      5. Choose whether you would like to include self-citations.
      6. Choose either the percentage of your publications or the number.
      7. Select the publication types you would like included. etc.
      8. Click on 'Add metric'.
    • Click on 'Manage multiple metrics'.
      1. Under the 'Metrics to add' section, you can choose what options you would like to apply to the calculation of the metric e.g. percentage or total value, publication types to inclue.
      2. Drag and drop 'Outputs in Top Citation Percentiles' to the 'Metrics in the table' section.
      3. Click 'Update metrics'.  
      4. The metric will default to the percentage of publications in the top 10% of citation percentiles.  To make changes, click on the down arrow next to the the metric in the table, select your preferred options and click on 'Choose metric'.
    • Click on 'Add metric'
      1. Click on 'Cited'.
      2. Select 'Outputs in Top Citation Percentiles'.
      3. Select the appropriate citation percentile.
      4. Choose whether you would like the metric field-weighted.
      5. Choose whether you would like to include self-citations.
      6. Choose either the percentage of your publications or the number.
      7. Select the publication types you would like included. etc.
      8. Click on 'Add metric'.
  9. If you've selected one metric, you will see the metric values for all years.  To get the overall metric for the whole period will be in the 'Overall' column.  If you've selected multiple metrics, the value shown under the metric headings will be for all the selected years.
  10. You can export to a spreadsheet or add to a report.

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InCites

Searching using WoS Researcher Profile

  1. Login to InCites.
  2. Click on 'Analyze' at the top left of the screen.
  3. Select 'Researchers'.
  4. Ensure the 'Person ID Type Group' is set to 'WoS Researcher Profile'.
  5. Enter your name in lastname, firstname format in the search box at the top of the page.
  6. Click on the correct result.  If you have multiple profiles select them all.
  7. Using the menu on the left side of the page, select your filters including publication date.  You can also choose what document types you would like to include/exclude using the 'Document type' filter.  For example, you may like to remove meeting abstracts from your results, or limit to articles and reviews etc.
  8. Click on 'Indicators' on the menu on the left side of the page.
  9. Select 'Documents in Top 1%' or 'Documents in Top 10%' for the numbers and '%Documents in Top 1%' or '%Documents in Top 10%' for the percentage of documents.
  10. Click '+Add'
  11. Click on 'Back to Indicators' to return to the menu.
  12. You can export your metrics by clicking on 'Download CSV'.  You can choose to download the overall metrics, or if you would like to see the metric for each publication year, select 'Trend Data'.

Searching using your ORCID iD

  1. Login to InCites.
  2. Click on 'Analyze' at the top left of the screen.
  3. Select 'Researchers'.
  4. Ensure the 'Person ID Type Group' is set to 'Unique ID'.
  5. Enter your ORCID iD in the search box at the top of the page.
  6. Click on the correct result.  If you have multiple profiles select them all.
  7. Using the menu on the left side of the page, select your filters including publication date.  You can also choose what document types you would like to include/exclude using the 'Document type' filter.  For example, you may like to remove meeting abstracts from your results, or limit to articles and reviews etc.
  8. Click on 'Indicators' on the menu on the left side of the page.
  9. Select 'Documents in Top 1%' or 'Documents in Top 10%' for the numbers and '%Documents in Top 1%' or '%Documents in Top 10%' for the percentage of documents.
  10. Click '+Add'
  11. Click on 'Back to Indicators' to return to the menu.
  12. You can export your metrics by clicking on 'Download CSV'.  You can choose to download the overall metrics, or if you would like to see the metric for each publication year, select 'Trend Data'.

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If you have multiple profiles in InCites, you can create a group to create combined metrics by selecting all the relevant profiles and then clicking on 'Create group' in the pop up box at the bottom of the screen and following the prompts.  Alternatively, you can select  'Baseline for All Items' using the 'Baseline' menu on the left of the page, if only your profiles are showing in the results.