Peranan
Pusat Sitasi Malaysia =
The role of Malaysian
Citation Centre
Prof.Madya Dr Abrizah Abdullah
Timb. Pengarah, Pusat Sitasi Malaysia
http://mcc.um.edu.my/en/
BENGKEL EDITOR JURNAL MALAYSIA
Memperkasakan Jurnal Malaysia : Empowering Malaysian Journals
Issues to access Malaysian scholarly
journals
 Scholarly journal audit exercise
 What does MCC do?
 MCC’s products and services

◦ MyCite & MyJurnal
◦ Challenges & prospect

Implication to stakeholders: journal
editors, researchers, librarians.
Scope of presentation
I will start by highlighting
problems expressed by
stakeholders of scholarly
journal publishing which was
extracted from workshops,
seminars, conferences and
conversations.
Problems expressed by journal publishers
• Not getting enough articles to
publish
• Not getting quality articles
• Not supported with clerical
assistants
• Don’t know whether people
can easily access my journal
• Don’t know who is citing
articles I publish
• Don’t know how to get my
journal indexed
• Does my journal has an
impact in Malaysia
• How can I prove to
management that my journal
has quality?
• Don’t know the best practices
for e-journal publishing
• Where / how to access
Malaysian journals in my
field?
• Is there an online repository
of Malaysian journals?
• Are the journals refereed?
• What are IF of the journal?
• What is journal’s frequency?
• How can I get infor about
instructions to authors?
• Is there an e-version of a
journal? Can I submit
online?
• Who is citing my articles in
Malaysian journals?
• What is my h index in
Malaysia?
• Are Malaysian journals
indexed by ISI, Scopus or
any indexes?
Problems
expressed by
authors,
researchers
Problems
expressed by
information
professionals/
librarians
• Is there a master list
of Malaysian journals?
• Is the list available
online?
• Who is responsible for
maintaining such a
list?
• How can I locate
Malaysian journals to
purchase or subscribe
for the library?
• How can I help show
my university the
performance of our
own journals? The
total cites, h index?
Indexation by MyAIS
Results of our journal audit
(Zainab, A.N., Sanni, S.A., Edzan, N.N. & Koh, A.P. 2012. Auditing
scholarly journals published in Malaysia and assessing their visibility.
Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Vol. 17. no. 1,
April: 65-92
Journals by Type of Publishers
Publishers
Government
Societies
Universities
Private
TOTAL
No of
Journals
Percentage
96
104
257
7
464
20.6
22.4
55.5
1.5
100.0
Journals by broad
disciplines
Broad fields
Arts, humanities,
social sciences
(AHSS)
Sciences,
technology,
engineering,
medicine (STEM)
TOTAL
No of
journals
Percentage
265
57.1
199
42.9
464
100.0
Frequency & format
Frequency
No of journals Percentage
Annual
259
55.8
Bi-annual
167
36.0
Tri-annual
10
2.2
Quarterly
25
5.4
>4 issues
3
0.6
464
100.0
No of journals
Percentage
Print
272
62.9
Hybrid
145
31.3
Online
27
5.8
TOTAL
464
100.0
TOTAL
Format
Visibility:Malaysian journals in
WoS (n=9)
No Title
JCR 2011
JIF
Scimago
Journal
Rank 2011
Quartile
S=Scopus,
W=WoS
N/A
N/A
N/A
0.804 (30/33)
0.053
Q4(W), Q2 (S)
1
Al-Shajarah
2
Bul Mal Math Sci Soc
3
J Oil Palm Res
0.237 (116/128)
-
Q4 (W)
4
J Rubber Res
0.297 (75/78)
0.031
Q4 (W); Q3 (S)
5
J Trop Forest Sci
0.467 (44/59)
0.035
Q3 (W); Q2 (S)
6
Mal J Comp Sci
0.167 (107/111)
0.030
Q4 (W) Q3 (S)
7
Mal J Lib Infor Sci
0.381 (60/83)
0.027
Q3 (W) Q3 (S)
8
Sains Malaysiana
0.268 (39/55)
0.031
Q3 (W); Q3 (S)
9
Trop Biomed
0.804 (30/33;
15/20)
0.053
Q4 (W); Q3 (S)
Malaysian Journals in WoS &
Scopus by Publisher Type
Publishers
Government
Societies
Universities
Private
TOTAL
No of
Journals
Percentage
of 464
7
15
29
0
51
1.5
3.2
6.2
0
10.9%
Malaysian Journals in WoS &
Scopus by Broad Fields
(10.9%)
Broad fields
Percentage
Science
Medicine
Engineering
No. of
journals
18
10
4
Arts, humanities
Social sciences
Miscellaneous
TOTAL
5
10
4
51
9.8
19.6
7.8
100.00
35.3
19.6
7.8
Journals in WoS & Scopus
by Universities (6.2% of
total)
Universities
Scopus
WoS
Total
UIA
-
1
1
UKM
5
1*
5
UM
7
2*
7
UNIMAS
1
-
1
UMT
1
-
1
UPM
7
-
7
USM
6
1*
6
Taylors UC
1
-
1
28
5
29
TOTAL
Result

