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Innovative Ways to Support Researchers and Research Management SciVal Spotlight. Coen van der Krogt Product Sales Manager December 9, 2010 c.krogt@elsevier.com. Multidisciplinarity. Competition / Collaboration. High mobility. Accountability / Government policies.
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Innovative Ways to Support Researchers and Research Management SciVal Spotlight Coen van der Krogt Product Sales Manager December 9, 2010 c.krogt@elsevier.com
Multidisciplinarity Competition / Collaboration High mobility Accountability / Government policies Multiple Trends Impact The Research Landscape Improve research outcomes Research Strategy & Research Performance
Agenda • Scopus • Supporting Researchers • Supporting Performance Evaluation • Basis for analytical and workflow tools from the SciVal suite • SciVal Spotlight Supporting Research Management
Scopus - Most comprehensive Abstracts and Citations database Secure institutional success . . . Increased prestige, ranking and funding because you . . . . . . thereby unlocking the library’s full potential enabled by . . . • Best evaluation of performance and quality: • Broadest coverage of peer-reviewed, high quality journals • Globally as well as locally • More accurate citation count, fairer recognition for work . . . improve your institutional productivity . . . . . . and (c) provides access to the most comprehensive content . . . • Improve productivity of Researcher and Student: • Most efficient and effective search • Access to most comprehensive content . . . by enabling the management to make better decisions . . . . . . (b) offers you the most efficient and effective search . . . . . . and improving student and researcher productivity . . . …because Scopus (a) enables you to evaluate performance and quality accurately . . .
% Scopus has significantly more journals in its database than WoS WoS total: 11,419 Scopus total: 19,981 Unique Scopus titles: 9,458 Unique WoS titles: 896 Joint titles: 10,523 Year 2010 Source: JISC Collections Academic Database
4000 3000 2000 1000 0 5000 2500 0 Scopus has a large article coverage per subject area Scopus versus WoS content coverage (number of journals) Web of Science Scopus Biomedical & Clinical Research Mathematics, Information& Communication Sciences Engineering & environmental Sciences Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Social, Behavioural & Economic Sciences Public and Health Services Humanities & creative arts
a perfect global coverage Scopus versus WoS geographical coverage (number of journals) Web of Science Scopus 2,000 2,000 8,000 8,000 1,000 1,000 4,000 4,000 Less than 10% of our nearest competitor’s journals come from outside North America and Western Europe Scopus has more than 20% of its journals from outside this region 0 0 0 0 500 600 300 250 300 150 0 0 0 Scopus covers “local” content for local audiences and for audiences who want to know what is happening elsewhere
Example: higher coverage of local journals from Croatia in Scopus 78 active titles (total 104, including 26 inactive titles) +229% (active titles) January 2010 Figures
Journal Evaluation – some challenges: I’m a publishing author in a niche area, how can I compare with researchers in another scientific field? How can I get a value that reflects citation behaviour in my research area? It’s 2010 – why can I only get a ranking relevant to 2008? Where can I find the data that have been used to generate this number? The Impact Factor does not cover the journal I’m publishing in. What now? Summary: Difficult to compare Not recent enough Lack of clarity of data origin Lack of coverage
January 2010: 2 new journal metrics in Scopus - SJR and SNIP SJR - SCImago Journal Rank SNIP - Source-Normalized Impact per Paper • Comparison Normalization of differences between fields • Recent Refreshed twice per year: April and September • Data origin Eliminates risk of manipulation • Coverage All 19,000+ journals, proceedings and book series in Scopus receiveSJR and SNIP values • www.journalmetrics.com
The Research Landscape is changing ...Elsevier Is Changing With You • Solutions based on Scopus • Supporting Research Management
Positioning Overview: SciVal Suite Performance & Evaluation Demonstration of Expertise Network Research Support AGGREGATION Institution/Country Researcher/Group Institution Researcher Spotlight Strata Showcase Expert Profiling Scopus-EP-VIVO Funding SciVerse Scopus PRIMARY BUYER PRIMARY USER ADDRESSABLE CUSTOMER CHALLENGES
SciVal Spotlight
WHAT IS SPOTLIGHT ? 1. Definition: • Spotlight is a web based solution to identify the institutional research strengths. With the aim to assess the institutionalstrategy of research management • It is NOT an evaluation tool for authors or papers 2. What we define as a research strength (competency)? • Areas of research (multi- or single-discipline) where our institution has a significant quantity of papers (from one or more authors) published during the last 5 years • So some highly cited authors may not be shown...
WHAT IS SPOTLIGHT ? 3. How we define the areas of research? • Not by: disciplines, key words or journals. • By the CO-CITATION ANALYSIS and the yearly creation of the map of science (Klavans & Boyack).
Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 1 Ref. Paper A Ref. Paper B Ref. Paper A Ref. Paper B Paper 3 Ref. Paper A Ref. PaperB Ref. Paper A Ref. Paper B A and B have a cognitive relationship Strength of relationship proportional to frequency of the co-citation linkage CO-CITATION ANALYSIS: BASED ON TWO ASSUMPTIONS 1 2
CO-CITATION ANALYSIS: BASED ON TWO ASSUMPTIONS 4. What is the base of co-citation analysis? • We group all the papers indexed in SCOPUS during the last 5 years in clusters (approx 90.000) based on their references. • We select the clusters in which our institution has a significant number of papers (compared with the largest competitor world wide - RAS). • We group the selected clusters in competencies based on the references of the papers published by our institution
SAME CLUSTERS; DIFFERENT GROUPINGS = DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCIES • Athena University’s map • DC 1 = clusters C, D & E • EC 2 = cluster B • Einstein University’s map • DC 1 = cluster A • EC 2 = clusters B, C & D
SciVal Spotlight – Research Portfolio Analysis and Optimization • Identify Competencies and Market Strengths • Attract Funding • Spot Interdisciplinary Trends • Strengthen Collaboration • Improve Recruitment and Retention • Use Funds More Strategically
Insight in global strengths COMPUTER SCIENCE MATHS & PHYSICS SOCIAL SCIENCE CHEMISTRY MULTI-DISCIPLINARYRESEARCH AREAS BRAIN RESEARCH ENGINEERING HEALTH SCIENCE EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH AREAWITH GLOBAL STRENGTH (Competency) BIOLOGY MEDICINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Insight in global strengths A larger circle means a larger market size (number of publications) for this Distinctive Competency MULTI-DISCIPLINARYRESEARCH AREAS Each circle represents a Distinctive/Emerging Competency for your institution Circles positioned towards the middle indicate an interdisciplinary mix
VISUALIZATION - MATRIX Question mark Star Market Growth low Dog Cash cow low high Relative Market Share Matrix from the Boston Consulting Group 25
MATRIX VIEW: Distinctive competency performance relative to your largest competitor Find rapidly emerging areas of research; potential areas for further investment Select a view to see in which areas you are growing or reducing market share
The 2009 Spotlight map of University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb 127 (low level) competencies
University of Zagreb 12 high level competencies
Clicking through from high level to low level competencies
Low level competencies within high level competency Medical Specialties
What are the top authors in DC1? Check the metrics for the most interesting authors
What are the top authors in DC1 collaborating with University of Zagreb?
Combining ‘’All authors’’ with ‘’Collaborating authors’’ leads to new potential collaborators
What are the top institutions in DC1? Check the metrics for the most interesting institutions
What are the top institutions in DC1 collaborating with University of Zagreb?
Combining ‘’All institutions’’ with ‘’Collaborating institutions’’ leads to new potential collaborators
Use Case Reaching and Maintaining Leadership