The University has purchased a large data set (Thomson National Citation Report) containing detailed records of all academic publications produced at Australian Universities and recorded by Thomson ISI in the last 10 years (note that Thomson focuses on some disciplines more than others). The data set currently contains bibliographic data and citation performance data to October 2006 and will be updated on a regular basis. Although this is not a comprehensive data set for the entire UQ academic community, it does provide a lot of useful information that will add to the information already within the existing UQ information systems. Importantly, it will provide statistics on citation performance for those publications that are captured in the dataset.

To ensure that we extract all useful data, a web interface called UQCited has been designed to enable UQ staff members to identify their papers within the Thompson National Citation Report. This interface allows you to search the database for your publications and assert authorship. After asserting authorship of the publications that you have written you will immediately be able to generate an individualised citation profile and publication history based on this Thompson data. While it is not without fault, this data-set does represent a large and widely accepted source of citation performance data.

The publications that you find within this dataset should mirror those found through a Web of Knowledge search for your work for the period 1997 – October 2006, excluding all publications produced at overseas institutions.

The information that you provide using the interface will be recorded and will augment the University's existing data relating to publications and research performance. This project represents one-step towards a longer-term objective to compile a complete publication dataset. This will necessarily involve working closely with the UQ academic community to ensure that this is comprehensive.All useful data, including the Thompson data set, will help inform decisions regarding the selection of researchers to participate in the Research Quality Framework, the composition of research groups and the selection of works to be submitted. No single piece of information will be used in isolation.


To access the site, go to: https://www.library.uq.edu.au/uqcited/login.php
Login using your UQ username and password.

We would be grateful if you would take the time to use this interface and generate a citation profile and publication history for yourself over the next few weeks. Should you have any queries relating to the interface, then please do not hesitate to email Amberyn Thomas or Dianna Gould at rqf@uq.edu.au.

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