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Thanks a lot for publishing the Nature Index 2017. Since the list contains various sizes of institutes, it would in some cases be interesting to be able to correct on size etc. Is there any way that the Nature Index would also include a column about the size of the research pool in each of the institutions in the list ? This would improve the way we can analyse the data

The order of output of institutions can differ significantly depending on the measure used to order them (AC, FC or WFC). There are many factors determining an institution’s output. The size of the institution is a major factor as is the composition of research specialities within an institution. The Nature Index does not attempt to normalize data for such factors. Rather it presents raw data that can be used as a basis for analysis

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Thanks a lot for publishing the Nature Index 2017. Since the list contains various sizes of institutes, it would in some cases be interesting to be able to correct on size etc. Is there any way that the Nature Index would also include a column about the size of the research pool in each of the institutions in the list ? This would improve the way we can analyse the data

The order of output of institutions can differ significantly depending on the measure used to order them (AC, FC or WFC). There are many factors determining an institution’s…
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Chord chart of partnership specific to a university

being able to produce chord chart of publication partnership for our own university to demonstrate international presence.
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Update top articles by Altmetric score dynamically

Currently, top articles by Altmetric score does not seem to update dynamically (or reflect the actual articles that have top attention scores for an institution for the time period listed on the institution page). This would be a nice feature. I'm not sure what date range is currently being applied to the "Top articles by Altmetric score" for each institution, but it would make sense for it to use the same date range as the data in the table above.
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Allow users to see the articles making up top collaborations

On the collaboration page for each institution, it would be nice to be able to click on each "top collaborator" and see the list of articles the institutions collaborated on. This helps to answer questions when management sees an expected collaborator listed in one of the top 10 lists.
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Agriculture index

plant science and precision farming
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under review · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

Thank you for the suggestions.

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Animal science and animal husbandry

Animal science and husbandry
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under review · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

Thank you for the suggestions.

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Bob
Sort the expanded list under each institutions (if any) according to the search filter and perhaps to include date of update
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Dis-aggregate the IISERs in your Institution outputs ranking for India

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Inidan Institute of Science Education and Research is not one institution but (at the moment ) 7 : soon to rise to 9. To quote Wikipedia

"Seven IISERs have been established across the country, namely IISER Kolkata in West Bengal, IISER Pune in Maharashtra, IISER Mohali in Punjab, IISER Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, IISER Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, IISER Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and IISER Berhampur in Odisha.[4] [5] Two new IISERs, at Berhampur, Odisha and Nagaland were announced in the 2015 Budget.[6][7] "

ranking ``IISER'' at AC=143 above IISc(Bangalore) AC=131 or IIT Mumbai(AC=78) is absurd because you have clubbed all 7 IISERs and compared them with the single institute IISc , or the dis-aggregated IITs.
This will obviously create a wave of misinformation and false claims in all media and should be corrected immediately.
Prof. Charanjit Aulakh, IISER, Mohali.

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Inidan Institute of Science Education and Research is not one institution but (at the moment ) 7 : soon to rise to 9. To quote Wikipedia

"Seven IISERs have been established across the country, namely IISER Kolkata in West Bengal, IISER Pune in Maharashtra, IISER Mohali in Punjab, IISER Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, IISER Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, IISER Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and IISER Berhampur in Odisha.[4] [5] Two new IISERs, at Berhampur, Odisha and Nagaland were announced in the 2015 Budget.[6][7] "

ranking ``IISER'' at AC=143 above IISc(Bangalore) AC=131 or IIT Mumbai(AC=78) is absurd because you have clubbed…
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Include ORCID ID Accounts in Nature indexing
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under review · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

Thank you for the suggestion.

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Improve your definition of, or enlarge your coverage of, environmental sciences

Currently the Nature Index has a category described as "earth and environmental sciences", but this is not really accurate: there are no environmental science journals included in this list.

I suggest you either add some journals (E.g. Environ. Sci. Technol. could be considered as, in my opinion, the most widely respected broad scope journal in its field), or change the category description to "earth sciences and ecology" to better reflect the coverage.
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planned · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

Thank you for your suggestion. We are currently reviewing the journals in the Index and hope to add more journals in earth & environmental sciences and medical sciences in the coming year.

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Bob
Journal suggestions

Please suggest any journals you would like to be included in the Nature Index. Please list them in order of your preference.
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under review · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

We currently reviewing the nature science journals and plan to add around 20 new journals in 2017.
Showing AC/FC (diversity factor)

I believe an interesting metric would be the ratio FC/AC, as it shows the propension to take part in collaborations.

