What

On Research outputs one of the available metrics is Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI).

How

Field-Weighted Citation Impact is the ratio of the total citations actually received by the denominator’s output, and the total citations that would be expected based on the average of the subject field. A Field-Weighted Citation Impact of:

• Exactly 1 means that the output performs just as expected for the global average
• More than 1 means that the output is more cited than expected according to the global average; for example, 1.48 means 48% more cited than expected
• Less than 1 means that the output is cited less than expected according to the global average

Below is description on how FWCI works and is imported into Pure:

• FWCI is an Article Metric
• FWCI's actual citation count is relative to the expected world citation count.
• FWCI is by default synched into Pure once a week (If enabled)
• The data science team receives a snapshot from Scopus, calculates the FWCI on that snapshot and then it's made available back to Scopus and SciVal.
• SciVal 'owns' the metric, but both SciVal and Scopus pick it up from the same S3 bucket.
• FWCI is available by configuring SciVal metrics (see SciVal Metric for more information)
  • Administrator > Integrations > SciVal Metrics: Enabling the integration does not require a valid SciVal subscription. If no valid credentials are entered, only FWCI codes will be imported (see 5.21 Release- SciVal Metrics Integration for more information)
  • Administrator > Metrics and toggling 'on' the setting for 'Enable SciVal standard metrics' to enable/disable different metrics to make them visible throughout Pure (see 5.19 Release- Field Weighed Citation Impact for more information)
• FWCI is not currently available via the portal; improvements are available and will be available to review and vote on via Idea Exchange.

From 5.21.0:

• FWCI is available through the web service, please see FWCI Added to Web Service/ Field-Weighted Citation Impact available to all customers for more detailed information on this.
• FWCI can be reported on under 'metrics' in the report module 
  Note: Using the FWCI in the reporting module, will require the metric itself to be enabled. Please see FWCI in reporting for detailed documentation on how this can be used in reporting.

More information

Metrics Overview
Snowball Metrics  
Scopus: Access and use Support Center  
SciVal metric 
5.19 Release Notes: Field-Weighted Citation Impact available to all customers
5.21 Release Notes: FWCI Added to Web Service
5.21 Release Notes: FWCI in reporting
Note: Some of this information is for internal use only and might not be accessible.