MOHE established Malaysian Citation
Centre in February 2011 to improve the
situation.
 Location: FCSIT, University of Malaya
 Main KPI at UM:
- Hire contract staff
- Develop MyCite + other support system
- Migrate data from MyAIS (12000
records)
- Launch MyCite ASAP (22 May 2012,
KLIA Pan Pacific)


The setting up of MCC is in line with the
Ministry of Higher Education's (MOHE)
aspiration specifically and the government of
Malaysia in general to improve Malaysian
university ranking by improving the quality of
Malaysian publications especially scholarly
journals.
MCC would be the one-stop centre that would
help internationalize Malaysian journal
publications, making their contents accessible
globally and indexed locally, as well as
proposing their indexation by international
indexing agencies such as Scopus and the ISI
(Institute for Scientific Information) Web of
Science databases.
About MCC..what MOHE aspires

Collect published articles and citations for Malaysian
scholarly journals and develop search and retrieval tools in
the form of sustainable citation index database.

Make available the Malaysian journal impact factors on a
yearly basis.

Conduct bibliometric and scientometric studies in related
areas and publish articles regularly in national and
international journals.

Provide academic services as well as training and
consultancy on how to improve the quality of Malaysian
journals.

Seek partnership with related organizations to make
Malaysian journals more visible locally, regionally and
internationally
Responsibilities
MCC is responsible for collating,
monitoring, coordinating and improving
the standard of scholarly journal
publications in Malaysia.
 MCC mainly engages in the research and
evaluation of Malaysian scholarly
communication, journal database
development and citation software
research and development.

Main role

MyJurnal
Bibliographic data
• For each article in journals
= Author(s), Title, Journal,
Year + References.
• Full text if publishers
permit
• Editing modules =
• author,
• affiliations,
• journal names,
• References
segmentation
Products

MyCite
Performance bibliometric reports
 Topic = Total articles, for each
article total cites
 Authors = Total articles, total
cites, h index
 Affiliation – Total articles, total
cites, h index
 Journal = total articles, total
cites, h index. If 2 or 5 year
issues are indexed
• total articles
• total citations
• Impact factor
• Immediacy index,
• citation half life,
•
h index, other indicators
Journals must be published at least 2 years
and current. Older is good.
Provide MCC access to full-text (online, soft
copies, print)
Put MCC in list of receivers
Follow international editorial convention of a
scholarly journal
Those with good impact factor within Malaysia
will be recommended to Scopus for indexation.
Yearly bibliometric reports
Journal productivity: total articles, total
cites, yearly IF, 5-yrly IF, immediacy
index, citation half life, h index.
Institution and author productivity:
total articles, total cites, h index
Citation based on disciplines: total
articles, total cites to an article

MyCite or Malaysian Citation Index is the Ministry of Higher
Education (MOHE) Malaysia’s initiative, in line with its
aspiration as embedded in Core 3 of the Malaysian Higher
Education Strategic Plan, that is to "strengthen research
and innovation" in institutions of higher learning in terms
of:
1. Item 5.24 (iii): To increase collaboration amongst
institutions of higher learning through improving the
quality of research and publications
2. Item 5.24 (xii): To encourage and assist researchers in
their writings in refereed journals with high impact
3. Item 5.24 (xii): To increase the quality of local journals so
as to be competitive or at par with other international
journals
4. Item 9.28 (v): To improve the Ministry’s ability to compile
and analyze data related to all aspects of higher education,
[including the publication output from Malaysian
institutions of higher learning]
MyCite is a national initiative
The aim of MyCite is to increase the quality and visibility of
Malaysian scholarly journals. Specific objectives are:

To create a policy that can facilitate in the organization and
monitoring as well as improving the standard of scholarly journal
publication in Malaysia.

