Thursday, August 30, 2012

Begini caranya: Check Impact Factor sesuatu Jurnal

Assalamualaikum kawan2.
Tetiba rasa nak tulis step camne nak check Impact Factor sesuatu jurnal.
Bukan apa, aku kadang tu lama tak check pun boleh lupa.
I think better I record it somewhere accessible.
Pikir2 blog aku ni bukan ramai org baca pun, merapu bubuh impact factor article kat sini pun aku rasa xde org complaint :P
Sebelum tu aku explain bahasa senang dulu ye apa itu impact factor.

Impact factor ni yg aku paham ala2 CPA atau PNGK sesuatu jurnal.
Ukuran bagi kecemerlangan sesuatu jurnal.
Dan cemerlangnya sesuatu jurnal tu, berdasarkan jumlah citation yg journal tu dapat.
Lagi banyak org cite artice dalam jurnal tu, lagi tinggi la impact factor.
Itu cerita ringannya.

Ni pulak explanation dari website Thomson Reuters.
"The impact factor is one of these; it is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. The annual JCR impact factor is a ratio between citations and recent citable items published. Thus, the impact factor of a journal is calculated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Calculation for journal impact factor.
A= total cites in 1992
B= 1992 cites to articles published in 1990-91 (this is a subset of A)
C= number of articles published in 1990-91
D= B/C = 1992 impact factor
The impact factor is useful in clarifying the significance of absolute (or total) citation frequencies. It eliminates some of the bias of such counts which favor large journals over small ones, or frequently issued journals over less frequently issued ones, and of older journals over newer ones. Particularly in the latter case such journals have a larger citable body of literature than smaller or younger journals. All things being equal, the larger the number of previously published articles, the more often a journal will be cited."

So toksah sembang kencang sangat kan.
Ayuh kita explore cara-cara memeriksa impact factor bagi jurnal di Web of Knowledge.
Maklumat yg diperlukan adalah nama jurnal atau ISSN number.
Kalau aku, suka pakai ISSN number senang lagi.
Mana nak dapat ISSN number ni?
Selalunya dalam website jurnal tu ada tertera.

Langkah 1:
Masuk ke laman web ISI Web of Knowledge. (Jangan lupa login ikut vpn library memasing kalau access dari rumah).
Untuk warga UTM, boleh pergi ke laman web PSZ UTM ( http://portal.psz.utm.my/psz/index.php ),
Klik pada tab 'Online Database', kemudian klik 'Remote access via Ezproxy'.
Masukkan AcID atau barcode belakang matric card dgn password.
Dah dapat login, klik la Web of Science.

Langkah 2:
Klik pada Additional Resources.


Langkah 3:
Klik pada Journal Citation Report (JCR).


















Langkah 4:
Pilih JCR Science atau Social Sciences.
Dan klik pada 'Search for a specific journal'.
Kemudian klik pada butang 'submit'.


Langkah 5:
Pada bahagian 'search by',
boleh pilih nak cari guna:
- Full Journal Title: kalau tau tajuk penuh jurnal dengan ejaan yg tepat
- Abbreviated Journal Title: kalau tau nama singkatan jurnal tu. Contoh: J Fluid Mech untuk Journal of Fluid
  Mechanics
- Title Word: tau nama tapi tak pasti sangat eja ke apa. atau tak pasti full name.
- ISSN: kalau tau nombor ISSN jurnal yg diingini
Pastu taip la maklumatnya kat kotak sebelah kanan tu.
Dah siap, jangan lupa tekan 'Search'.
Kang sampai tahun depan tak keluar2 impact factor :P

















Langkah 6:
Tadaaa~
Dah keluar pun impact factor nye pun adoi.


Sekarang boleh siap dihidang.
Boleh dinikmati ketika panas ataupun sejuk :P
Selamat mencuba!

Eh sebelum terlupa.
Selamat menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia.
My Merdeka wish:
There will be a free access to Malaysian higher education.
Ada satu public uni yg totally free tuition fees jadi la.
Please Malaysiaaaaa~

4 comments:

  1. fuiyoooo...hehe..ad tips x nak publish kat journal yg ad high impact factor?? share2 skit..

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  2. kalau wawi, cari journal yg kerap publish.
    boleh check publication frequency jurnal tu.
    Kalau setahun cuma publish 4 atau 6 kali, susah la kan nak dapat masuk.
    Wawi pernah jumpa jurnal yg kekerapan dia publish sampai 36 kali dalam setahun.
    Higher frequency leads to greater probability of getting published. I guess :P

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  3. salam wawi..macamane nak wat jurnal ni ek?boleh ajar x..hehe.sy memang 0 bab2 nk publish.apatah lagi nk check impact factor tu...niat nk publish jurnal ASAP...tp xtau cara nak buat..

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