Initiative and Challenges on Establishment of ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) Database Narongrit Sombatsompop Head of Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI) Centre Chairman of ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) Database Professor in Materials Technology, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand. 1
Drives, Vision & Needs from ACI Low number of journals from ASEAN in international databases [LINK] Increased number of ASEAN publication, but low visibilities [LINK] Low national connections among ASEAN: To improve regional research Collaboration Unique regional database and showcase for ASEAN: Research focus and strength by ASEAN researchers (citations, impacts). More accurate and better research performance evaluations. Better performance rankings for ASEAN institutions. University selections for ASEAN students, especially for AEC in December 2015 Integrations of performance evaluation levels (national, regional and international). 2
Are there World Class Journals in Asia? Country Journals Indexed Distribution of the Top 5 Journals Performance Ranking in Q1 Subject China 538 Q1(2); Q2(2); Q3(1) 18/81 28/158 Multidisciplinary Geology Japan 459 Q1(1); Q2(3); Q2-Q3(1) 33/210 Physic & Astronomy (Miscellaneous) Korea 171 Q1(1); Q2-Q3(3); Q3(1) 214/1583 Medicine (Misc.) ASEAN Total 225 Singapore** 101 Q1(1); Q2(2); Q2-Q3(2), 14/81 Multidisciplinary Malaysia 68 Q2(1); Q2-Q3(2); Q3 (1) Thailand 23 Q2(3);Q3(2) Philippines 21 Q2(2); Q3(1); Indonesia 12 Q2(1); Q3(1); ** Singapore 101 journals, WS(81); NUS (4) 3
Publications for Worldwide, Asiatic and ASEAN during 1996-2010 in SCOPUS Years Worldwide Asiatic ASEAN 1996 1,124,261 159,052 6,132 1997 1,150,355 171,533 7,232 1998 1,142,426 178,062 7,372 1999 1,151,601 187,781 8,675 2000 1,221,158 199,746 9,806 2001 1,318,342 217,054 9,769 2002 1,350,850 218,864 10,406 2003 1,413,906 251,756 12,955 2004 1,565,695 296,032 14,059 2005 1,730,364 370,477 17,876 2006 1,811,071 416,089 22,096 2007 1,891,849 447,061 23,663 2008 1,924,519 487,563 28,188 2009 2,159,231 595,908 34,792 2010 2,406,772 666,569 42,941 Total 96-08 23,362,400 4,863,547 255,962 Growth 114% 319% 600% 4
Publications of ASEAN researchers in TCI database between 2002-2011 (as of Sep 2011) No. Country No. of articles 1 Malaysia 717 2 Viet Nam 103 3 Indonesia 94 4 Singapore 93 5 Philippines 77 6 Lao PDR 55 7 Cambodia 36 8 Myanmar 28 9 Brunei Darussalam 13 5
Current concept for ACI ACI criteria International criteria Editor s workshop - Brunei - Cambodia - Lao PDR InCI - Myanmar - Singapore - Vietnam ACI Scopus Thomson MCI TCI PCI Other databases 6
ACI Partners NCI/MoE representatives Set up a national database (optional) Co-organize workshop for editors in one s country ACI secretariat Provide ACI platform Provide software:- Journal digitization Plagiarism International partners Elsevier (Scopus) PubMed Thomson Reuters Others 7
ACI journal submission work flow Fill in the ACI title suggestion form by editor No pre-selection by ACI secretariat Yes Do not review this title Reviewers selected by TCI, MCI, InCI, PCI Reviewers selected by ACI secretariat Review this title via ACI online evaluation form No Final decision by ACI Steering Committee Yes Reject this title Accept this title for ACI 8
Roles of ACI Steering Committee 1. Designing and approving the standard indicators and database characteristics 2. Designing and modifying the criteria to evaluate and select journals to include in ACI 3. Working and collaborating with sub-committee, national and international partners 4. Seeking and approving funding to support ACI activities (journal selection and de-selection, organizing ACI annual meetings, automated input system and so on) 9
Road map to ACI (1/3) November 27 th, 2010 Inaugural Conference on Pioneering ASEAN Higher Education Research Clusters, at Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Introducing concept for ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) Database, Prof. Narongrit Sombatsompop Published an article in Asia Pacific Viewpoint Journal, Vol. 52(2): 207-218, 2011. 1 st Budget (400,000 US$) allocated by Ministry of Education of Thailand for establishment of ACI database June 27 th 28 th, 2011 ASEAN Representatives Meeting,at Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI), Bangkok, Thailand. 