Research Guides: Scholarly Metrics &amp; Impact: Additional Metrics Tools

Library Metrics

Using the OCLC WorldShare Analytics tool, the library can generate custom benchmark reports of the holdings of UO Libraries in comparison with most other libraries in the world, and can also generate lists of holdings from these other libraries. These comparisons and lists can be very broad-based, or can be very subject-specific, as defined by the LC Classification system.

Canned reports have been produced for 2015, and are available, comparing the UO Libraries to the following groupings; Other reports can be created on request:

Orbis Cascade Alliance (our regional consortium, 37 members)
Greater Northwest Library Alliance (our national consortium, 35 members)
Association of Research Libraries (124 members)
Association of American Universities (62 members)
Carnegie Research/Very High Universities (108 members)
Carnegie Research/High Universities (98 members)
Canadian Association of Research Libraries (32 members)
Non-Research Carnegie Universities with Medical Schools (18 members)

If interested in such data, please contact: Dave Fowler, dcfowler@uoregon.edu

Other Metrics Tools

Open Access Metrics Tools

Publish or Perish
An open access metrics tool. It's designed to allow individual researchers present their impact.

Other Analytics Tools

There are three major library/faculty analytics systems that are available. The Library subscribes to Web of Science, but not the other two.

Web of Science/InCites
The Library provides access to the Web of Science Core Collection (Science Citation Index (SCI) Expanded, Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Index, Emerging Sources Citation Index, and Medline), as well as BIOSIS Previews, the Korean Journal Database, the Russian Science Citation Index, the SciELO Citation Index and Zoological Record.

Our years of access for the various parts are:
Science Citation Index 1965-Current
Social Science Citation Index 1965-Current
Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1975-Current
Emerging Sources Citation Index 2015-Current
Medline 1950-Current
Biosis Previews 1969-Current
Korean Journal Database 1980-Current
Russian Science Citation Index 2005-Current
SciELO Citation Index 2002-Current
Zoological Record 1864-Current

In addition to their indexing and citation products, UO has Essential Science Indicators. We do not get their InCites analytics tool, which would allow H Index, industry, peer institution and international comparisons of faculty output from both here and other institutions. It can also measure research output of our faculty, and what journals they publish in, and are cited in, or Journal Citation Reports, which measures value and impact of high-quality refereed journals.
We also do not currently get: Biosis Citation Index, Data Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and the Derwent Innovations Index.

Fee Based Tools not subscribed to by UO

Elsevier Scopus/Scival

Elsevier - Scopus
The basic Scopus product is similar in many ways to the Web of Citation product that we have, that is, it provides abstract and citation data to journals, books, etc. Although owned by Elsevier, they maintain that it is “source neutral,” and does not inordinately favor Elsevier titles over those from other publishers.
Elsevier - SciVal
The Scopus analytics tool is called SciVal, and would offer generally the same types of comparisons that WoS InCites offers, though drawn from the Scopus dataset. SciVal is believed to be better in mapping multidisciplinary research, and emerging research areas, whereas InCites is more linear within fixed subject areas.
Elsevier/Plum Analytics
The UO Does not participate in any facet of Plum Analytics. It was previously owned by EBSCO, but was recently sold to Elsevier. PlumX Metrics have been absorbed into Scopus.

Web of Science vs. Scopus

In terms of comparison, Scopus has started to outstrip WoS in terms of numbers of indexed journals. It had weaker than WoS in the humanities and in some social science areas. Until recently, Scopus had indexed from only 1996 forward, whereas WoS goes back to 1900 (though our paid backfiles only go to 1965). Scopus now indexes back to 1788. Scopus also now cover books, patents and trade publications. One analysis has indicated that InCites is more of a straight benchmarking tool, and more useful to faculty, where SciVal is better at looking at your “market share,” and thus is may be better suited for administrators, evaluators and analytics specialists.

Head-to-Head Comparison

Web of Science
20,396 journals indexed
3,832 of the titles are Gold Open Access
94,066 books are indexed
197,792 conference reports, totaling 10,443,486 records, are indexed

Scopus
23,500+ journals indexed
4,000+ of the titles are Gold Open Access
194,000+ books are indexed
300+ trade publications are indexed
9,000,000+ conference papers are indexed