Data and tools
The Finnish guidebook for publication metrics
Soon to be available in English also, The Finnish guidebook for publication metrics, is a broad introduction to basics of publication metrics to readers without prior knowledge about the field, written in large collaboration by metrics professionals at Finnish research libraries, the Finnish IT Center for Science, and many orger organizations.
English-language version is expected to be published during 2023.
Citation databases and analysis platforms
In addition to discovery of research outputs by keyword search or other methods, the citation databases usually also feature some publication metrics. Records of individuals publications show how many times they have been cited, and sometimes also more refined citation metrics normalized by time and research filed. Often the databases also feature researcher profiles, which list all research outputs authored by a person, and some aggregate metrics for the person.
University of Jyväskylä has purchased full access to the following citation databases. Access these by navigating to the resource from within the university network or via VPN, or by logging in using your university credentials if the resource supports SSO (i.e. when you log in with your @jyu.fi email address, the page bounces you to JYU domain page to enter your username and password. Do not enter your password directly on any page outside jyu.fi -domain!)
Dimensions
Dimensions is a citation database provided by Digital Science. In addition to research publications, Dimensions indexes grants and patents and links between all of these. The basic features are free, but University of Jyväskylä has also subscribed to Dimensions Analytics (log in using your JYU credentials), offering more tools to explore and analyze sets of entities. Dimensions Analytics also allows JYU users machine access to the Dimensions data using Dimensions Search Language, a very powerful and versatile tool for conducting publication metrics analyses at large scale. Access using the link above, from within JYU network or VPN, or by logging in at app.dimensions.ai using you JYU email address.
Scopus
Scopus is a citation database provided by Elsevier. Coverage across fields of research varies, being most comprehensive for natural sciences, technology and medical and health sciences. Scopus contains some analysis and visualization tools itself, for more see SciVal below. Access using the link above, from within JYU network or VPN.
SciVal
SciVal is an analysis platform based on Scopus data. University of Jyväskylä has purchased a license to this, so you can access and use it from within the campus network or using VPN. Publication coverage starts from 1996. Note that there are large differences in coverage for different fields of research.
SciVal features analysing publications by organization, by country, by research topic or topic cluster, or by publication platform. You can also define your own units of analysis, for example groups of researchers or publications.
Web of Science (WoS)
Web of Science is a citation database provided by Clarivate Analytics. Overall WoS has more narrow coverage than Dimensions or Scopus, excluding a large number of research outputs which the other databases do index. Coverage across fields of research varies, being most comprehensive for natural sciences, technology and medical and health sciences. Access using the link above, from within JYU network or VPN. .
Overton
Overton is a relatively new data source linking research publications and researchers to citations and mentions in policy documents (e.g. government publications, intergovernmental and non-governmental organization reports, think-tank articles) around the world, in multiple languages. The database can be used to discover, analyze and understand the societal impact of research, beyond just citations in other academic articles.