Library Support for Researchers: Series 2: Understanding journal metrics before you submit

When deciding where to submit your manuscript, it’s important to understand common journal metrics to help you decide which journal is right for your research.

Below, we’ve listed some of the most common journal metrics. The “JCR Year” refers to the Journal Citation Report year, which is the individual year for which a metric is provided.

Metric Name	Metric Source	Metric Description
Impact Factor	Web of Science	The Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. The Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous years.
5-Year Impact Factor	Web of Science	The 5-year Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past five years have been cited in the JCR year. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the five previous years.
Altmetrics	(Any source)	Altmetrics go beyond more traditional citation metrics to measure social visibility around scientific articles. These metrics are based on a broad spectrum of indicators, such as tweets, blog mentions, news media, social bookmarking, article views, and downloads.
Eigenfactor	Web of Science	The Eigenfactor is based on weighted citations in the JCR year to papers published within the previous 5 years. Citations are weighted according to the prestige of the citing journal, with citations from highly ranked journals making a larger contribution to the Eigenfactor than those from poorly ranked journals.
Google Scholar Metrics	Google Scholar	The main Google Scholar journal metric is the H5 index and is based on articles published in the last 5 complete calendar years. This is similar to the h-Index but also includes the top cited h articles (h-core) and the median of the citation counts (h-median).
h-index	Web of Science, Google Scholar, or Scopus	The h-index attempts to measure the productivity and citation impact of the published body of work of an author. The h-index indicates the number of papers, h, that have been cited at least htimes (e.g. an h-index of 15 means that 15 papers have been cited at least 15 times each.) Note: Due to variations in citation coverage between databases, each source may determine a different value of the h-index for each author.
Immediacy Index	Web of Science	The Immediacy Index is the average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published. The Immediacy Index is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a given year by the number of articles published in that year.
SJR	Scopus	The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Indicator is based on weighted citations in Year X to papers published in the previous 3 years. Citations are weighted by the prestige of the citing journal, so that a citation from a top journal will have more impact than a citation from a low-ranked journal.
SNIP	Scopus	The Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) measures average citations in Year X to papers published in the previous 3 years. Citations are weighted by the citation potential of the journal’s subject category, thereby making the metric more comparable across different disciplines.

Source: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/find-a-journal/journal-metrics.html (Accessed on 12th November 2021)

Library Support for Researchers: Series 1: Journal Finder / Suggester: Find the Best Journal for Your Research Article

IEEE Publication Recommender: https://publication-recommender.ieee.org/home

Elsevier: https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

Springer: https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

Wiley: https://journalfinder.wiley.com/search?type=match

Taylor and Francis: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/choosing-a-journal/journal-suggester/

Open Journal Matcher: https://ojm.ocert.at/

AUTHORSHIP WORKSHOP FROM IEEE FOR SFIT STUDENTS ON 30th MARCH 2021 AT 11.00 a.m.

 

Registration Link has been shared with all T.E. and B.E. students of SFIT.

IEEE has been a renowned name in the field of Engineering for decades together. Publishing with IEEE is considered of standard importance when a researcher is making his / her work known to everyone.

Objectives:

To provide valuable advice to undergraduate students interested in learning more about publishing with IEEE

To understand the importance of publishing to their future careers.

To  learn about the IEEE Xplore Digital Library and the content available to assist in research.

This workshop offers valuable advice on everything from the IEEE publishing process, to basic writing tips and how to submit a manuscript. The goal of the workshop is to enable engineers, faculty, researchers, and authors to advance technology and their careers by enhancing their ability to get published and share their research with the scholarly community.

Number of Participants: 600

Mode: Online through Webex

Resource Person: D. Dhanukumar Pattanashetti

Outcome:

This free workshop helped students enhance their ability to get published and share their research with the scholarly community.

IEEE Author Workshop - Virtual for SFIT Faculties

 

Over this time, we have come to understand that being an early career researcher is difficult with the challenges of getting your research getting published in the right journal at the right time. To help all our faculties overcome this hurdle and aid them in their journey to Ph.D., the Learning and Information Resource Centre (Central Library) and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of St. Francis Institute of Technology in collaboration with IEEE had organized a Virtual Workshop for Authors.

The workshop covered the following topics:
. Benefits of getting published with IEEE
· Select the right Journal or Conference for your manuscript
· What editors look into your manuscript
· Why editors and reviewers reject papers
· Paper structure and organization
· Ethics and avoiding misconduct pitfalls
· Free tools available on Authorship from IEEE

The Session concluded with an Interactive Quiz to test the knowledge and understanding of the participants.

The winners are Chinmayee Bhange (Librarian), Dr. Anjali Chaudhari (ExTC) and Mr. Rajkumar Shende (CMPN). Many Congratulations!!

