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Collaboration, Competition and the Global Drivers of Research

Collaboration, Competition and the Global Drivers of Research. Dr Wim J.N. Meester Senior Product Manager. Moscow, 18 May 2010. Knowledge, networks and nations, The Royal Society, 2011. Science is growing globally. New global leaders are emerging.

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Collaboration, Competition and the Global Drivers of Research

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  1. Collaboration, Competition and the Global Drivers of Research Dr Wim J.N. Meester Senior Product Manager Moscow, 18 May 2010

  2. Knowledge, networks and nations, The Royal Society, 2011 Science is growing globally

  3. New global leaders are emerging Countries ranked by output growth 1997-2007 (percentage) “Today the dominant position of the United States in the international research and education community is being challenged as never before.” -American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  4. Sharing in science

  5. Scientists seek recognition for their work There is one character trait . . . which is an intrinsic part of a scientist’s culture, and which the public image doesn’t often include: his extreme egocentricity, expressed chiefly in his overmastering desire for recognition by his peers. No other recognition matters. And that recognition comes in only one way. It doesn’t really matter who you are or whom you know. You may not even know those other scientists personally, but they know you—through your publications.

  6. Driver of collaboration and competition Collaboration Competition Funding Personal loyalties Ideological, social and political forces Publish or perish Low-cost communication and travel Personal gain Funding Personal antipathies Ideological, social and political forces Publish or perish Drive for individual recognition Personal gain

  7. International collaboration is rising globally International collaboration rate 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year

  8. International collaboration is field-dependent Numbers denote number of articles (thousands) in each subject area in 2008 International collaboration rate

  9. International collaboration increases citation impact

  10. International collaboration leads to more citations Russia achieves more than three-fold publication impact increase by collaborating with ‘country x’ (in 2008)

  11. Who is looking at your research through Scopus?

  12. And in Russia

  13. How to use Scopus to promote your journal’s authors?

  14. Tools to increase collaboration based on Scopus content Evaluate research performance and make informed strategic decisions

  15. Tools to increase collaboration based on Scopus content Find experts and enable collaboration

  16. SciVerse Scopus: Content coverage and title selection Dr Wim J.N. Meester Senior Product Manager Moscow, 18 May 2010

  17. 7 million researchers worldwide “Average researcher is reading 300+ articles per year” 1,5 million research articles per year “Researchers can spend up to 31% of time on content related activities” 3 articles published per minute

  18. Scopus: Scanning the horizon for quality research Scopus: a broader view on Science

  19. Broadest source for research answers • Abstracts and citations from> 5,000 publishers • 4,4 Million conference papers(10% of Scopus records) • “Articles in Press” from more than3,750 titles • 24 Million Patents • 1,200 Open Access journals • 80% of all Scopus records have an abstract • Abstracts going back to 1823 • 40 languages covered • 315 m integrated scientific websites via Scirus A rich and extended coverage including > 18,500 titles 17,500 Peer reviewed journals 400 Trade journals 300 Book series

  20. Breadth of coverage acrosssubject areas More than 18,500 titles in Scopus, titles can be in more than one subject area Health Sciences 6,200 • (100% Medline) • Nursing • Dentistry • etc., Social Sciences 5,900 • Psychology • Economics • Business • A&H • etc., Life Sciences 3,950 • Neuroscience • Pharmacology • Biology • etc., Physical Sciences 6,350 • Chemistry • Physics • Engineering • etc.,

  21. Breadth of coverage acrossgeographical areas Wider coverage gives a more accurate picture of the research landscape 1,050 5,950 8,700 1,600 400 500 350 l

  22. Breadth of coverage Russia Russian Other language 187 Russian titles in Scopus Number of documents in Scopus with Russian country affiliation in 2006 – 2010

  23. Publication types Adding other content types in subject areas where it matters most Bio-Medicine Physical Sciences Engineering Social Sciences All Sciences Humanities

  24. Broader coverage thannearest peer Scopus (Total: 18,772) Web of Science(Total: 11,419) 8,234 10,538 881 www.jisc-adat.com “The Scopus surplus”

  25. s Broader coverage means more citations Nearest peer Scopus Number of citations to most cited articles in WoS and Scopus In Thousands Scopus has on average 10% more citations per article >7,000 citations for these examples

  26. Broader coverage = higher citations

  27. Exponential growth of academic/scholarly journals Ulrichsweb.com June 2010

  28. And new global leaders are emerging Countries by research output growth rate (%) 1997-2007 25 45 -6 49 35 63 204 48 25 22 10 5 505 80 50 366 98 126 159 76 Low growth rate High growth rate

  29. But these new leaders have relatively low citation rates Countries by average citation count in 2007 0.13 0.56 0.59 0.48 0.51 0.30 0.22 0.68 0.54 0.47 0.56 0.15 0.33 0.39 0.45 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.23 0.46 Low citation rate High citation rate

  30. Quality selection by independent, international board

  31. Scopus new title suggestions http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus/scopus-in-detail/content-selection

  32. Technical criteria Eligibility • Peer-review • English abstracts • Regular publication • References in Roman script • Publication ethics and malpractice statement

  33. Scopus selection criteria a combinationof quantitative and qualitative measures

  34. Scopus Title Evaluation Process Publisher Suggest Title Feedback decision Rejection + reasons Not for review Input N OK for Review? Check against pre-conditions Y Further enrich titles Setup content feed N Make decision Y Review title CSAB External Reviewer

  35. Top 25 countries suggested titles 2008-2011 Under review Reviewed Not for review (n=6156)

  36. Top 25 countries reviewed titles (2011) (n=232) Accepted Rejected

  37. Scholarly titles from the Russian Federation (20%) (13%) Suggested for review Under review by CSAB Not accepted for review Accepted Rejected

  38. Pro-active: Social Sciences and A&H comparison study ERIH (5,186) 1,200 AERES (5,116) Cairn (219) Francis (2,344)

  39. Comprehensiveness Adding Publishers’ archives (> 2,650 titles) Planned:

  40. Quality of content and Correctness This is an “article number”, not a Page Number This is an “article number”, not a Page Number New software is being installed to match citations for journals that use this publication method

  41. Tools to improve user experience Datasets

  42. Thank You

  43. Global competition has increased dramatically Countries ranked by published output (times 1,000 documents) 1997 2007

  44. Scholarly titles from Spain (14%) (4%) Suggested for review Under review by CSAB Not accepted for review Accepted Rejected

  45. Local initiatives: FECYT (Spain)

  46. Collaboration between Brazil,Russia, India and China and the G7 (2004-2008)

  47. Thank You

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