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CONTENTS Message from the President....................................................................................................... 6 Message from the Vice Presidentfor Graduate Studies & Scientific Research.......... 8 Thomson Reuters CEO Message............................................................................................... 8 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 12 Objectives......................................................................................................................................... 13 Components of Strategic Plan................................................................................................... 14 Messages to UOD faculty and Researches............................................................................ 15 Dynamic Strategic Planning....................................................................................................... 17 Programs for Deans and Department Chairman.................................................. 18 Level 2: Programs for Researchers, Postgraduate Students and Faculty...... 21 Programs for Librarians, Publishers and Scientific Research Staff...............................22 Online programs............................................................................................................... 23
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
abbreviation
Name
UOD
Universty of Dammam
TR
Thomson Reuters
WOS
Web Of Science
h-index
Hirsch index
KPIs
Key Performance Indicators
HR Strategy
Human Resource strategy
JCR
Journal Citation Report
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT University of Dammam and through the strategic partnership project with Thomson Reuters aims to provide all university stakeholders (internal) with necessary support and tools in order to achieve the ultimate research objective of UOD, which is boosting research. In order to accomplish the objective, a strategic plan should be established and implemented to lead the path. In the aforementioned project, the strategic planning phase of the project that is launched in March, 2015 will support and accompany Deans, Department Chairmen, Faculty or Research groups as well as individual researchers in to take through
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this pathway towards the best performance. Strategic planning will be effective and valuable if capitalized over the internal stakeholders. So each College and Department will has to build his own strategic plan tracing his vision to success based on Kingdome national plan, faculty numbers, and discipline, inter disciplinary research etc. Hope the plan achieves its goals to drive the Faculty and UOD to the proper prestigious position they deserve both nationalty internationalty.
H.E. The President,
Prof. Abdullah M. Al-Rubaish
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MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR HIGHER STUDIES & SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Acting on behalf the president H. E. Prof. Abdullah Al-Rubaish and a result of Strategic Partnership between University of Dammam and Thomson Reuters, efforts exerted for the unification of UOD variants affiliations, the University Of Dammam has a remarkable presence among national universities. UOD has 1947 documents in the Web of Science back from 1977 and up to 2015. UOD received total of 9476 citations for documents published between 1977 and 2015. According to TR InCites data, National level order of UOD has been upgraded 27th to 5th position with respect to WOS documents and to 13th position with respect to Citation. Although these numbers are important, however they are not sufficient enough to enter in to the race for the ranking and visibility on the
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international level. This situation needs immediate actions on all levels in the UOD (Deans, Chairman, Faculty and Researchers, etc.) in order to boost the scientific research outcome and value thus enhancing the international branding of Faculty, which in turns enhance international ranking of UOD. By being highly cited and internationally visible, the faculty members get opportunities to join international Scientific Societies; International Journals as review board members and editors; International review Panels for Grants and for PhD theses, etc. Faculty members and researchers are the new Brand Manager of UOD and faculty enhancement will put UOD among international leading universities. The Vice President, For Graduate Studies & Scientific Research
Prof. Abdulsalam Al-Sulaiman
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Message from Thomson Reuters CEO Government and academia play a pivotal role in shaping the success of any knowledge-based economy. Thomson Reuters is proud to partner with the University of Dammam in the development and implementation of their Strategic Research Plan, which aims to fuel scientific and innovative discoveries with positive economic and social impacts. The University of Dammam will build research capacity and improve research and development analysis through Thomson Reuters innovative technology solutions, integrated data sets and human expertise.
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Together we aim to build a world-class research management infrastructure, enabling the measurement, management, and analysis of the University of Dammam’s research output, with the goal of increasing the university’s international profile in the areas of research, discovery, and innovation. Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters
Jim Smith
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INTRODUCTION University Of Dammam has engaged in a Strategic Partnership with Thomson Reuters, in order to promote Faculty Branding and visibility, the international reputation and prestige of academic output of the UOD, international credibility of cutting edge scientific research, and continuous improvement in international ranking. To achieve this goal, a long-term strategic planis needed.This strategic plan has two main strategic outcomes; 1. Dynamic Strategic Planning which includes: 1.1. Support meetings with Deans, Department Chairmen 1.2. Training / workshops for researchers, postgraduate students and faculty members 1.3. Training/ workshops for UOD trainers 2. Implementation of Dynamic Strategic Planning which will be started from 2016 and continued till 2019, God Willing. The main goal of the plan is to drive the UOD research outcome to the internationalization. General Supervisor, Strategic Partnership UOD & Thomson Reuters
Prof. Ebtesam Al-Suhaimi
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OBJECTIVES • Selection of Publishing Venue
This strategic plan enables faculty members and researchers to choose the appropriate publishing venue for their research efforts.
