In 2025, the Research Information Services Department of KTU Library invited faculty communities to a series of meetings where it presented bibliometric analyses of scientific output prepared for each department. These analyses covered the past five years, based on publication data registered in the eLABa repository.
Meetings were held across eight University faculties and the Food Institute. The bibliometric reports highlighted the department researchers‘ research output by publication type. Bibliometric data from Web of Science and Scopus enriched the analysis with insights of the most popular publishers and journals chosen by authors of the department, also the quality of the research output according to the journal Impact Factor.
Library representatives introduced open access publishing opportunities, including OA publishing models, available discounts and conditions for article processing charges (APCs), and open access requirements by research funding institutions.
Bibliometric analysis can be done at the institutional or departmental level but it might be also a good self evaluation tool for individual authors. The benefit of the bibliometrics is provide valuable insights into prevailing trends among publishers and journals, highlight publication performance, reveal collaboration networks at institutional, national, and international levels, and help identify directions for potential partnerships.
Presentation slides from the faculty bibliometric analysis sessions are available on the KTU Library intranet.