To formulate a journal rating system to help Malaysian publishers
self-access the international standing of their own journals.

To list and evaluate all scholarly journal publications in Malaysia
using bibliometric and scientometrics indicators.

To provide an objective measure of Malaysian journal scientific
impact.

To enable the global access of Malaysian scholarly publications.
Objectives of MyCite

Provides bibliometrics information as well as fulltext contents of scholarly journals published in
Malaysia in the field of Sciences, Technology,
Engineering, Medicine, Social Sciences and the
Humanities.

Provides citation and bibliometric reports on
Malaysian researchers, journals and institutions
based only on the contents within MyCite.

Helps make contents of Malaysian scholarly
publications globally visible so that Malaysian
researchers can identify experts and areas of
possible collaboration as well as stimulate use
and citations.
MyCite Usability
Authors could find out:



The total articles they
have published in
Malaysian journals i.e.
their research
productivity.
Journal publishers will
know:

Total articles they have
published.

Who are citing their works
in Malaysian journals.
Their journal impact in 2
and 5 years window.

Who else are researching
in their area and
publishing in Malaysian
journals.
The immediacy index of
their journals or how soon
articles they publish get
citation.

Their journal’s h-index.
Significance of MyCite
Academic librarians could find
out…
Academics, researchers and
students could…

Total publications by authors
affiliated to the institution
published in Malaysian scholarly
journals.


Total citations to articles
authored by authors affiliated to
the institution.