• International Visibility
Publishing articles in authenticated indexed journals will facilitate the international visibility of publication and increase the citations, which in turn enhance the Global ranking of UOD. This will also be reflected in the promotion, project funding and research excellence award of the faculty members and researchers.
• Internationalization of UOD
Through the internationalization, UOD can connect its Colleges, Deanships, Faculty members, Researchers and Students to a globalizing world. Thus, UOD will be transformed into a truly global higher education research institute
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COMPONENTS OFSTRATEGIC PLAN The components of a strategic plan (shown in Fig.1) are to be delivered and followed by each department through awell-selected set of indicators related to a pre-defined suitable timeline.
mission Strategic Priorities
Annualy
OPERATING Principles
vision
One yearAction Planning.Budgeting Process Improvement Weekly Monthly Quaterly
Situational Analysis
Periodic Checks
Figure 1 Components of a strategic plan: mission, vision, situational analysis, priorities and indicators
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To Faculty Members and Researchers • How Can I Maximize my Ranking in Scientific Research & Why? • Do you want to be recognized by the scientific community?
1st Message Dear Faculty members and Researchers, As you know, UOD & Thomson Reuters Web of Science (WOS) is providing access to multidisciplinary research connected through linked content citation. In order to accelerate the advancement of research with international standards and drive faculty branding, UOD encourages al l the faculty members to publish in WOS indexed journals. WOS will increase the visibility of published articles, improve citation, and increase h-index and reputation of researchers in the scientific community. Published articles in WOS will support faculty evaluation, enhance academic promotion, reward excellence, high reputation in the scientific and industrial community. Hence, UOD urges all faculty members and researchers to publish articles in highly cited WOS journals.
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2nd Message
Dear Faculty members and Researchers, One of the objectives of UOD is to support and promote research activities of potential researcher who can contribute to original cuttingedge research. Research support and funding aim of improve the facility citation record and ranking of the University of Dammam. In order to achieve the objective of the UOD, all researchers shall only publish their articles in Web of Science indexed Journals and be aware about the journal selection process. Therefore, UOD is pleased to campaign journal selection process in the Web of Science.
3rd Message
Dear Faculty members and Researchers, UOD encourages you to publish your articles in Web of Science selected Journals and register in Scopus and Google Scholar database. This will facilitate your publication visibility, and increase your citations. Based on this, your promotion, project funding and research excellence award will increase and subsequently improve your ranking. Your resea ation, kindly visit the following link • Web of Science: http://wokinfo.com/ • Scopu s: http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus • Google Scholar: http://www.google.com/intl/en/scholar/citations.html
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DYNAMIC STRATEGIC PLANNING PROGRAM The Vice Presidency of Higher Studies & Scientific Research represented by the Supervision office on the strategic partnership at UOD through the partnership with TR, TR Team will provide a list of deliverables such as: • Support meetings • Specialized workshops & trainings • Performance reports • Support documents
Those are planned for the first year as follows; • Level 1: Programs for Deans and Department Chairman • Level 2: Programs for Researchers & Faculty • Level 3: Postgraduate Students • Level 3: Programs for Librarians, Publishers and Scientific Research Staff • Level 4: Online programs
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Level 1 : Programs for Deans and Department Chairmen Time
Date (tentative)
1
OpeningSession: Importanceofthe Strategic Plan for Faculty and Researcher›s internationalization (By President and Vice President)
1 hour
30th March 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
2
Meeting: How to formulate a Mission
1 hour
30th March 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
3
Meeting: How to formulate a Vision
1 hour
30th March 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
4
Support Document: Mission and Vision best practices
2 hours
22nd April 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
5
Meeting: Priorities Identification
2 hours
29th April 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
6
Meeting: Data: types and errors
1.5 hours
6th May 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
7
Meeting: Tools (WOS, INCITES)
3 hours
13th May 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
8
Meeting: Good Decision Making
2 hours
20th May 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
9
Meeting: Bibliometric indicators
3 hours
3rd June 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
10
Meeting: Discussion of KPI’s 1.5 hours
26th August 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award buil ding
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Title
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Venue
No.
