Visibility and citation impact

• Main Authors: Ale Ebrahim, N., Salehi, H., Embi, M.A., Habibi Tanha, F., Gholizadeh, H., Motahar, S.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); L Education (General); LB Theory and practice of education; LB2300 Higher Education; LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9813/1/Visibility_and_Citation_Impact-33984-120606-1-PB.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9813/; http://files.figshare.com/1441514/VisibilityandCitationImpact₃₃₉₈₄₁₂₀₆₀₆₁PB.pdf http://ssrn.com/abstract=2419315 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/viewFile/33984/20167 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/view/33984 http
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The number of publications is the first criteria for assessing a researcher output. However, the main measurement for author productivity is the number of citations, and citations are typically related to the paper's visibility. In this paper, the relationship between article visibility and the number of citations is investigated. A case study of two researchers who are using publication marketing tools confirmed that the article visibility will greatly improve the citation impact. Some strategies to make the publications available to a larger audience have been presented at the end of this paper.