Request publication analyses and visualisations

Publication analyses can provide information on research productivity, scientific impact, subject profiles, or patterns of cooperation with other universities and external actors. The units of analysis can be SLU, faculties, departments, units or individual research groups.

Contact us at library@slu.se and briefly describe your needs and we will get back to you.

We prioritise assignments for management and strategic functions first and research groups and individual researchers second. The service is free of charge.

Impact and visibility in the scientific community

Impact is usually measured by different types of citation indicators. The indicators used are well-established in the research community and are always field normalised, i.e. the publications analysed are compared with other publications with similar conditions, such as the same subject area, the same year of publication, and the same document type. The indicators we use take into account the Leiden Manifesto, DORA or CoARA. Indicators such as the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) or the H-index are not used.

Examples of indicators the library can deliver:

• TopX% - measures the proportion of journals or publications in the top 1%, 5%, 10% or 20% most cited by subject area, publication period or type.
• MNCS (mean normalised citation score) - measures the impact of publications by comparing the number of citations with the expected number of citations to the publication based on the publication's subject categories, year of publication and type. Example: an MNCS value of 1.5 means that the publication is cited 50% more than the world average.
• MNJS (mean normalised journal score) - ranks the citation rate of journals in any subject area by comparing the number of citations with the expected number of citations to journals in the same subject categories and publication period. Example: an MNJS value of 1.5 means that the journal is cited 50% more than the world average.

Dissemination of research beyond academia

Altmetrics, or alternative metrics, summarise different ways of tracking how a scientific work is recognised in society and in the media. These include social media mentions, the use of research in policy and government documents, and patent citations.

SLU has a subscription to the Altmetric Explorer tool. Using your SLU email address you can create an account and explore SLU's mentions outside academia at faculty, department or researcher level.

• Altmetric Explorer

Please contact us at library@slu.se if you would like a briefing on the tool.

Network visualisations of collaborations or subject areas

Visualisations of different types of networks can provide a quick overview as well as a broader understanding of, for example, co-publications between different organisations or subject profiles of, say, an institution. The images below show examples of visualisations.