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SciVal Spotlight Training for KU Huiling Ng, SciVal Product Sales Manager (South East Asia) Cassandra Teo, Account Manager (South East Asia) June 2013. Elsevier responds by developing the SciVal suite of products.
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SciVal Spotlight Training for KU Huiling Ng, SciVal Product Sales Manager (South East Asia) Cassandra Teo, Account Manager (South East Asia) June 2013
Elsevier responds by developing the SciVal suite of products A comprehensive suite of web-based performance, planning and funding tools that help institutions evaluate, establish and execute research strategies
Challenges for the Research Executives & Managers Tools to enable the REMs to evaluate research performance and make well-informed decisions about strategic direction, staff recruitment & retention & potential collaborators
SciVerse Scopus: The largest abstract and citation database of research information 19,000 active titles from more than 5,000 international publishers including coverage of: Life Sciences Health Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences Arts and Humanities Independent journal metrics SNIP: The Source-Normalized Impact per Paper corrects for differences in the frequency of citation across research fields. SJR: The SCImago Journal Rank reflects prestige of source - value of weighted citations per document. USING A COMPREHENSIVE AND RELIABLE DATA SOURCE
How to navigate? 1. Select map of interest
KU’s 2008- 2012 SciVal Spotlight highlights KU’s research strengths from a 5 –yr publication period
Viewing Competencies View of KU’s 52 competencies and corresponding subject areas COMPUTER SCIENCE MATH & PHYSICS SOCIAL SCIENCES CHEMISTRY Multi-disciplinary strengths HUMANITIES BRAIN RESEARCH ENGINEERING HEALTH SCIENCES • circles away from circumference • circles with multi-coloured bars EARTH SCIENCE BIOLOGY MEDICAL SPECIALITIES BIOTECHNOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASE
How is KU’s research map generated? Peer-reviewed materials from past 5 years ‘Highly-cited’ References Co-Citation Analyses on ‘highly-cited’ references References C C Strength No. 1 Paper 1 Paper 2 Ref. Paper A Ref. PaperB Ref. Paper A Ref. PaperB A A Paper 3 Strength No. 2 Ref. Paper A Ref. Paper B E E B B D D Papers from KU
The Competency Concept – Emerging vs Distinctive An Emerging Competencyis a network of article clusters that are grouped together based on the unique publication profile of an institution An Emerging Competency(EC) becomes a Distinctive Competency (DC)if: There presents a Significant Large Field of Research The number of papers published globally in that cluster meets the minimum threshold AND There presents a form of Leadership Publication Leader KU is ranked top in the field by the number of published articles Reference Leader KU is ranked top in the field by the number of highly cited articles Innovation Leader KU is citing more recent work compared relative to the average for the competency OR OR
How to navigate? Details of Competencies
How to navigate? Download as CSV View by Subject Area More Filter Options
What’s in a Competency Top disciplines making up the competency
Leadership of Competencies Why is this a DC or EC? Top disciplines making up the competency
Comparing Performance across Institutions Compare by: Articles Published Citation Count Fractionalised Articles Comparisons with Top Institutions in: World Asia Pacific Thailand
Viewing Top Institutions Ranking of Top Institutions within Competency
Viewing Top Institutions How similar are their research?
Institution Comparison Comparison with ANY institution within the competency
Viewing Top Institutions Identify Potential Collaborators
Half-time QUESTIONS?
How to access Spotlight? First time Users need to register at www.spotlight.scival.com/register www.spotlight.scival.com Log-in
USING SPOTLIGHT: IN-DEPTH ANALYSES EVALUATE Research
The Matrix View – Tracking Competency Growth Growth rate of articles Reflection of KU’s Publication Leadership
KU’s strength output Productivity = HIGH Global Competition= HIGH Productivity = LOW Global Competition = HIGH Productivity = LOW Niche = HIGH Productivity = HIGH Niche = HIGH
How Can You Use the Matrix Map? • Example Scenario: • Identify research competencies inline with world trends that KU can further invest in • Filter by Relatively Large Field • Filter by Growing Field • View Matrix • Identify competencies in left- hand column
How Can You Use the Matrix Map? • Example Scenario: • Identify research competencies inline with world trends that KU can further invest in • Filter by Relatively Large Field • Filter by Growing Field • View Matrix • Identify competencies in left- hand column
Collaboration Overview No. of institutions in each country that collaborates with KU
Collaboration Overview No. of institutions
Strengthening Research Through Collaboration E.g. Top Chinese Researchers in KU’s Chemistry Competencies Details of Authors, Publications and Competencies Available
Strengthening Research Through Collaboration E.g. Top Chinese Researchers in KU’s Chemistry Competencies
Not yet collaborating institutions in competencies within Chemistry
Enhancing International Collaborations through Existing Networks Strengthening Research Through Collaboration
What is Your Scenario? Where should I be allocating funds within Biomedicine? How is my collaboration with Institution X doing? What is Institution Y’s strength in Artificial Intelligence? Who are the emerging researchers I should retain? Who can I recruit in Economics?
THANK YOU For further queries, you can contact Huiling Ng, H.ng@elsevier.com Cassandra Teo, C.teo@elsevier.com