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Singapore Management University

Library and Information Science

2015

Research impact

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A New Iris: Better Integration Of Research Outputs And Tracking Of Research Impact, Pin Pin Yeo Oct 2015

A New Iris: Better Integration Of Research Outputs And Tracking Of Research Impact, Pin Pin Yeo

Research Collection Library

SMU moved from an in-house research publications solution to a commercial solution with integrated workflows for research management. The Library is the module lead for the Publications Module. The new Integrated Research Information System (IRIS) went live with the Publication Module as the first module in July 2015. The presentation covers the features of the new IRIS, the challenges of going live with the module, the benefits of the new IRIS. IRIS comes with new functionalities and integration with Scopus, Web of Science, and SherpaRomeo. This gave the Library opportunities to improve workflows, to review the system, to put in …


Comparison Of Altmetrics Across Multiple Disciplines: Psychology, History, And Linguistics, Tint Hla Hla Htoo, Jin-Cheon Na Apr 2015

Comparison Of Altmetrics Across Multiple Disciplines: Psychology, History, And Linguistics, Tint Hla Hla Htoo, Jin-Cheon Na

Research Collection Library

Since their emergence in 2010, altmetrics as new indicators of research impact receive considerable attention from scientometricians and various other parties including librarians, who have long been providing citation analysis and bibliometric services in academic and research institutions. Despite their rapid popularity, the validity of altmetrics in research evaluation is not yet clear. One way of assessing a new metric for its suitability in research evaluation is to find out its correlation with an established source of evidence. This study investigates the correlation between altmetrics and citation count in Psychology, History and Linguistics disciplines. In addition, the study also explores …