Schedule, May 2020
Series 1. Clarivate Tools for Effective Scientific activities
Series 1 webinars are hosted by Irina Tikhonkova, Ph.D.
Search capabilities of the Web of Science Core Collection database
Web of Science Core Collection: archive depth, selection, remote access capabilities, user account renewal. Available content: collections of SCIE, SSCI, ANCI and ESCI journals, monographs and conference proceedings. Search and analysis of literature, partnerships, journals for publication. What foundations have funded research on your topic? Have scientists from a particular country / organization received grants? Open access. Paid and free publications. How to find non-English content. Save selected results. Typical mistakes when searching. Answers to listeners’ questions.
- 12 May, Tuesday 8:00 (Moscow time)
- May 13, Wednesday 10:00 (Moscow time)
- May 14, Thursday 14:00 (Moscow time)
Presentation of the achievements of the scientist
Assessment of scientific activity. Basic scientometric indicators: impact factor, Hirsch index, CNCI, etc. Correct and incorrect use. Where and how scientists lose. How do I find a scientist’s publications in the Web of Science? Who cites my work and where? How can the citations of works be increased? Can I cite my work? Self-archiving. What a scientist can and cannot do with his publication. Role and capabilities of authoring profiles Publons, ResearcherID, Orcid, Researchgate. Answers to listeners’ questions.
- 12 May, Tuesday 14:00 (Moscow time)
- May 13, Wednesday 8:00 (Moscow time)
- May 14, Thursday 10:00 (Moscow time)
Publication strategy of the scientist
The purpose and objectives of the publication. Types of documents and their functions. Quality criteria for scientific publications. Business models of the publication. Publishing process. Evaluation and selection of the publication, where and how to publish for free. JCR, MJL WoS CC – How Can These Resources Help? Terms of publication. The structure of the experimental article. Reviewing. Why articles are rejected. What is unacceptable in scientific communication. Distribution of the publication. Checking the indexing of a publication in the Web of Science Core Collection. Examples of predatory publications, how not to become their victim. Answers to listeners’ questions.
- 12 May, Tuesday 10:00 (Moscow time)
- May 13, Wednesday 14:00 (Moscow time)
- May 14, Thursday 8:00 (Moscow time)
Series 2. Enhanced capabilities of Clarivate Information Tools
Information platform Web of Science and Russian Science Citation Index (joint webinar of Clarivate Analytics and e-Library)
Web of Science is not just Core Collection! Overview of information bases on the Web of Science platform. Subject, regional and specialized databases of scientific information. Features of information searches in various databases. Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) is a database of the most influential scientific journals in Russian on the Web of Science platform, a joint project of Clarivate Analytics and the Scientific Electronic Library (elibrary.ru). How and who selects scientific journals for RSCI? How is RSCI monitored scientific journals?
Webinars are conducted by: Valentin Bogorov, head of the educational programs department at Clarivate Analytics, Pavel Arefiev, head of the analytical department of the Scientific Electronic Library.
Duration of the webinar: 1.5 hours.
- May 20, Wednesday 10:00 (Moscow time)
- May 20, Wednesday 14:00 (Moscow time)
Advanced features of Web of Science and Kopernio
Advanced search capabilities, logical operators and truncation characters, combining search fields. Cited literature search: estimation of the citation rate of the journal and non-indexed documents. Saving the history of searches and setting up alerts. Automatic search for full texts using the Kopernio extension: setting up access, storing publications, adding records to bibliographic managers and generating links to documents. Remote access to your organization’s subscriptions.
Webinars are hosted by Varvara Sosedova.
- May 18, Monday 10:00 (Moscow time)
- May 19, Tuesday 7:00 (Moscow time)
- May 21, Thursday 14:00 (Moscow time)
Assessment and planning of the organization’s publication activity
Creation and adjustment of the Organization Enhanced organization profile. Creation of a report on publication activity in the Web of Science. Introducing the InCites analytic tool with a redesigned interface, metrics, filters, and thresholds. Application of InCites for comparative assessment of the efficiency and productivity of organizations, analysis of collaborations. Create basic and custom reports, export results from the Web of Science Core Collection.
Webinars are hosted by Varvara Sosedova.
- May 18, Monday 14:00 (Moscow time)
- May 19, Tuesday 10:00 (Moscow time)
- May 21, Thursday 7:00 (Moscow time)
Series 3: Practical Guidelines for Publication in International Journals
Series 3 webinars are hosted by Valeria Kurmakaeva
How to learn to understand international magazines
Indicators of a quality scientific publication. Impact factor and quartiles. Formation of a list of subject publications for publication using Web of Science, EndNote (Match), Journal Citation Reports, Master Journal List. The concept of a predatory (garbage, unscrupulous) magazine and its main features. Examples of predatory mailings: how to check where you were invited to send an article.
- May 25, Monday 08:00 (Moscow time)
- May 26, Tuesday 15:00 (Moscow time)
- May 27, Wednesday 11:00 (Moscow time)
EndNote bibliography features
Create your own bibliographic database using EndNote Online. Sort records, create groups and control access to them. Using bibliography design templates. Using the Cite-While-You-Write Module for Microsoft Word and creating a bibliography directly while writing the text.
- May 25, Monday 11:00 (Moscow time)
- May 26, Tuesday 08:00 (Moscow time)
- May 27, Wednesday 15:00 (Moscow time)
How to prepare a publication for an international journal
The structure of the scientific article. Practical advice on writing the main sections. Distinctive features of academic English. Drawing up an annotation. Writing headers. Choice of keywords. The expectations of the editor. The main reasons for refusals to publish. Working with revisions of reviewers.
- May 25, Monday 15:00 (Moscow time)
- May 26, Tuesday 11:00 (Moscow time)
- May 27, Wednesday 08:00 (Moscow time)
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