Bibliometrics in Libraries
12th September 2013
Alain Frey
Strategic Business Manager
alain.frey@thomsonreuters.com
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Scholarly communication takes many forms, the
diversity of these forms ever increasing within
that vast resource we know as “the web”.
However, whether the physical medium is print or
electronic, primary authoritative dissemination of
written scholarly works is still driven by
conference proceedings, journals, and books.
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
While books are not often associated with “timely”
dissemination of information, scholarly books typically
provide an overall comprehensive analysis of a topic.
Thorough background information, historical context, and
discussion of related topics are all characteristics of the
scholarly book.
Simply put, books commonly provide a broader,
deeper, more-well rounded treatment of a topic than
journals and other forms of scholarly
communication.
For this reason books will continue to hold an extremely
important place within the immense, diverse universe that
is scholarly literature.
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
While we recognize the importance of books as
intellectual resources, they are in turn important to
the career ambitions of academicians.
In many fields of study the publication of a book is
viewed as essential for promotion and tenure,
particularly in the humanities.
Scholarly books, in more ways than one, are
integral to the world of higher learning.
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
As with everything
Thomson Reuters does
with content, quality is
extremely important.
All books will be reviewed
by our Editorial staff.
http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/bookcitationindex/
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
The Book Citation Index, within Web of Science
 Science and Social Science and Humanities -- coverage includes
publications back to 2005
 Content will be comprised of scholarly books, both electronic and print,
that present fully referenced articles of original research, or reviews of
the literature.

Both multi-authored and single-authored

Series and non-series

Encyclopedias, Reference Books generally not included, though
graduate level texts may be considered.
 Full indexing of Books and individually-authored Book Chapters.
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Capture of all fundamental bibliographic information as well as
author cited references.
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Commercial, Society, University press participation -Our Acquisitions efforts are still in full stride and have been under way for some time.
 We first approached Commercial publishers, such as Wiley-Blackwell and
Springer, given the sheer volume of material which they produce along with our
solid, longstanding relationships with this group.
 Society and University presses followed, and these groups are particularly
important to our Social Science and Arts & Humanities coverage.
Links to full text from the Book Citation Index is a priority as well, as it is for all Web
of Science content.
 We will of course employ primary mechanisms such as the DOI and OpenUrl.
Links from OPAC systems as well.
 We are also in conversations with e-book aggregators to establish direct links
to collections.
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Subject area coverage
SUBJECT AREA
COVERAGE
Agriculture/Biology
5%
Social & Behavioral Sciences
39%
Clinical Medicine
5%
Life Sciences
6%
Physics/Chemistry
12%
Engineering/Computing/Technology
11%
Arts & Humanities
22%
Social Sciences + Arts & Humanities -----
71%
Natural Sciences -----
39%
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
The Book Citation Index, within Web of Science
 As today 50.000+ books
• 10,000 new books added each year
• Reciprocal links to/from book records and book chapters
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Elinor Ostrom’s Book:
“Understanding Institutional Diversity”
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Elinor Ostrom’publications since
1965 in the Web of Science
Book
The Book
Book Chapter
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Elinor Ostrom’s book:
“Understanding International Diversity”
Full Text:
Single - Authored Book
Cited References: Fully
indexed and link to the citing
articles
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Citing articles of “Understanding International
Diversity”
174 publications in Biosis Citation Index
have cited this book
614 of these citations come from English institutes
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Elinor Ostrom’publications since
1965 in the Web of Science
Book Chapter
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Direct linking between the Book
Chapter and the actual Book
…and then display all
the chapters of the Book
with the direct linking
Run a Citation Report
of the combined
chapters of a multiauthor book to get the
Citation trend of the full
Book….
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Scientific Output – University of Sussex
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Scientific Output – Book Literature
University of Sussex
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Book Literature Citation Impact - University of Sussex
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
Book Literature Citation Impact - University of Sussex
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
University of Sussex
Art & Humanities Output
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
University of Sussex
Art & Humanities Output
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
University of Sussex
Art & Humanities Citation Influence
Citation Evaluation beyond journals – Book Citation Index
2011
2007
2003
Authoritative, integrated
Journal, Conference, and
Book content
2008
TimesCited
Author cited
references
2010
1998
1965
1930
2008
Related Records
1938
1984
1972
Bibliometrics in Libraries
12th September 2013
Alain Frey
Strategic Business Manager
alain.frey@thomsonreuters.com