Title
Time
Date (tentative)
Venue
1.5 hours
7th October 2015 (each 4 month)
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Meeting: Implementation Needs
12
Meeting: Status updates or presentations
1.5 hours
9th December 2015 (each 4 month)
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Meeting :Follow up and analysis of obtained results and refinement of strategy accordingly
1.5 hours
2nd September 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
14
Meeting: Support on fund grasping mechanisms and big project competency management
1.5 hours
9th September2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Meeting: Performance Evaluation
1.5 hours
16th September2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Meeting: CollaborationsEvaluation and action plans to improve collaboration efficiency
1.5 hours
7th October 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Meeting: Research Orientations
1.5 hours
4th November 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Meeting: Performance versus Funding
1.5 hours
25th November 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Meeting: HR Strategy
1.5 hours
2nd December 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Meeting: Facilities/ programs
1.5 hours
23rd December 2015
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Timeline for The Submission of Documents After being trained on the different requirements of the strategic plan, the Colleges & Departments should produce those requirements and to deliver them for review upon the following table:
No.
Action/ Delivery
Deadline On month post the session date
1
Mission of Department
30th April 2015
2
Vision of Department
15th May 2015
3
Priorities Identification
15th June 2015
4
Situation Analysis per priorities
15th July 2015
5
Decision per the situation analysis
31st August 2015
6
Discussion of KPI’s
31st August 2015
7
Dept. Performance indicators
30th September 2015
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Level 2: Programs for Researchers, Postgraduate Students and Faculty No.
Title
Time
Date (tentative)
Venue
1
Tools for Biblio-Search-WOS
1.5 hours
20th Jan 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
2
Publishing Strategy-JCR (On the Pathway for Quality assured Research)
1.5 hours
3rd Feb 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
3
Where I publish my article?
1.5 hours
2nd March 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
4
Reason for publishing in WOS journals
1.5 hours
6th Apr 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
5
How can I select my journal?
1.5 hours
4th May 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Problematic and hypothesis
1.5 hours
8th June 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
7
Research Methodology
1.5 hours
24th Aug 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
8
Data collection, analysis
1.5 hours
21st Sep 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
9
Technical Writing
1.5 hours
28th Sep 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
10
Patent Research and Analysis
1.5 hours
5th Oct 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
11
Bibliometric indicators
1.5 hours
9th Nov 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
12
Priorities Identification
1.5 hours
23rd Nov 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
13
Support on fund grasping mechanisms and big project competency management
1.5 hours
14th Dec 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Level 3: Programs for Librarians, Publishers and Scientific Research Staff No.
Title
Time
Date (tentative)
Venue
1
Tools for Biblio-Search -WOS
1.5 hours
20th Jan 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
2
Publishing Strategy -JCR (On the Pathway for Quality ssured Research)
1.5 hours
3rd Feb 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
3
EndNote : Basic for WOS users
1.5 hours
6th Apr 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
4
Problematic and hypothesis
1.5 hours
8th June 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
5
Research Methodology
1.5 hours
24th Aug 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
6
Data collection, analysis
1.5 hours
21st Sep 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
7
Basic Search and Navigation
1.5 hours
28th Sep 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
8
Using Advanced Search
1.5 hours
5th Oct 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
9
Bibliometric indicators
1.5 hours
9th Nov 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
10
Priorities Identification
1.5 hours
23rd Nov 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
11
Patent Research and Analysis
1.5 hours
14th Dec 2016
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award building
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Level 4: Online Training Programs
1
http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/
2
WOS : Basic Search and Navigation
3
WOS : Cited Reference Search
4
WOS : Using Advanced Search
5
WOS : Organization Name Searching
6
InCites : Journal Citation Reports on InCites platform
7
InCites : Introduction to InCites Benchmarking & Analytics
8
EndNote : Basic for WOS users
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