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1. gt Export Shortcuts Export the list of Institutions to a spreadsheet file i it i Copenhagen 2H almi 12 For more details on this institution click on the marker for Humboldt in the map to open the institutional details pop up Here you can compare the research output of Humboldt to the output of your own institution You can also see a list of potential co authors at Humboldt 131n the institution details pop up select View a high level performance overview of Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin from the Shortcuts menu to view Humboldt in the Overview module and explore this institution in even more detail In which fields of medicine are they most active Who are the top authors at that institution How much of their publication output is among the most cited worldwide and how much of it is published in the top journals How much are they collaborating internationally 14Go back to the Collaboration module and select Humboldt from the entity selection panel You can now see who they are already collaborating with Are they working mostly with other German institutions or do they have a large international collaboration network 151n the Benchmarking module select Humboldt and Athena University from the entity selection panel Now you can compare the two institutions by various metrics Does Humboldt have more or less citation impact than your institution 22 SciVal 3 5 How you can use SciVal 23 How can my in
2. Your research area is now computed and you are returned to the Overview module See Search tips for more help with using search terms to define a research area 8 3 Search tips Search technology in SciVal When you use search terms to define your research area SciVal will search the Scopus database for publications matching your search terms We search through the publication titles as well as the abstracts and the keywords that Scopus assigns to each publication SciVal uses a Search engine called Apache Solr while Scopus uses FAST ESP So the results returned 65 SciVal Defining your own research areas 66 from search queries might differ in SciVal and Scopus even though they use the same data source Compare Bing and Google Search for example both search the Web but return different results Key search tips for creating a Research Area e Choose search terms that are specific and closely related to your research area e Avoid very general terms like cell SciVal ignores accents and upper lower case e The search is not case sensitive It will match both upper case and lower case text e Terms containing accented characters will be found if you type in the unaccented version for example u to represent U or SciVal uses a stemming algorithm that reduces words to their root form e Ifyou enter fishing fished fish or fisher they will all be stemmed automatically so that the search is conducted on the
3. e Tailored to your needs In addition to extensive predefined entities you can also define and analyze your own entities research teams and topics This is helpful when tracking performance or planning strategy ina very narrow field which is not covered by existing entity definitions e More metrics and improved visualizations SciVal goes beyond the basic metrics introduced in Strata There are more metrics and more flexible ways to analyze the metrics In seconds you can see an in depth analysis Browser requirements Supported browsers We strive to fully support the latest full versions of Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome on Microsoft Windows The following versions were tested for the current SciVal release e Firefox version 25 x e Chrome version 31 x SciVal also fully supports the following browsers running on Microsoft Windows operating systems e Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 x and later Note that e SciVal is only fully tested on these browsers running on Microsoft Windows operating systems Therefore we can only guarantee full functionality to customers running these browsers ona Microsoft Windows operating system e SciVal is not tested on the Apple Mac OS However the above versions of Firefox and Chrome as well as the most recent version of the Apple Safari browser are supported for Mac e Other operating systems and browsers may also be able to access Elsevier products however the E
4. Chrome 6 Citations Count metric 28 Citations per Publication metric 28 Cited Publications metric 28 co authors 58 60 Collaboration metric 28 45 Collaboration Impact metric 28 Collaboration module 50 Collaboration module map view 53 Collaboration module research areas in 52 69 Collaboration module selecting a region or country 51 Collaboration module selecting asector 51 Collaboration module table view 54 collaboration co authors 58 collaboration collaborating institutions 55 58 collaboration getting an overview 37 collaboration identifying collaboration partners 39 collaboration identifying new collaboration partners 19 60 competencies 23 35 country average 45 country selecting in Collaboration module 51 37 48 Index 72 _D data recency 28 data source 28 disciplines filtering by 9 33 43 52 Ee entities selecting 9 32 44 50 entities typesof 9 excellence research 13 exporting charts 43 exporting data 44 Field Weighted Citation Impact metric 14 28 45 filtering 9 33 43 52 Firefox 6 _G globalrank or position 38 Google Chrome 6 _H h index metric 28 hiring 16 impact research 14 institutions benchmark 47 institutions collaborating 48 55 institutions peer 38 44 institutions rank or position 38 institutions top 16 38 Internet Explorer 6 journal categories filtering by 9 33 43 52 Journal Count metric 28 journals t