5 Country representative meetings held at TCI Center, at KMUTT (Thailand), attended by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Elsevier (Singapore) Introducing Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI) which was first launched in 2004. Malaysia started on the development of its Malaysia Citation Index (MCI) in March 2011 All five countries brainstormed to reasons and aims for ACI database Put forward and form ACI into practice, and adopt to implement data structure, and journal selection criteria August 19 th, 2013 The 1 st ACI Steering Committee, at Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Indonesian Citation Index (InCI) started on May 2011 Appointed the steering committee (6 countries), agreed on functions of the committee, Journals selection process, Quality Assurance matters, and Country contributions and funding supports. Appointed the Chairman of ACI Steering Committee (Professor Narongrit Sombatsompop, Thailand) 10
Road map to ACI (2/3) October 27 th, 2014 The 2 nd ACI Steering Committee Meeting, at Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach, Phuket, Thailand 2 nd Budget (400,000 US$) allocated by Ministry of Education of Thailand for activities of ACI database Appointed more steering committee (8 countries). Proposal for country contributions based on number of indexed journals Approved submission workflow for new title submission and title review process Approved the 1 st batch of ACI journals (41 journals) Approved characteristics and focus/scope of ACI indexed journals (ASEAN and non-asean journals) September 10 th, 2015 The 3 rd ACI Steering Committee, at Windsor Suites Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand ACI steering committee completed. Philippines Citation Index (PCI) started in 2014 Approved the 2 nd batch of ACI journals (118 journals) from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and The Philippines Now we have 159 journals in the database Introducing Automated Input System (AIS) and Plagiarism Checking Software for ACI database Offering plans and workshops for ASEAN members on journal assessments to ACI database Starting to discuss possibilities to connect ACI with Scopus database 11
Road map to ACI (3/3) December, 2016 The 4 th ACI Steering Committee, at Windsor Suites Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand (back-to-back meeting with the 11 th TCI annual symposium) To inform some progress on workshops for ASEAN members on journal assessments to ACI database. (Cambodia and Philippines in Mar 2016, Malaysia in Apr 2016, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia in June 2016). To approve the 3 rd batch of ACI journals (At present, Cambodia, the Philippines (10+ titles), Thailand (50+ titles), and Singapore (20+ titles) have proposed their journals for pre-evaluations) Utilizing the Automated Input System (AIS) and Plagiarism Checking Software for ACI database To inform progress on possibilities of connecting ACI with Scopus database To discuss some issues on ACI sustainability and supports. 12
Meeting with 4 ASEAN member countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines & Thailand) (27-28 June 2011 at Bangkok, Thailand) 9 13
1 st ASEAN Citation Index Workshop for Steering Committee (19 August 2013 at Bangkok, Thailand) 114 14
2 nd ASEAN Citation Index Workshop for Steering Committee (27 October 2014 at Phuket, Thailand) 15
3 rd ASEAN Citation Index Workshop for Steering Committee (10 September 2015 at Bangkok, Thailand) 16
1 st Editor s Workshop for ASEAN Citation Index (18 th March 2016 at Phnom Penh, Cambodia) 17
2 nd Editor s Workshop for ASEAN Citation Index (1 st April 2016 at Midas Hotel, Philippines) ASEAN Citation Index: What, Why, How? Journal Citation Criteria for ACI Building the Philippine Citation Index (PCI) Database Workshop on Journal Evaluation for possible inclusion in the ACI and Scopus 18
Pre-selection criteria 1. The title must publish peer review content. 2. The title should be published on a regular basis without delay. 3. The title should have English abstracts and article title, author names and affiliations in English. 4. The title should have cited references" in English. 19
Criterion for ACI journal evaluations 1. Articles for publication must be peer-reviewed. 2. Timeliness. 3. The journal age must be 3 years minimum. (or after 6 issues published) 4. Citations in TCI or/and other national & international databases. 5. Good diversity in authorship. 6. Good diversity in editorial board members. 7. Clear journal concepts and policy. 8. Uniform journal formats. (references, illustrations, tables etc.) 9. Journal website or online publication. (update, comprehensive) There is a slight difference for social science journals (such as book reviews). 20
