While on the topic of Web of Science, as managing editor of Herpetological Conservation and Biology I figured I'ld do a search on our journal this morning to see how many times our journal has been cited (HCB has qualified for ISI inclusion, but is still waiting for them to start giving us actual ratings). So, I put in the name, and ISI came back with 2 citations. That is wrong. I myself have a number of publications in ISI journals that cite HCB and these are in their records, not to mention at least a dozen other articles in ISI rated journals that have cited articles from HCB.
My point is that ISI is far from perfect, cannot be depended on as accurate, and frankly doesn't cover the literature very well at all. I sent them a gripe letter this morning....again. Someday they will get around to giving us a score which should (by self calculation) be about the same as the other Herpetology journals. ARGH! Malcolm On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:07 AM, David Inouye <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm mentoring a graduate student who has several publications already > (including one in Ecology). I looked up the student's name on Web of > Science and realized that the name (first and last only) that was used for > publication is shared with a large number of researchers (although not > ecologists), making it difficult or at least time consuming to do a citation > analysis. I know of at least two other (male) ecologists who have either > changed their name (early in career) or added made-up middle initials on > publications to distinguish themselves from others with a very common name. > It turns out the student I'm mentoring does have two middle names but did > not use them in the early publications, and is now concerned about the > consequences of changing the name on their future publications. My thought > was that to facilitate future reviewers or employers who are doing a > citation analysis it would be better to start using the full name with > middle initials, and then add a note on the CV to indicate that publications > prior to 2010 were with the shorter name. What advice would you offer? > > David Inouye > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Associate Professor of Biology Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology Texas A&M University-Texarkana Fall (odd years) Teaching Schedule: Vertebrate Biology - TR 10-11:40; General Ecology - MW 1-2:40pm; Forensic Science - W 6-9:40pm Spring (even) years: Vertebrate Histology - TR 1-2:40pm Genetics - MW 1-2:40pm Herpetology - W 6-10pm Summer (even years): Wildlife Biology Wildlife Techniques Fall (even years): Ecology Molecular Cell Biology Vertebrate Biology Spring (odd) years: Genetics Landscape ecology & GIS Environmental Physiology Summer (odd years): Vertebrate Field Biology 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