5. Su Wise urg ie Bremen z P aor ye gne T E i Z ak Poznan a Wroclaw 5 gt 6 Go to the Export menu to export the full list of collaborating institutions to a spreadsheet file 7 To view collaboration in France within a particular sector such as corporate or medical select the sector from the rightmost olf the drop down menus along the top of the map Measure the impact of your collaborations The table view lets you compare institutions by the number of publications co authored with each You can also evaluate the impact of your collaborations using metrics such as number of citations or Field Weighted Citation Impact 56 SciVal The Collaboration module 57 Collaboration by Athena University United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Snow all Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 v no filter selected v Current collaboration Potential collaboration TR Map Export v Shortcuts v Q Institutions collaborating with Northwestern University Europe v France v All sectors Mt 152 collaborating Institutions 4 1 367 co authored publications p Co authors at Co authors at Co authored Northwestern the other Institution publications 7 University institution Citations v E Universite Paris 6 470 v 261 v 322 v 10 668 FE Universite de Strasbourg 469 a 230 a 167 10 057 EE CEA Saclay 466 a 189 a 250 a 12 571 IN2P3 Institut National de Physique F Nucleaire et de Physique des 3
6. 1 0 0 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 203 2014 6 Where does your institution have the highest impact Go to the Overview module Summary tab and scroll down to Performance by Journal Category Publications by Journ al Category Export Publications at Northwestern University m Table 8 Pie chart alt Bar chart Field Weighted Journal Category Publications Citations Authors Citation Impact Athena University 33 387 408 275 18 880 1 84 Medicine 13 157 159 587 8 456 1 86 Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 446 91 707 5 885 1 75 Physics and Astronomy 4 642 60 889 3 179 a 2 23 Engineering 3 870 amp 34 604 3 430 1 66 Chemistry 3 723 66 177 3 376 2 03 7 To compare the impact of your institution s publications against other institutions or the national average go to the Benchmarking module 15 SciVal How you can use SciVal 16 Benchmarking Source Scopus data up to 16 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 wv no filter selected hd Brat l y axis x axis Field Weighted Citation Impact Publication Year m Athena University Fleld Welgnted Citation Impact 2012 2 02 E Field Weighted Citation Impact 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Publication Year y University College London yp Utrecht University Ciia Northwestern University Iv Harvard University 8 You can also compare the same institutions within a particular subject area Select your field of interest from the 27 main categ
7. 280 1 816 3 You can now select one or more institutions from this list that you would like to match or exceed in terms of research performance Compare your institution against collaborating institutions You can use the Overview or Collaboration modules to find the top collaborating institutions of your institution You can then compare these institutions in the Benchmarking module 1 Go to the Overview module and select your institution 2 Find the Top collaborating institution section on the Summary tab 3 Choose Benchmark these institutions from the Shortcuts menu 48 SciVal The Benchmarking module 49 Top collaborating Institutions Export Shortcuts a View Institutions collaborating with by number of publications co authored with Northwestern University Northwestern University in more detail PS AISI a NOE el ete i Tee Vet el intel eta ean I te nie Siete ria Benchmark these Institutions Co authored ee Institution publications co authored gublications Co authors 1 Harvard University 1 286 18 266 1 762 2 amp Johns Hopkins University 1 038 19 210 1 072 5 University of California at Los Angeles 980 17393 1 012 4 amp University of Chicago OF 12 218 1 205 a 5 University of Illinois at Chicago OFT 10 478 990 6 amp University of Michigan 857 a 11 772 831 a J amp Argonne National Laboratory 788 9 694 611 8 amp University of Wisconsin 745 12 082 759
8. 5 amp University of Washington JAA a 11 727 790 10 2 The Ohio State University 710 12 190 599 a 4 You will now jump to the Benchmarking module and your institution plus the top collaborating institutions will be selected there 5 Note that the selected year range in Overview will also be selected in Benchmarking 49 SciVal The Collaboration module 50 7 The Collaboration module 7 1 What is the Collaboration module The Collaboration module is where you can evaluate the existing research collaborations of your institution Start with a worldwide view of your collaboration landscape Then zoom in to individual collaborating institutions and researchers anywhere in the world You can also use this module to identify new opportunities for collaboration in your own country or worldwide See which institutions and researchers your institution isn t yet collaborating with All data can be filtered by a specific subject area Say you are only interested in collaboration within the field of chemistry Then you can view only institutions and researchers that have co authored chemistry publications with your institution The data can be exported and you can review the underlying list of publications behind every publication count 7 2 Working with the Collaboration module 7 2 1 Selecting an institution Use the entity selection panel on the left hand side to select the institution you want to view If the institution you wa
