The Leiden Manifesto under review: what libraries can learn from it

Coombs, Sarah; Peters, Isabella

doi:10.1108/dlp-01-2017-0004

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“…The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has developed a Scholarly Communication Toolkit on evaluating journals (Association of College & Research Libraries, 2018), which outlines ways to assess journal quality that go beyond metrics like the JIF. LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche) has established a working group which recently recommended increased training in metrics and their responsible uses (Coombs and Peters, 2017). The Measuring your Research Impact (MyRI) project (myri.conul.ie) is a joint effort by three Irish academic libraries to provide open educational resources on bibliometrics.…”

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Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations

McKiernan

Schimanski

Nieves

et al. 2019

eLife

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We analyzed how often and in what ways the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is currently used in review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) documents of a representative sample of universities from the United States and Canada. 40% of research-intensive institutions and 18% of master’s institutions mentioned the JIF, or closely related terms. Of the institutions that mentioned the JIF, 87% supported its use in at least one of their RPT documents, 13% expressed caution about its use, and none heavily criticized it or prohibited its use. Furthermore, 63% of institutions that mentioned the JIF associated the metric with quality, 40% with impact, importance, or significance, and 20% with prestige, reputation, or status. We conclude that use of the JIF is encouraged in RPT evaluations, especially at research-intensive universities, and that there is work to be done to avoid the potential misuse of metrics like the JIF.

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Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations

McKiernan

Schimanski

Nieves

et al. 2019

eLife

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139

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“…In addition, the Leiden Manifesto presented several principles that are mainly discussed from Coombs and Peters (2017) with respect to libraries by highlighting several practical recommendations about the development and provision of metrics services in libraries. Several principles of a high priority, for example, "Quantitative evaluation should support qualitative", "Keep data collection and analytical processes open, transparent and simple," and "Allow those evaluated to verify data and analysis," can contribute to make careful integration of various metrics (e.g., altmetrics) in library portals.…”

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“…Libraries play an important role when it comes to representing new metric information in their collections and making them accessible to library users since this step needs many education efforts (e.g., educate its users for the new tools). Moreover, the use of altmetrics in libraries must be carefully implemented, based on the principles (Coombs & Peters, 2017), because libraries must consider useful representation forms for altmetrics so that the users can understand the role that altmetrics play for a particular scientific output. Since this thesis is performed within the environment of ZBW, which offers the EconBiz portal for Economic and Business Studies literature, the contribution of this research is mostly related to EconBiz and can be applied to other libraries with an economic focus.…”

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Altmetrics for Digital Libraries. Concepts, Applications, Evaluation and Recommendations

Nuredini¹

2021

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I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Dr. Isabella Peters for supporting me during these past 6 years and for providing me guidance, encouragement, and kind advice throughout my research. She has been a key inspirational role model within my journey. I would also like to sincerely thank Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann and Dr. Tamara Pianos for allowing me to work and research in such an excellent environment at ZBW (Leibniz Information Centre for Economic). Moreover, a special thanks to my ZBW colleagues, especially Dr. Nicholas Fraser and Steffen Lemke, for their useful and inspiring feedback on my PhD. Thank you to Dr. Guido Scherp and Dr. Atif Latif for their generous feedback that helped me throughout the way. I would also like to thank Bernd Schlünsen for his collaboration and support with integrating altmetrics data in some articles of EconBiz, which I used for my survey. In addition, I would also appreciate Thomas Arpe from the University of Kiel (CAU) for helping me with any server-related issues that were encountered when hosting and accessing my research data. Likewise, I owe thanks to Altmetric.com and Mendeley for offering me the opportunity to access and use the altmetric data for this research. To my wonderful husband, Nico Wichmann, I thank you not only for dealing with the challenges of PhD life but also for supporting me during hard times and while writing this thesis. Last but not least, I would like to thank my parents, who, in their worse days, showed support and motivated me to continue to study and research. Finally, I would like to thank my lovely sister, who was always there for me when I needed her most.

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“…These documents call for a more balanced and fairer approach to the use of metrics in research evaluation, especially with regard to individuals (recruitment, staff promotion, scholarships, calls for mobility, grants, etc.). Bibliometric practitioners cannot ignore this perspective when designing and executing these types of studies, even though it could be argued it is “time-consuming, expensive and requires a significant increase in bibliometric expertise” ( Coombs and Peters, 2017 ). It is especially relevant for practitioners affiliated with institutions which are signatories of these manifestos.…”

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“…argued it is "time-consuming, expensive and requires a significant increase in bibliometric expertise"(Coombs and Peters, 2017). It is especially relevant for practitioners affiliated with institutions which are signatories of these manifestos.…”

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Bibliometric Reports for Institutions: Best Practices in a Responsible Metrics Scenario

Cabezas-Clavijo

Torres‐Salinas

2021

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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Carrying out bibliometric reports is one of the common tasks performed by librarians and practitioners within the framework of their professional duties. The emergence of novel data sources, the need to measure new research activities and the growing demand for fairer and more equitable evaluation within the framework of the Responsible Metrics movement has led to calls for a review of the traditional approaches to these types of reports. The main goal of this study is to outline a series of recommendations for bibliometricians, consultants and research support librarians when drafting bibliometric reports in their institutions. These best practices can significantly enhance the quality and utility of bibliometric reports, posing their practitioners as key players in the science management process.

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The Leiden Manifesto under review: what libraries can learn from it

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations

Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations

Altmetrics for Digital Libraries. Concepts, Applications, Evaluation and Recommendations

Bibliometric Reports for Institutions: Best Practices in a Responsible Metrics Scenario

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