eResources - Database - Dimensions

Dear all,

A new citation database called Dimensions launched a few weeks ago, which could be an alternative to Web of Science or Scopus.

For those of us who don't have access to those products, Dimensions runs on a freemium model, allowing anyone to utilize basic functions while its owners hope that organizations and universities pay for higher level functionality and support.

Users in the free version should find the functionality much like other citation databases, being able to search by subject keywords, journal title, author name and, say, university name.

The free version of this tool could be very helpful to researchers: helping find the names of journals publishing in specific disciplines (and the quality of those journals), providing papers/ citations in those disciplines and maybe even potential collaborators.  Those paying for the premium version would also be able to get information on grants, clinical trials and patents - and presumably more metric tools.

Here is the link for the Dimensions site: https://www.dimensions.ai/ 
https://app.dimensions.ai/discover/publication

Dimensions has a lot more tools.  Here are a few stories that explain them.

Inside Higher Ed: Democratizing Research Funding Data
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/15/corporation-strives-democratize-access-research-funding-data

Information Today: Digital Science Adds Extra Dimensions to Scholarly Research Data
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Digital-Science-Adds-Extra-Dimensions-to-Scholarly-Research-Data-122744.asp

Nature: Science search engine links papers to grants and patents:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00688-0


Courtesy: John Liebhardt, Sharjah, UAE

Dr.P.Clara Jeyaseeli - Resource Person @ UGC National Seminar, Jeyaraj Annapackiam College, Periyakulam

KNOWLEDGE SHARING OF VVVC LIBRARIAN DR.P.CLARA JEYASEELI @ JAC - 28.01.2016

I thank the College Management,  Principal Rev.Sr.Dr.T.Nirmala  and the Head of the Library Rev.Sr.Dr.R.Fatima Mary Sylvia of Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women (Autonomous), Periayakulam for inviting me as a resource person for the invited lecture session - III on "PUBLISHING ETHICS AND PLAGIARISM" in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on "RANKING THE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS" on 27.01.2016 and 28.01.2016 organized by the Central Library, Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women (Autonomous), Periyakulam, Theni Dt. 

I enjoyed the question session where the participants from various institutions actively posted their questions which showed their keen interest towards the topic.  I thank the JAC Library Committee faculty members, the faculty from all the departments of JAC and specially the student scholars who made remarkable comments. 

I thank our College Management and our Principal for encouraging me to act as a resource person for the same.  Also, I thank our VVVC faculty members and scholars for enriching me with various ideas.

I thank my mentors from various institutions who always support me in my career.  I thank God Almighty for showering his blessings.

Dr.P.Clara Jeyaseeli

29.01.2016