9. Scholarly Output TM Athena University Scholarly Output 75 916 Field Weighted Citation Impact 1 79 International collaboration 0 75 1 00 1 25 1 50 1 75 0 25 0 50 Field Weighted Citation Impact United States Yale University A Athena University 42 o Bubble size Collaboration 2 00 You don t have to select two different metrics necessarily Instead you can also select the same metric for both x axis and y axis but with different options For instance you could compare outputs in the top 1 percentile to outputs in the top 10 percentile or you could compare international collaboration to national collaboration Selecting a year range You can view publication data from 1996 until the present Use the time period selector at the top of the page to select the start and end year You may want to exclude the current year because by the end of the current year Scopus has only received and indexed a certain portion of the current year s journals from other publishers Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2015 2000 to 2013 2000 2013 1996 gt 2013 y axis L x axis 42 SciVal 6 2 3 6 2 4 The Benchmarking module 43 Filtering by journal category Interested in evaluating or comparing your performance within a specific discipline Choose from 27 categories and 334 subcategories in the Scopus journal classification 1 Use the filter dropdown at the top of the
10. journals is my institution publishing the most What are the most cited publications of my institution Who are the top collaboration partners of my institution To view your institution in Overview 1 Go to the Overview module and make sure your institution is selected in the entity selection panel on the left hand side Select the year range you want from the first dropdown menu at the top of the page pear when you click on the arrow in a category Do you want to view your institution s research performance within a specific discipline such as chemistry or engineering Then select a journal category from the second dropdown menu at the top of the page Athena University United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Snow al Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2010to2013 v Chemistry no filter selected ARE TE gt Agricultural and Biological Sciences Summary Publications Citations Collaboratic Sie teed Peretti Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Overall research performance Business Management and Accounting Chemical Engineering Publications Authors gt p Chemistry O O O O O O OOOO YOP pe Computer Science 3 179 4 3 399 4 vop Decision Sciences O View list of publications Dentistry Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 Click between the Summary Publications and Citations tabs to get an overview of your institution s research performance in terms of publications and citations Explore
11. no one is 59 SciVal The Collaboration module 60 collaborating with your institution yet e This view is particularly useful when filtering by a specific research area or journal category Other ways to evaluate a collaboration partner Use the Shortcuts menu in the institution details pop up to examine a collaboration partner in even more detail You can e get a high level overview of the institution in the Overview module e view and compare metrics for that institution in Benchmarking Benchmarking Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 Renewable Energy Sustainability and the En 7 m Table l y axis x axis Field Weighted Citation Impact Publication Year Field Weighted Citation Impact 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Publication Year W Fraunhofer BW 7 Technical University of Denmark National Technical University of Athens Athena University i o e seethe collaboration partners of that institution in the Collaboration module 7 3 3 Identity potential new collaboration partners of your institution Switch to the Potential collaboration tab to see institutions that haven t yet co authored any publications with your institution This allows you to identify potential new opportunities for collaboration This view is similar in many ways to the Current collaboration view e You can see these institutions in either map or table view and zoom in from the world toa particular reg
