WORKSHOP ON BIBLIOMETRIC TOOLS

All India Management Association (AIMA) conducted a Workshop on ‘Bibliometric Tools and Techniques for Measurement and Evaluation of Research Output’ at AIMA, Lodhi Road, New Delhi during 25th - 26th July, 2014. Dr. Manju Dahiya, Librarian, Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida attended the workshop.

The aim of the workshop was to bring together researcher from different domains and familiarize them with Bibliometric Techniques for research evaluation. The workshop was designed to throw light on various approaches to visualize search and move towards a deeper understanding of this research challenge.

The resource persons for the workshop were Dr. G. Mahesh (Head, National Science Library) and Mr. Y. Panwar (Scientist, NISCAIR). The workshop was inaugurated at 9:30 AM by Dr. Raj Agarwal (Director, AIMA) who emphasized the importance of Bibliometrics. Bibliometrics a generic term for data about publications.Single period statistics provide a snapshot of research performance, time-series provide insight into the change in output and impact over time. Nearly all in-depth bibliometric studies provide some type of time series analysis.

Mr. Panwar explained the Evaluation of Scientific Research Output through Bibliometric Methods like productivity, total recognition /influence, indirect recognition/influence, efficiency, relative impact/benchmarking, specialization and trend analysis and measurement of scientific outputs and outcomes, drawing information on publications and citations by means of statistical methods. He explained the Expected Citation Rate (ECR). It indicates how often a paper is expected to be cited based on its year of publication, journal, and article type. ECR represents the average citations per paper for the cohort of papers having these same attributes. Just like fields, different article types exhibit different average rates of citation. For example, letters to the editor, meeting abstracts, and correction notices are generally much less cited than original research reports and reviews.

Post lunch Citation Databases: Hands On and Quality Indicators were discussed in detail.

Dr. G. Maheshcovered Recent Trends in Bibliometrics, Altmetrics and Future of Bibliometrics. He said that measure of association between highly cited papers is used to form the clusters. That measure is the number of times pairs of papers have been co-cited. Clusters are formed by selecting all papers that can be linked together by a specified co-citation threshold.

Dr. Mahesh gave a training on how to use Google Scholar and Web of Sciences databases and explained, how to cite the Journal on the software’s PoP & Histcite and BibExcel. At the end of the session, he shared some important links.

The workshop concluded at 6:00 PM with Vote of Thanks by Mr. Rumma Sharma, Dy. Director of AIMA.