ACI Homepage Search for Topic ( title, abstract, keywords) Switch language Browse by ASEAN Country 21
Display format : Author Format Search results Sort on: Date, Author, Title, Time Cited Times Cited Filter the results: Year, Author, Research area, Document type, Journal, Affiliation, Publisher, Content language 22
Display format : Author Format Time Cited Title (local + english language) Authors and Affiliation Abstract (local language) Abstract (English language) keywords Reference 23
Display format : Author Format 24
Back-end ACI Website Management tools User profile & Switch language 25
Back-end ACI Website Article Search Add and Delete article Article list edit 26
Current status for ACI database ACI Steering committee [LINK] Number of journal titles [LINK breakdown in countries]. Funding supports By OHEC of Thailand, KMUTT and TU. Establishments of NCI and Workshops Collaborations with Scopus and Thomson Reuters 27
Future challenges for ACI database ASEAN research focus: Uniqueness and niched research area Sustainability to secure ACI - system sustainability, manpower, financial supports. Challenges to collaborate with the existing national/international databases such as KCI, Chinese, Taiwanese, Scopus, Thomson, etc Abilities to gain attention and visibilities from non- ASEAN or international peers. 28
Acknowledgements Thanks to OHEC, TRF, KMUTT, TU and Elsevier for funding supports Thank you for your attention 29
ACI Steering committee Chairman of the ACI Steering Committee Prof. Dr. Narongrit Sombatsompop Head, Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre (TCI) King Mongkut s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) Bangkok, Thailand narongrit.som@kmutt.ac.th The ACI Steering Committee BRUNEI Darussalam Dr. Tan Soon Jian Director of Centre for Transport Research Universiti Teknologi Brunei CAMBODIA Dr. Nith Bunlay Deputy Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education Youth and Sport, Phanom Penh 30
ACI Steering committee INDONESIA Prof. Edy Soewono Executive Ed ITB journal Science PI Indonesian Citation Index Institut Teknologi Bandung Prof. Slamin Head of Information System Study Program University of Jember Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phosy Chanhming Deputy Director of Research and Academic Service office National University of Laos LAOS PDR Assoc. Prof. Chansy Phuangsouketh Director of Center Library National University of Laos 31
ACI Steering committee MALAYSIA Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraidah Abd Manaf Head of Malaysian Citation Centre Malaysian Citation Center Department of Higher Education Noor Husna binti Mohamad Zayadi Librarian, Pusat Sitasi Malaysia Malaysian Citation Centre Dr. Napoleon Juanillo Director IV Commission on Higher Education PHILIPPINES Dr. Allan Sioson Director, Regional Higher Education Research Center Member, CHED Ateneo de Naga University 32
ACI Steering committee MYANMAR Dr. Myint Lwin Rector, Kyaukse University SINGAPORE Prof. Micheal Khor Khiam Aik Director of the Research Support Office and Bibliometrics Analysis Nanyang Technological University Dr. Nongyao Premkamolnetr Assistant to the Head, Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre (TCI) Knowlegd Network Institute of Thailand THAILAND Assoc. Prof. Teerasak Markpin Researcher, Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre (TCI) King Mongkut s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) 33
ACI Steering committee Prof. Dr. Le Quoc Hoi Editor in Chief, Journal of Economics Development National Economics University VIETNAM Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dinh Phi Ho Deputy Editor in Chief, Journal of Economics Development University of Economics 34
Number of journal titles Country Number of journal titles Brunei Darussalam N/A Cambodia N/A Indonesia 18 Lao PDR N/A Malaysia 25 Myanmar N/A Philippines 20 Singapore N/A Thailand 94 Vietnam 2 Total 159 (As of 16 March 2016) 35
36 TCI with Partnership Scopus for establishing Expert Content Selection & Advisory Committee of Thailand, ECSAC of Thailand The Thailand Research Fund for University Rating Project Commission on Higher Education of Thailand for setting up ASEAN Citation Index Database Universities for research performance assessments in departmental and faculty levels.