12. of research performance The ambition is for the Snowball Metrics to become the global standard for the higher education sector The agreed and tested definitions are shared free of charge with the research community Elsevier Supports Snowball Metrics as a recognized industry standard and has implemented many of the metrics in SciVal You can recognize these metrics by the following icon 30 SciVal Data and metrics More information about Snowball Metrics is available on snowballmetrics com e More info about Snowball Metrics e Download the Snowball Metrics Recipe Book PDF format 31 31 SciVal The Overview module 32 5 The Overview module 5 1 What is the Overview module The Overview module provides a high level overview of your institution s research performance based on publications citations and collaboration In addition you can review the performance of any of the 4 600 institutions and 200 countries in our database You can even define your own research areas and groups of researchers and review their performance All data can be filtered by a specific subject area The data can be exported and you can review the underlying list of publications behind every publication count 5 2 Working with the Overview module 5 2 1 Selecting an entity Use the entity selection panel on the left hand side to select the entity you want to view 1 Open the section that contains the entity you want e g Insti
13. page to select a specific journal category 2 The subcategories appear when you click on the arrow in a category 2000 to 2015 no filter selected i no filter selected Agricultural and Biological Sciences a Arts and Humanities Y Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology x axis w hig Pu blication Y Biochemistry Biophysics Biotechnology Cancer Research Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Developmental Biology Endocrinology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology mi Genetics Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Physiology Structural Biology Business Management and Accounting Working with the chart Chart legend Each entity plotted on the chart has a different color and symbol This is shown in the legend shown next to the chart You can hide a particular entity from the chart by clicking on the checkbox next to that item in the legend Data pop ups Hover over a data point on the chart and a small pop up will appear with the metrics you have selected and their values for that year 600 000 KL United States Scholarly Output 2000 497 005 350 000 300 000 250 000 Scholarly Output 200 000 43 SciVal 6 2 5 The Benchmarking module 44 Export the chart You can export the chart to an image file by selecting Export the chart from the Export menu in the top right corner This will export the chart in several different fi
14. root word fish e Ifyou use the singular form of a word your search will retrieve the singular plural and possessive forms of most words e Search strings containing wild cards are not reduced to their root form Your syntax will make a difference in how SciVal interprets your search e Solar flare is interpreted as solar AND flare which may be located next to each other or in separate sentences e Solar flare is also interpreted as solar AND flare e Enclose the search terms in double quotes for example solar flare to bring back exact matches only This search will find publications containing solar flare but not solar flare e Stop words are always ignored Stop words include personal pronouns such as he she we they most articles such as the an most forms of the verb to be such as be is was and some conjunctions such as as because if when You can find variants using wild card searching e replaces a single character For example organi ation will return both organisation and organization e replaces one or more characters For example cat will return catastrophe catheter catnip and so on SciVal uses the Boolean operators AND OR NOT e Entering blood cell will search for blood AND cell e Entering cat AND dog OR mouse we will search for cat AND dog OR mouse e Ifyou specify parentheses they will
15. to the international trend 4 Select Scholarly Output from the y axis button and Publication Year from the x axis button You can now see the year by year publications trend in this journal category 46 SciVal 6 3 4 The Benchmarking module Benchmarking Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2015 2000 ta 2013 Inorganic Chemistry X tol Table LA Chart y axis x axis Scholarly Output Publication Year 18 000 17 000 16 000 15 000 14 000 13 000 12 000 11 000 10 000 m 9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 0 2000 Scholarly Output 2001 2002 2005 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Publication Year W World 47 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 Try some other metrics like Field Weighted Citation Impact Collaboration or Outputs in Top Percentiles SciVal also allows you to define your own research areas and view these in the Benchmarking module 1 2 Identify suitable benchmark institutions Use the entity selection panel on the left hand side to select a previously defined research area You can also define a new research area In the entity selection panel click on Add Research Areas and Groups then Define a new Research Area Select the research area in Benchmarking to see the worldwide output in that field You can select multiple research areas to compare the output in one research area to the output in another area I
