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Haymwantee
Singh
A Librarian’s Thoughts on the Scopus Citation Tracker
New Jersey Institute of Technology Reference Librarian Haymwantee Singh kindly took time out of her busy schedule recently to speak with me about the new Scopus Citation Tracker.
Library Connect: How have you been involved with the Scopus Citation Tracker?
Haymwantee Singh: NJIT was a test partner during development of the Citation Tracker. During that process, I helped get word out to NJIT researchers about the new service and worked with them as they used it.
Library Connect: What feedback have you received from NJIT colleagues?
Singh: Students, researchers and faculty tell me the Citation Tracker helps them more easily answer some of the questions they regularly face. I personally believe that when used in combination with the “cited by” and “results summary” features the Citation Tracker can give users some pretty powerful insights.
Library Connect: For what sort of help would you recommend a researcher use the Citation Tracker?
Singh: First of all, the tracker can provide an overview of knowledge in specific fields, and identify major contributors to particular fields and these contributors’ institutional affiliations.
Library Connect: Say I’m a researcher who’s working on a particular project. How can the tracker help me?
Singh: This tool could help you determine if your idea is original enough to attract funding. Further, the Citation Tracker can help you identify other researchers working on your theory and identify whether your project crosses disciplines.
Library Connect: Is the Citation Tracker helpful for researchers seeking to increase publication output?
Singh: Yes. The tracker could help identify in which journals an author’s articles have been cited, by whom and how many times. This tool can also give an overview of an author’s publishing output over time.
Library Connect: How about the value administrators or editors might gain from the tracker?
Singh: Administrators can use the Citation Tracker to determine if faculty are eligible candidates for tenure. For editors, potential benefits of using the tool are extensive. It can help identify researchers who may wish to publish in specific journals as well as researchers to approach about serving as reviewers.
Library Connect: How can the Citation Tracker benefit librarians?
Singh: I’m using this tool to identify journals my library should subscribe to.
Library Connect: Final thoughts?
Singh: Our users at NJIT tell me the Scopus Citation Tracker makes it much easier to evaluate what and who is important, or may become important in the future. Using this tool, researchers can rate themselves and find help with the tenure and hiring process. As a librarian, if you are asked any of the questions above, I recommend you show your users the Scopus Citation Tracker. They’ll love you for it. 
Scopus Access Benefits Editors and Reviewers
Elsevier's network of 200,000 editors and reviewers can now take advantage of free access to Scopus to support the peer-review process using the Elsevier Editorial System (EES), an online submission and peer-review system.