Online Resources from SFIT LIRC: Open Access Journals from SpringerOpen for Internet of Things

1. Research and Challenges of Wireless Networks in Internet of Things: Published in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
2. Recent Advances in Internet of Things Security and Privacy: Published in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.
3. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Towards constructive approach to end-to-end slice isolation in 5G networks EURASIP Journal on Information Security
4. An enhanced sum rate in the cluster based cognitive radio relay network using the sequential approach for the future Internet of Things​​​​​​​ Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences​​​​​​​
5. Fog orchestration for the Internet of Everything: state-of-the-art and research challenges​​​​​​​ Journal of Internet Services and Applications
6. Modeling the internet of things: a hybrid modeling approach using complex networks and agent-based models Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling​​​​​​​
7. Challenges and Requirements for the Application of Industry 4.0: A Special Insight with the Usage of Cyber-Physical System​​​​​​​ Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering​​​​​​​
8. Towards internet of things modeling: a gateway approach Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling
9. Future Digital Design and Manufacturing: Embracing Industry 4.0 and Beyond Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering​​​​​​​
10. Mobile multimedia crowd service cooperation control protocol based on opportunistic wavelet EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems
11. Cyber-physical-system-based smart water system to prevent flood hazards Smart Water 
12. AMBER: Advanced Mother Board for Embedded systems pRototyping EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems
13. Fast image recognition of transmission tower based on big data Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems​​​​​​​
14. A review on the influence of intelligent power consumption technologies on the utilization rate of distribution network equipment​​​​​​​ Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems​​​​​​​
15. Cybercrime: interdisciplinary approaches to cutting crime and victimisation in cyber space​​​​​​​ Crime Science​​​​​​​
16. Nanogenerators for Self-Powered Gas Sensing Nano-Micro Letters

Internet of Things Article Highlights

​​​​​​​Internet of things enabled real time water quality monitoring system

This paper presents a detailed overview of recent works carried out in the field of smart water quality monitoring. Also, a power efficient, simpler solution for in-pipe water quality monitoring based on Internet of Things technology is presented...



Medical long-distance monitoring system based on internet of things

To allow doctors to monitor the physical parameters of the patient’s body in real time and to understand the changes in the patient’s condition in time, the medical remote monitoring system based on the Internet of Things was studied...


Automatic classification of insulator by combining k-nearest neighbor algorithm with multi-type feature for the Internet of Things


New algorithms and architectures in the context of 5G shall be explored to ensure the efficiency, robustness, and consistency in variable application environments...


Unified performance measures in network localization


With the evolving Internet of Things, location-based services have recently become very popular. For modern wireless sensor networks (WSNs), ubiquitous positioning is elementary...



What is a smart device? - a conceptualisation within the paradigm of the internet of things


The Internet of Things (IoT) is an interconnected network of objects which range from simple sensors to smartphones and tablets...


Towards 5G cellular network forensics


The fifth generation (5G) of cellular networks will bring 10 Gb/s user speeds, 1000-fold increase in system capacity, and 100 times higher connection density. In response to these requirements, the 5G networks will incorporate technologies...


Contender waveforms for Low-Power Wide-Area networks in a scheduled 4G OFDM framework

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to interconnect objects using both existing communication technologies and new emerging technologies...


Scenarios for crime and terrorist attacks using the internet of things

The Internet of Things is a paradigm in which everyday items are connected to the internet and share information with other devices. This new paradigm also means that criminals and terrorists would be able to influence the physical world from the comfort of their homes...



Hitch Hiker 2.0: a binding model with flexible data aggregation for the Internet-of-Things

Wireless communication plays a critical role in determining the lifetime of Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems. In this paper, Hitch Hiker 2.0, a component binding model that provides support for multi-hop data aggregation is proposed...

Source: https://www.springeropen.com/p/engineering/internet-of-things

Resources for Research - Series 10 (VIDWAN - EXPERT DATABASE)

Expert Database and National Researcher Network

VIDWAN is the premier database of profiles of scientists / researchers and other faculty members working at leading academic institutions and other R & D organisation involved in teaching and research in India. It provides important information about expert's background, contact address, experience, scholarly publications, skills and accomplishments, researcher identity, etc. The database developed and maintained by Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) with financial support from the National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT). The database would be instrumental in selection of panels of experts for various committees, taskforce, established by the Ministries / Govt. establishments for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

Subject Category

• 4633 Agricultural Sciences
• 4112 Arts & Humanities
• 2390 Biological Sciences
• 3309 Chemical Sciences
• 20073 Engineering & Technology
• 5717 Medical & Health Sciences
• 6469 Physical Sciences
• 11915 Social Sciences

Reference:

https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/ (Accessed on August 20, 2020)

Resources for Research - Series 9 (SCIMAGO Journal Rankings)

 The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a publicly available portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.). These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains. Journals can be compared or analysed separately. Country rankings may also be compared or analysed separately. Journals can be grouped by subject area (27 major thematic areas), subject category (313 specific subject categories) or by country. Citation data is drawn from over 34,100 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers and country performance metrics from 239 countries worldwide. The SJCR allows you also to embed significative journal metrics into your web as a clickable image widget

This platform takes its name from the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator (PDF), developed by SCImago from the widely known algorithm Google PageRank™. This indicator shows the visibility of the journals contained in the Scopus® database from 1996.

In the above screen shot, the database was queried for the Domain - Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence as the Subject in the Country - United States.

It generated 45 Journals

with 7 of them being only Open Access Journals as follows:

1. Journal of Machine Learning Research

2 IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters


3 Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research


4 Computational Linguistics


5 International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems


6 Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing


7 Journal of Computer Science

SCIMAJOR also gives Country Rankings; an example of which is as given below. India ranks third in the given example.

SCIMAGOJR COUNTRY RANKINGS - https://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php

Reference:

https://www.scimagojr.com/index.php (Accessed on August 20, 2020)