Scopus Field Weighted Citation Index can be found using one of the following methods.
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FWCI in SciVal indicates how the number of citations received by an entity's publications compares with the average number of citations received by all other similar publications in the data universe.
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- A FWCI of more than 1.00 indicates that the entity's publications have been cited more than would be expected based on the global average for similar publications; for example, 2.11 means 111% more than the world average.
- A FWCI of more than 1.00 indicates that the entity's publications have been cited more than would be expected based on the global average for similar publications; for example, 2.11 means 111% more than the world average.
- Elsevier discourages the use of FWCI to compare researchers because researchers usually have a small number of publications, which can be affected by outlier publications or publications that do not fit the general profile of the entity. Instead, they recommend the use of the FWCI per publication instead of a single average metric.
SciVal Overview for FWCI
I want to use SciVal (Elsevier) Overview Module to find a summary of my research performance. How can I do that?
1. SciVal (Elsevier) will be used to collect evidence. Individual registration is required to use SciVal the first time.
2. Choose 'Sign in via your institution'. You have to use your @student.unimelb.edu.au OR @unimelb.edu.au email address to register.
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Step1: Sign in to SciVal
- SciVal has separate modules useful for different tasks, e.g., Overview, Benchmarking, Collaboration, Reporting, etc.
- In this sequence of steps we will be using the Overview module
- SciVal has auto-generated a form at the bottom of the current screen (based on your login credentials) to help you 'Find my profile'
- We suggest you click 'Find my profile' at the bottom of the screen
- The following screen is the 'Define a new researcher' screen
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Step 2: Find the profile for a researcher - Overview (Module)
- In 'Overview' you can get a summary of the performance of Institutions, Researchers, Countries, Research areas, etc.
- After going to Overview, you need to select one of the buttons on the left collapsible navigation bar (there are 7 buttons in total)
- Select the button for researchers (2nd button), then click the 'Add new' button at the bottom of the panel
- From the options click 'Define a new researcher' and use the widget to define (locate the correct profile)
- Type in the Last name and the First name (don't complete affiliation) and then click 'Search'
- You may be presented with more than one possible match based on variations of initials/first names, affiliations, etc.
- If you have viewed the publications (hyperlinked) and you are sure that multiple profiles are yours - you could tick multiple boxes
- Once the boxes are clicked, the next action is to click 'Directly go to Save Researcher'
- Be careful and do not select multiple boxes if you are not looking at your own profile
- Once multiple boxes are selected Scopus/SciVal will go ahead to merge the profiles
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Step 3: View + Navigate SciVal Researcher Overview
- The SciVal Overview module provides a summary typically over a shorter time-span such as 5 years
- Drop-down menus are provided to change the focus years, subject categories (FOR, ASJC, QS or THE), Subject areas (all or specified)
- The summary tap provides metrics for total Scopus scholarly outputs for the selected period, FWCI, Citation count, Citations per publicaton, H-index and h5-index
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