List of Philippines journals in ACI (As of 16 March 2016) No. ISSN Title 1 0001-6071 Acta Medica Philippina 2 1655-4418 ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering 3 0117-3375 Asia Life Sciences 4 0119-8386 Asia-Pacific Social Science Review 5 0117-1968 Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 6 0116-1105 Asian Development Review 7 0116-7111 DLSU Business and Economics Review 8 1655-1532 Humanities Diliman 9 0119-1144 Journal of Environmental Science and Management 10 0859-3132 Journal of the International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences 11 2094-6937 Kritika Kultura 12 0031-7683 Philippine Journal of Science 13 0115-4451 Philippine Political Science Journal 14 2244-1093 Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic 15 2244-1875 Philosophia (Philippines) 16 1029-7073 Sabrao Journal of Breeding and Genetics 17 0119-5646 The Asia Pacific Education Researcher 18 0031-7454 The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 19 0031-7705 The Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine 20 0115-463x The Philippine Journal of Crop Sciences 37
1 st batch of Thai journals for ACI Criteria for 1 st batch of Thai journals 1. Indexed in TCI, Scopus and/or Thomson OR 2. Journal group A in TCI database with English language in titles abstracts author names and affiliations cited references 38
39 List of 1 st batch for Thai journals in ACI No. Titles Indexed Note 1 Asian Biomedicine Scopus, ISI, TCI 2 Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology Scopus, ISI, TCI 3 Chiang Mai Journal of Science Scopus, ISI, TCI 4 Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology Scopus, ISI, TCI 5 ScienceAsia Scopus, ISI, TCI 6 The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health Scopus, ISI, TCI 7 The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine Scopus, ISI, TCI 8 ECTI Transactions on Electrical Eng., Electronics, and Communications Scopus, TCI 9 Engineering Journal Scopus, TCI 10 Journal of Health Research Scopus, TCI
40 List of 1 st batch for Thai journals in ACI No. Titles Indexed Note 11 Kasetsart Journal (Natural Science) Scopus, TCI 12 Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology 13 Walailak Journal of Science and Technology 14 Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 15 The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Scopus, TCI Scopus, TCI Scopus, TCI Scopus, TCI 16 Kasetsart Journal (Social Sciences) Scopus, TCI 17 Chiang Mai University Journal of Natural Sciences Scopus, TCI 18 EnvironmentAsia Scopus, TCI 19 Thai Journal of Agricultural Science Scopus, TCI
41 List of 1 st batch for Thai journals in ACI No. Titles Indexed Note 20 Environment and Natural Resources Journal 21 Silpakorn University Science and Technology Journal TCI TCI Score 17, All of English language Score 17, All of English language 22 Thailand Statistician TCI Score 17, All of English language 23 International Journal of Agricultural Technology 24 International Journal of Renewable Energy 25 Journal of Population and Social Studies 26 Outbreak, Surveillance and Investigation Reports 27 Suranaree Journal of Science and Technology TCI TCI TCI TCI TCI Score 16, All of English language Score 16, All of English language Score 16, All of English language Score 16, All of English language Score 16, All of English language
List of 1 st batch for Thai journals in ACI No. Titles Indexed Note 28 Thammasat International Journal of Science and Technology 29 Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research 30 Rangsit Journal of Arts and Sciences TCI TCI TCI Score 16, All of English language Score 15, All of English language Score 15, All of English language 31 Thammasat Review TCI Score 15, All of English language 32 KMUTT Research and Development Journal 33 Applied Environmental Research TCI Score 18 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English) TCI Score 16 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English) 42