Let's take an example with 3 countries (resp. institutions) A, B and C. Each has two authors noted A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2.

A1 and B1 publish together (AC +1, FC +0.5 each),
A2 and B2 publish together (AC +1, FC +0.5 each),
C1 and C2 publish together (AC +1, FC +1)

Country FC AC AC/FC
/Institution
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A 1 2 2
B 1 2 2
C 1 1 1

For an equal amount of work (1 paper), the ratio is double for countries (resp. institutions) with mixed teams (A,B).
For large number of publications, differences in the ratio AC/FC reveal habits about publishing with foreign countries (resp. different labs).

I believe an interesting metric would be the ratio FC/AC, as it shows the propension to take part in collaborations.

Let's take an example with 3 countries (resp. institutions) A, B and C. Each has two authors noted A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2.

A1 and B1 publish together (AC +1, FC +0.5 each),
A2 and B2 publish together (AC +1, FC +0.5 each),
C1 and C2 publish together (AC +1, FC +1)

Country FC AC AC/FC
/Institution
----------------------------------
A 1 2 2
B 1 2 2
C 1 1 1

For an equal amount of work (1 paper), the…
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Ensure that all disciplines are covered in the journal selection.

Your list of 68 journals is inadequate because it does not include any journals for some disciplines. For example, my discipline is not represented in the journal choices. Does the panel believe that no high quality research could possibly come from my discipline? Should institutions be penalized for allowing my discipline to be studied? (My discipline is green chemistry and the relevant journals are: Green Chemistry, ChemSusChem, ACS Sustainable Chemistry, Environmental Science and Technology, Energy & Environmental Science, etc.
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under review · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

Hello Philip.

Thank you for your interest in the Nature Index. We welcome journal recommendations and will be reviewing the list of journals included in the Index this year. I started a new thread here for journal suggestions: http://feedback.natureindex.com/forums/265094-general/suggestions/7222724-journal-suggestions

Please list the journals you would like us to consider for inclusion in order of preference and I will submit them to the panel.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Regards,
Bob
do not include all of the articles in Applied Physics Letters when calculating Nature Index

Physical Review B (PRB) and Applied Physics Letters (APL) are large physics journals and have almost the same reputation. For PRB, only the articles classified as 'Rapid Communication' or 'Editors' Suggestions' are included by Nature Index. Why does Nature Index includes all of the articles in APL? Actually, A small number of articles in APL, which are featured as 'Editor's Picks' in the website of APL, have higher importance, more urgency or more interest for the community. It seems to be more reasonable for Nature Index to only include those articles in APL.
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under review · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

Thank you for your interest in the Nature Index, and thank you for your interesting suggestion. We will review it and assess the impact on article counts and the dataset.

Regards,
Bob
citation report

i want to see the citation report per year or monthly...
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under review · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

Thank you for your interest in the Nature Index. Currently we do not have citation data but hope to add it in the future. I will update this area when I have more information.

Regards,
Bob
Can you make the articles that you include in the index searchable under each institution?
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under review · AdminBob Edenbach (Global Head of Web Publishing, Custom Publishing & Solutions, Nature Index) responded

Hello,

Thank you for your suggestion.
Can you elaborate on how you envision this would work? Search by title or DOI? Would the search be restricted to only articles from that institution within the current Index date range?

Thanks for your interest in the Nature Index.

Regards,
Bob
emphasis on first author

Since most of the work is done by the first author(s) there should be a higher weigth be set in the counting for the respective institute, eg. first author's institute receives 50% credit, the rest is distributed like in the FC. In this way also the problem with the last author would be accounted for, since in most cases the first and last author have the same affiliation
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Add information on Size of the institution

Chord chart of partnership specific to a university

Update top articles by Altmetric score dynamically

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Agriculture index

Animal science and animal husbandry

Sort the expanded list under each institutions (if any) according to the search filter and perhaps to include date of update

Dis-aggregate the IISERs in your Institution outputs ranking for India

Include ORCID ID Accounts in Nature indexing

Petroleum geology

Improve your definition of, or enlarge your coverage of, environmental sciences

Journal suggestions

Showing AC/FC (diversity factor)

Ensure that all disciplines are covered in the journal selection.

do not include all of the articles in Applied Physics Letters when calculating Nature Index

citation report

Can you make the articles that you include in the index searchable under each institution?

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