Sample slides from the 2019 “Part-time and Distance Doctoral Student” Event at Durham University, taken from workshops delivered by Durham University Library staff.

1. The following are sample slides from 3 presentations
run by Durham University Library as part of Durham’s
“DCAD: Researcher Development - Part-Time and
Distance Doctoral Students 2019”
• Effective Search Strategies for Researchers
• Online Profiles for Publishing Researchers
• Tracking your Publication Impact

2. Effective Search Strategies for Researchers
Academic Liaison Librarian (Research)
james.bisset@durham.ac.uk
+44 (191) 334 1589

3. • Effective searching overview
• Broadening your Search
- synonyms, wildcards, truncation tools
• Narrowing your search
- proximity connectors, phrase searching,
exclusions
• Constructing your search
- grouping, search history, evaluating your search
• Making your results work for you
- citation searching, citation alerts
Session outline

4. Part 1
Effective
Searching

5. http://bit.ly/2xE1iu4

6. Part 2
“TurtleLover98l” https://pixabay.com/en/baseball-glove-ball-sports-catch-858367/

7. Broaden your search

8. Broaden your search
“mental
retardation”
“intellectual
disability”
136
results
505
results
2,681
results
Publications in 2018 (Scopus data)

9. Part 3
“15299l” https://pixabay.com/en/darts-dart-board-bull-s-eye-game-102919/

10. (c) Phrase searching
“Truth and Reconciliation Commission”
Narrow your search

11. Part 4
“PublicDomainPictures” https://pixabay.com/en/connect-connection-cooperation-20333/46814

12. Shakespeare AND (tragedy OR sonnet)
- will return results about Shakespeare’s tragedies and
sonnets.
Shakespeare AND tragedy OR sonnet
- might return results about Shakespeare’s tragedies, and
also anything about sonnets (including written by others).
With brackets: 108,053 results in Discover (as at 21st Jun 2019)
Without: 166,305 results in Discover (as at 21st Jun 2019)
(679, 469 results if entered in reverse: tragedy OR sonnet AND Shakespeare)
Grouping your search

13. Example – facets and search history

14. CORRECTED Search step #4 of 12
steps (for one database)
(deprived[Title/Abstract] or
deprivation[Title/Abstract] or
income[Title/Abstract] or
poverty[Title/Abstract] or
education*[Title/Abstract] or
"social class*"[Title/Abstract]
or "socio*economic
class*"[Title/Abstract] or
"socio*economic status"[
Title/Abstract] or "socio*economic
position"[Title/Abstract] or
"socio*economic factor*"[Title/Abstract])
AND (urban[Title/Abstract] OR
rural[Title/Abstract])
Christie, A (2014) Are there intervention-generated
inequalities in type 2 diabetes care? A systematic
review and analysis of routine data. Doctoral thesis,
Durham University. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9445/

15. ACTUAL Search step #4 of 12 steps
(for one database)
(deprived[Title/Abstract] or
deprivation[Title/Abstract] or
income[Title/Abstract] or
poverty[Title/Abstract] or
education*[Title/Abstract] or
"social class*"[Title/Abstract]
or "socio*economic
class*"[Title/Abstract] or
"socio*economic status"[
Title/Abstract] or "socio*economic
position"[Title/Abstract] or
"socio*economic factor*"[Title/Abstract]
OR (urban[Title/Abstract] AND
rural[Title/Abstract]))
Christie, A (2014) Are there intervention-generated
inequalities in type 2 diabetes care? A systematic
review and analysis of routine data. Doctoral thesis,
Durham University. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9445/

16. Part 5
“JulyYu” https://www.flickr.com/photos/53953811@N00/311846814

17. 20162014 20152013 2017 2018 2019
Paper
A
Article
B
Article
C
Book1
Article
D
Book
2
Article
G
Article
E
Book4
Article
F
Book
3
Citation Search and AlertBibliography / Reference List
Found article

18. [blank slide]

19. Contact Details
Academic Liaison Librarian (Researcher Support)
james.bisset@durham.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (191) 334 1589
Online Profiles for Publishing Researchers

