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Web of Knowledge Update
Renny Guida – Director, Product Development
Advances in technology and challenging economic conditions are facilitating rapid changes in scholarly communications. Recent Web of Knowledge developments are focused on helping students, faculty, researcher, and university management leverage this new environment. The presentation will cover current and future Web of Knowledge developments that will enhance discovery, address identity and attribution issues, aid collaboration efforts, and better measure research output.

New Tools for Integrating Your Institution’s Research Publications with the Web of Science
Renny Guida – Director, Product Development
This short presentation will focus on the new tools enabling our customers to display and update relevant Web of Science data in their internal research management systems as well as demonstrate models of how Web of Science data can be integrated into the research management workflows at institutions.

ResearcherID and University Publication Data: A Case Study at The University of Queensland
Dr Amberyn Thomas (Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne only)
Historically, the collection and management of UQ’s publication data has involved manual data entry, with citation metrics retrieved from Thomson Reuters’ Web of Knowledge on an ‘as-needed’ basis; a time-consuming and costly workflow. A partnership between Thomson Reuters and the UQ Library has demonstrated that the integration of Thomson Reuters’ ResearcherID with UQ’s publication data provides significant benefits, including increased efficiency and accuracy. Furthermore, the ability to integrate citation metrics with UQ publication data provides a rich source of information with many potential applications. Potential applications include the measurement of research performance and assisting in the preparation of grant applications.

Making the Most of Citation Data: The Integration of Thomson Reuters' Web of Science and UWA's Research Management System, Socrates
Ms Natalie Mast (Canberra only)
In late 2006 the University of Western Australia launched Socrates, an online application designed to draw data from key research information systems, in order for the University to prepare portfolios for the Research Quality Framework (RQF). Web of Science data has helped Socrates to be an effective tool for the measurement of UWA’s research performance at the University, organisational unit and individual level.

Evaluating Individuals and Institutions Using Advanced Bibliometrics
Dr Berenika Webster, Strategic Business Manager

The focus of this talk is to present current and emerging approaches to evaluating research outputs of individual researchers and organisations. Indicators of volume and impact will be discussed (including h-index and its derivatives). It will also address the importance of adhering to a set of bibliometrics principles, such as normalisation and data selection, when developing and applying indicators.