Search for information, view and
download full-text articles which
is made available by persons or
institutions that contributes to
the system
Locate productive authors and
institutions
Identify journal impact
Conduct bibliometrics and
scientometric studies related to
Malaysian research
Significance of MyCite
Journals Indexed in MyCite by Fields
Fields
Arts & Humanities
Number of Percent
Journals
Number of
Articles
Percent
14
18.0
1292
11.0
7
9.3
948
8.0
Medical & Health Sci
15
20.0
3429
29.0
Sciences
17
22.7
4139
35.0
Social Sciences
22
29.3
2008
17.0
Total
75
100.0
11816
100.0
Engineering &
Technology
Top 10 Country-based Works Ranked by Total
Publications in 2006 - 2010
9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
Singapore
1000
Japan
0
Singapore
Japan
Thailand
Iran
Indonesia
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
India
Malaysia
Thailand
2006
17
19
18
17
19
20
35
31
51
981
2007
22
19
22
15
40
30
51
45
61
1195
2008
23
18
23
24
47
62
39
65
67
1391
2009
23
31
30
39
32
50
61
62
111
1526
2010
26
40
36
35
59
60
42
59
161
1603
Total
111
127
129
130
197
222
228
262
451
6696
Iran
Indonesia
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
India
Malaysia
Top 10 Institutions Ranked by Total
Publications
No
Institutions
Total
Total
Publications Citations
h-Index
1
2
UKM
UPM
1715
1270
171
122
4
4
3
4
UM
USM
1195
925
102
72
3
4
5
6
UiTM
UTM
406
346
41
13
3
1
7
IIUM
279
30
3
8
UMT
177
9
1
9
10
UM Sabah
UM Sarawak
175
166
11
14
2
2
Report: Authors Ranked by Total Publications
No
Authors
Total
Publications
Total
Citations
h-Index
Affiliation
1
Son, R.
50
29
4
UPM
2
Zainab, A.N.
40
19
3
UM
3
Lee, H.L.
35
9
2
IMR
4
Sherina, M.S.
30
18
2
UPM
5
Nazni, W.A.
30
8
1
IMR
6
Jamaluddin Md. Jahi
30
2
1
UKM
7
Zaini Hamzah
27
3
1
UiTM
8
Abdul Samad Hadi
27
2
1
UKM
9
Abdul Hadi Harman Shah
25
3
1
UKM
10
Abdullah, S.
25
3
1
UKM
11
Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman
23
10
1
UKM
12
Abdullah, B.J.J.
22
5
1
UKM
13
Saidur, R.
21
3
1
UM
Gratis to Malaysian journal editors to publish and
manage their journals - MyJurnal support refereeing
function and delivery of publication.
MyCite extracts data from MyJurnal to display search
results and churn citation reports.
A must if a journal wants to be indexed by MyCite to
measure productivity and impact (citation).
Publishers are given the option to build journal website
through a publishing application.
139 journals have been
covered in MyJurnal
Web Site Generated
(http://www.myjurnal.my/publish/MJLIS/index.php)
Editorial functions of MyJurnal
No
Descriptions
Shows the summary of the journal
1
2
3
Able to edit the journal information, name, descriptions
Function to upload published articles by
Editors/Publishers
4
Function where editor will be able to check all the
submitted articles and view all the comments from the
collaboration with reviewers, editorial board members,
editor-in-chief and authors
5
Collect / register all the reviewers for this journal
6
Information about the editorial group to be displayed in
the web
7
Information about the submission to be displayed in the
web
8
Create volume and Issue to upload and publish articles
9
Function for editors to change their profile
1
0
CMS to create journal website
Challenges:
“Cleaning” of critical data
Affiliations can be deleted or edited
Establish Authors’ names & aliases
Establish affiliation & aliases
Establish journal names & aliases for
abbreviations
Algorithm that segment article
references
Problems: authors’ variant names
Authors
Affiliation
Country
Publications
Citations
hIndex
1
Nazni,
W.A.
Institute for
Medical Research
Malaysia
20
6
1
2
Nazni
Wasi
Ahmad
Institute for
Medical Research
Malaysia
1
2
1
3
Nazni,
W.A.
Institute for
Medical Research
Malaysia
2
0
0
4
Huq,
Naznin
Afrose
University of
Dhaka
Bangladesh
1
0
0
5
Nazni, W.
Institute for
Medical Research
Malaysia
1
0
0
6
Nazni
Wasi
Ahma
University of
Malaya
Malaysia
1
0
0
Affiliation group management
module
Affiliation aliases management module
Segmented References in “Reference
editor”
Item title: An unusual presentation of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults
Ray, S1, Sarkar, D2, Ganguly, S3, Maiti, A4.
Medical Journal of Malaysia (Volume 67, No. 1, 2012, Pages 116 to 117)
Times cited: 0 5 references, Reference no: 1071
General search module
Search topic = “nipah virus”
Results for “nipah virus”
Article citation
report
Articles citing an article
Search author = “Chua,
k.b.”
Citation report “chua, k.b”
Articles
k.b”
Articlesby
by “chua,
Chua, K.B.
Articles that cite chua, k.b.
Total 4
Search journal “Sains
Malaysiana”
Publication Report
for “Sains
Malaysiana”
Publication in “Sains Malaysiana”
Total articles: 152
Citation report: “Sains
Malaysiana”
Search affiliation “Universiti
Malaya”
Publication
report:
“Universiti
Malaya”
Citation
report:
“Universiti
Malaya”
MyCite Citation reports
Journal Citation Report by yearly IF
Single journal summary
click on journal title
Summary: Mal J Econ Stud
Journal information
Journal impact factor
5-yr impact factor
Total cites vs Self cite
Immediacy index
Cited half life:
1.7
the median age of the articles in the
journal that were cited by other journals
during the year
Citing half life:
0.9
the median age of the articles that were cited by
the articles published in the journal that year
Collaboration with Thailand, Indonesia,
the Philippines and Vietnam to form
ASEAN Citation Index.
 Contribute publication and citation
information to the Islamic Citation Centre
in Iran.
 An agent which recommends Malaysian
journal to Scopus for indexation.

MCC: Future Prospects
Buku maklumat MyCite = MyCite
information booklet
Malaysian scientific performance in the Web
of Science 2001-2010
Citation performance of Malaysian scholarly
journals in the Web of Science 2006-2010
Proceeding: International Conference on
Journal Citation Systems in Asia Pacific
Countries
MCC’s publications 2012
Your action!
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Know your journal’s performance in Malaysia
Increase your journal’s visibility. Request to be indexed.
Provide MCC with at least 5 years of issues 2007 –
2011, if not longer.
Give MCC access to the full text articles (online,
softcopies, print)
Improve your journal h index by giving MCC access to
your archives too.
Follow the scholarly journal publishing standards (take
care of the quality).
Refer to MyCite Information booklet on the journal
selection criteria.
Remember: the more journals that are indexed the
higher would be the chances of seeing how you really
perform in Malaysia
Lawati: http://mycite.my
http://myjurnal.my
Terima kasih
abrizah@um.edu.my
mcc_mohe@um.edu.my