Researchers’ careers rely on heavily on self-advocacy to showcase their impact. An important and often overlooked part of self-advocacy is optimizing research discoverability. This is particularly important for early career researchers who are still building their portfolio of scholarly achievements. Understanding bibliometrics and the related tools can aid in making research more discoverable.
As part of the Water Institute's WaterLeadership training series, special guest Laura Bredahl from the UW Library will be hosting a seminar entitled, "Improving Bibliometrics for Early Career Researchers" on November 30th, 1:00 – 2:00 pm.
This webinar focuses on introducing faculty and students to bibliometric indicators such as scholarly out, citations, normalized values, and top percentiles, their presentation in visualizations and the tools. Participants will also learn about responsible use of bibliometrics and their limitations, allowing them to gain a sense of how best to represent their bibliometrics within their area of research specialization.
The learning objectives of this webinar are:
- Understand and interpret fundamental publication and citation-based statistics
- Use a variety of tools in a proficient manner to create your own professional bibliometric visualizations; and
- Reflect critically on proper and improper use of bibliometric information in the evaluation of scientific research.
If you are a student or faculty (even if your work is not related to water) and you want to enhance your influence and research impact through bibliometric tools, please register using your @uwaterloo.ca email address. Note that the WaterLeadership Online Training Course is only open to University of Waterloo students, faculty and staff.
Visit the WaterLeadership webpage for a full schedule of modules offered by the Water Institute that helps students and faculty develop applied research impact skills to catalyze knowledge into action.