43 List of 1 st batch for Thai journals in ACI No. Titles Indexed Note 34 Journal of Public Health and Development 35 Journal of Sports Science and Health 36 Songklanagarind Medical Journal 37 The Journal of Industrial Technology TCI Score 16 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English) TCI Score 16 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English) TCI Score 16 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English) TCI Score 16 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English)
44 List of 1 st batch for Thai journals in ACI No. Titles Indexed Note 38 The Journal of King Mongkut s University of Technology North Bangkok 39 University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce Journal 40 Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences TCI Score 16 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English) TCI Score 16 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English) TCI Score 15 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English) 41 KKU Engineering Journal TCI Score 15 - titles, abstract, author names and affiliations (Thai & English) - cited references (English)
10 Activities to promote TCI 1. Annual conference for editors (450 editors/year, free of charge) 2. Journal assessments (Every 3 years, classified in Groups 1, 2 and 3) 3. E-journal services (Thai Journal systems and Plagiarism checkers, Top priority to journals in Group 1) 4. ACI indexing (only journals Group 1 will be selected and recommended) 5. TCI-TRF-SCOPUS award (Every 2 years, immediately recommended to Scopus) 6. Partnership with Scopus (Scopus local board) 7. Academic promotion for faculty member (by Ministry of Education, only Journals in Groups 1 and 2) 8. Grant allocations (by Thailand Research Fund, Only journals in Group 1) 9. Master and PhD graduations (through Ministry of Education, only journals in Groups 1 and 2) 10. Main information for research performance assessments by TCI services (requested by many universities). 45
Social impacts of TCI Thailand has its own online database which contains not only bibliographic records of journal articles, but also the citations Thai articles have greater visibilities (more Thai journals indexed in ISI and Scopus, higher impact factors, more citations, authorships). More online publications of Thai journals. Based on citation records and the impact factors, some of the journals have much higher submissions, whereas some had to terminate themselves due to too low submissions. TCI organizes an annual forum for Thai editors (about 200 editors each year) to update publishing news and policies, and also to exchange ideas and experiences on how to run better scholarly journals. TCI s database supports the HEIs, and funding agencies for quality assurance evaluations, research assessment exercises, academic promotions, funding allocations. 46
Examples of specific impacts TCI (as of 2016) The Thailand Research Fund (One of the biggest research funding agencies) for University Rating project of research performance of institution and universities (in department level) they financially support, by using the citations from TCI for the purposes of grant allocations. The PhD Royal Golden Jubilee Program of The Thailand Research Fund has announced publicly that the research work published in the journal titles indexed in TCI (only classified in Group A) and in ACI database can be used to fulfill the funding requirement and for the PhD students to graduate. 47
Examples of specific impacts TCI (as of 2016) All universities (enforced by MoE in Thailand) have their policies that only Thai articles indexed in TCI are accepted for academic promotions. The office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Public Organization) assesses the research performances of all Thai universities and the articles indexed by TCI Centre have more weight for quality insurance. More than 20 universities in Thailand award their researchers (in cash) who publish their works in specific international databases (ISI, Scopus and PubMed) for international articles and in the TCI database for national articles. (Ex. Thammasart, Chulalongkorn, Taksin, Mahanakorn universities). 48