20. Automatically
generated / you
need to register
Can be
made
private?
Required for
authors?
Details included Main uses
Automatic
(have an output
in one of the
19,000+ titles
indexed in
Scopus? You will
have a Scopus
Author Profile.)
No No
Name,
Publications,
‘Employment’
history, Publication
& Citation metrics.
Increases discoverability of work in
Scopus.
Track citations, publication and co-
authors.
Used by some HEIs and recruitment
agencies in recruitment, strategic
planning and other activities (through
Scopus & SciVal).
Registration
required
Yes Yes, by some
funders and
some
publishers
Name, Biography,
Education &
Employment
history,
Publications,
Funding awards.
Aims to allow collection and
communication of publication and
funding metadata between systems
(HEI, funder, Publisher).
Aims to uniquely identify authors and
link them with their publication output.
Registration
required
Yes No
Name,
Publications,
Citations metrics.
Increases discoverability of work in
Google Scholar.
Track citations, publication and co-
authors.

21. @ Durham
1. ORCID is a required data element for all
Category A staff (where held) for the REF.
2. Some funders, including the Wellcome
Trust, require all applicants to provide an
ORCID (others strongly recommend usage).
3. Many publishers encourage authors to
provide an ORCID. Some require an ORCID.
4. Durham University Research Committee
mandated ORCID adoption for all academic
staff from August 1st 2018.
Register for an ORCID at:
https://orcid.org/register
Record your ORCID in the Durham
Staff Profile System.
1. Will provide link from your
public profile page
2. Will populate the REF
database.

22. Scopus Author ID

23. What can happen if you don’t have and maintain a profile on
It is possible for your publications to be assigned to the
profile of an author with a similar name who has a profile,
but who does not maintain this themselves.Example from 2019 – now corrected by authors

25. [blank slide]

26. Tracking your Publication Impact: Citations, H-index, JIFs & Altmetrics
Academic Liaison Librarian (Research)
james.bisset@durham.ac.uk
+44 (191) 334 1589

27. • Understanding how some of the key indicators (JIF,
Citescore, H-index) are calculated
• Ability to make an informed judgement as to the
appropriateness and limitiations of such indicators and
alternatives available to you.
• Awareness of the availability and applicability of altmetric
data.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/evaluate/
Learning Outcomes for the session

28. • Citation and publication metrics overview
- citations / sources of data / responsible metrics
• Tracking citations
- Scopus, Web of Science & Google Scholar
• Journal Impact Metrics
- Scopus, Web of Science & Google Scholar / DORA and Plan S
• Author Metrics
- What is your H-index? / Uses, limitations / SciVal: Benchmarking yourself
• Altmetrics
- What are altmetrics? / Altmetric Bookmarklet / Plum Analytics
Session outline

29. Impact?
.. of a particular
article. How often has
it been cited? Where?
.. of a journal. How
often do articles
appearing in this
journal get cited?
.. of a researcher.*
How often do articles
by this author get
cited?

30. My h-index
is only 4,
but…
“I have published
two articles in the
top 10% ranked
journals (by JIF) in
my field.”
“One has been
cited 2.5x more
than similar articles,
and is in the top 5%
most cited articles
in my field”
“My published research
has been discussed in
X academic blogs,
profiled in the Science
editorial of newspaper
Y and mentioned on
Twitter by Z others,
including Professor A
and Dr B.”

31. Article impact
How does this
compare to other
articles in the field?
Does the level of
citation indicate the
quality of the work?
How has this article
been used beyond
being cited in other
scholarly papers?

33. “Indonesia … honoured eight researchers … for their exceptional contributions to
science [but] observers noticed something odd. Many of the laureates were
relatively unknown academics from second-tier universities.
It didn’t take curious scientists long to figure out why … Critics showed that several
winners had inflated their score by publishing large numbers of papers in low-
quality journals, citing their own work excessively, or forming networks of scientists
who cited each other.”
Rochmyaningsih, D (2019) ‘How to shine in Indonesian Science? Game the system’ Science
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/how-shine-indonesian-science-game-system

34. [See
https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/pgrsupport/training/
for further training opportunities provided by Durham
University Library]