How to increase your Citations

lecture on how to increase your published papers citation numbers

1. HOW TO INCREASE
YOUR CITATION

2. Assoc. Prof. Dr.
HasanainFaisalGhazi
•MBChB (University of Baghdad)
Master & PhD (UKM, Malaysia)
•Publication:
93 Full papers (58 in SCOPUS)
H Index = 11
•Editor in Chief, Global Journal of Public
Health Medicine.
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3. Why Citation Matter
1.Quality of your Research
2.Key Performance Index (KPI) & H-index
3.University Ranking
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4. SCOPUS
WOS (CLARIVATE)
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
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5. How to increase Your Citation
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6. Title & Keywords
vWatchyourtitlelengthandpunctuation
•Theimpactandinfluenceofresearchpaperscanbeadverselyaffectedby
longtitles,toomanyauthorsandpoorpunctuation(2016).
•Basedonareviewofmorethan150,000paperssubmittedtotheUK’s
ResearchExcellenceFramework(REF)databasein2014,itisfoundthat
articleswithmoresuccinct(short)titleshadhighercitationcounts,asdid
thosewithfewerauthors.
•Thestudyalsofoundthatcitationsincreasedwiththeuseofcolonsinthe
title,butdecreasedwiththeuseofquestionmarks.
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7. Uses of colons
1.Tointroduceelementsofalist.
•Thestudy'spopulationconsistedofthefollowinggroups:students,faculty,andstaff.
2.Toelaborateonastatement.
•Theresearchquestionwasasfollows:Whatareteachers’perceptionsofteachingtothe
CommonCoreStateStandards?
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9. vAvoidmentioningacountryinyourtitle,abstractorkeywords
•Paperswithcountrynamesinthetitle,abstractorkeywords
systematicallyreceivefewercitations,andarepublishedinjournals
withlowerimpactfactorscomparedtopaperswithoutcountrynames
inthesamefields.
•Theresultofananalysisof456,710publicationspublishedbetween
2004and2011,suggeststhatcountry-levelstudiesmaybeless
appealingtotheinternationalcommunitycomparedtobroaderstudies
onthesamesubject(Scientometrics,2017)
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10. vCarefullychooseyourkeywords
•Choosekeywordsthatresearchersinyourfieldwillbesearchingfor
sothatyourpaperwillappearinadatabasesearch.
•Useyourkeywordsandphrasesinyourtitleandrepeatedlyinyour
abstract.Repeatingkeywordsandphraseswillincreasethelikelihood
yourpaperwillbeatthetopofasearchenginelist,makingitmore
likelytoberead.
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11. Name & Affiliation
vUseaconsistentformofyournameonallofyourpapers
•Usingthesamenameonallofyourpaperswillmakeiteasierforotherstofindallof
yourpublishedwork.
•Makesurethatyourinformationiscorrect.Checkthatyournameandaffiliationare
correctonthefinalproofsofyourmanuscriptandcheckthatthepaper’sinformation
isaccurateindatabasesearches.
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12. Publish Review Articles
•Reviewarticlesarecommonlyusedtoprovideabroadoverviewofa
particulartopicbysynthesizingtheexistingresearchinthatarea.
Becauseofthisformat,theyareoftenamongajournal’smostreadand
highlycitedarticles.
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13. Consider Open Access
•Somestudieshavesuggestedthatopenaccesspapersarecitedmore
oftenthanarticlesthatareonlyavailabletosubscribers.Onethingis
certain:openaccesscontenthasthepotentialtoreachamuchwider
audience,andachievegreaterimpact.
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14. Present your work at conferences
•Althoughconferencepresentationsarenotcitedbyotherothers,this
willmakeyourresearchmorevisibletotheacademicandresearch
communities.
•Conferencesaregreatplacefornetworking&collaboration.
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15. Use social media
•Providelinkstoyourpapersonsocialmediaandyouruniversityprofilepage.
vFacebook
vTwitter
vResearchGate
vAcademia
vLinkdin
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16. Altmetrics…isatermtodescribeWeb-basedmetricsforthe
impactofscholarlymaterial,withanemphasisonsocialmedia
outletsassourcesofdata”(Shemaetal.2014).
•IMPACT STORY
•Almetrics
•PlumX
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20. Actively promote your work
•Talktootherresearchersaboutyourpaper,evenonesnotinyourfield,
andemailcopiesofyourpapertoresearcherswhomaybeinterested.
Createablogorawebsitededicatedtoyourresearchandshareit.
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21. Visual Abstract
•AVisualAbstractisagraphicsummaryoftheinformationfromthe
abstractofanarticlethatismeanttoconveykeyfindingsinabrief
format.TheVisualAbstractservesanadjuncttohelpreadersquickly
findthecontentmostrelevanttothemthattheywanttopursuefurther
andread.
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24. Video Abstract
•AVideoAbstractisanaccompanyingfeatureforresearcharticlesthat
shouldattractviewerstothescientificpaper.
•TheaimoftheVideoAbstractistopromotethehighlightsofyour
study.
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25. Publish Hot Topics
•Thiscouldbeastandalonearticleforaregularissue,oraspecial
section,issue,orsupplementwhichexaminesthethemeinmore
detail.
•Example:Covid-19
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26. Cite Previous work
•Only if it is relevant to current research
•Too much will be self –citation
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27. THANYOU
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