16. used to identify potential collaboration partners Say you are looking for collaboration partners in China within the field of inorganic chemistry 1 Select China in the entity selection panel 2 Select Inorganic Chemistry from the dropdown menu at the top of the page 3 Go the Institution tab to find out who the key players in that country are 4 For more details on any of the institutions in this list such as the top authors at that institution or how much it is collaborating internationally select it from the entity selection panel China Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2010 to 2013 v Inorganic Chemistry l v E Summary Publications Citations Competencies Institutions 4 Institutions in China See your institution s performance ina specific research area SciVal allows you to define a specific field of research They can for instance represent a strategic priority of your institution or an emerging area of science Unlike the fixed broad categories of the Scopus journal classification these research areas can be as granular or interdisciplinary as you like Once you have defined a research area you can e see how your institution is performing in that field e spot national and international trends e identify collaboration partners Say that you are interested in how much research is happening at your institution on neuroinformatics within the field of computer science 1 Click on Add Research Areas and Groups t
17. 0 Snow all Source Scopus data up to 24 Feb 2014 2009 to 2013 v no filter selected Current collaboration Potential collaboration T Map Export v Shortcuts v Q Institutions collaborating with Athena University Europe v France v All sectors M 152 collaborating Institutions 4 1 367 co authored publications Co authors at Co authored Northwestern Co authors at the Institution publications 7 University other institution Citations v HE Universite Paris 6 470 v 261 v a2 F 10 668 PE Universite de Strasbourg 469 a 230 a 167 a 10 057 Hi CEA Saclay 466 a 189 a 250 a 12 571 iI IN2P3 Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules Saale ra D a 1N Hig Ecole Polytechnique 265 a 136 a 147 a 5 857 fil Universite Paris Sud 245 a 102 a 112 a 8 340 FE Universite d Aix Marseille 222 82 v 129 a 4407 FE Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 211 v 86 a 80 v 4 004 FE Universite Joseph Fourier 190 v 45 v 32 v 3 253 e Click onthe name of an institution for full details of the collaboration with that institution e Click on the number of co authored publications to view the list of publications Use the Export menu to export the full list of collaborating institutions to a spreadsheet file How can you use the Collaboration module Identify the collaboration partners of your institution Get an overview of your collaboration landscape The map view in Current collaboration gives 55 you a global overview of the col
18. 01 a 167 133 a 7 330 Particules fig Ecole Polytechnique 265 a 136 a 147 a 5 857 fi Universite Paris Sud 245 a 102 a 112 a 8 340 ig Universite d Aix Marseille 222 82 v 129 a 4 407 View your collaborations within a specific field of research Do you want to see the collaborations of your institution within a specific field of research Then select a filter from the dropdown menu at the top of the page For example to see collaboration within chemistry only choose Chemistry from the menu e You can choose from 27 categories and 334 subcategories in the Scopus journal classification e You can also define your own research areas which can be as granular or interdisciplinary as you like OW all no filter selected no filter selected Y Research Areas defined by you You have not yet defined any Research Areas Define a Research Area LIF hu ul co y Journal Categories gt Agricultural and Biological Sciences H Arts and Humanities k iland Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Business Management and Accounting Chemical Engineering Chemistry gt Computer Science gt Decision Sciences Dentistry iy Fs oa gt Earth and Planetary Sciences lg i Mongolia 57 SciVal 7 3 2 The Collaboration module Evaluate a collaboration partner in detail 58 Click on any institution in either map or table view You can now zoom into that institution and look at your collabo
19. SciVal User guide Last updated on 25 March 2014 2014 Elsevier B V All rights reserved SciVal is a registered trademark of Elsevier Properties S A used under license SciVal Table of Contents 2 Table of Contents Part About SciVal 5 TANS SEIN AMR opesccdecec encanto steed se cecteascadeteha ena ee iteaaeecee cscs setecesscn tees este eteenee 5 2 What Spotlight and Strata users can CU ares cee ee eereeceretee een eee 5 3 Browser Fe Ie i Ste acest capac naana E Sn tee names ersten rE aeons 6 Part II Get started 8 T LOPIN TI ectaasenssbutnassesashesuessncsncnangagrscnsgssssebuwheatepntdsnnsteessond suas A 8 D SSC UN ek IAS SO E T 8 ENG rity SUN eet E a cece theese esate rene arena 9 SVE TS E teeete tte eeeesecesees 9 Part III How you can use SciVal 13 1 How can my institution demonstrate research excellence sessssssssseesssscseessussessesnee 13 2 How can my institution evaluate the impact of our research portfolio N ENEA AIA EEE A AAAA AENA A AAEE 14 3 How can my institution attract talented researchers sssscsssssssssssssssesessunsssssessnsssssessnee 16 4 How can my institution find collaboration partnerS ssssssssssssssssssesesesesesesesesesssssesesoeoeseseseseses 19 5 How can my institution identify its research strengths sssssssssssssessssssesssssessssssesesssen 23 6 What is the impact of adding a new researcher to my tear r sssssssssssessnsseessnsssesnseeesnnsee 24 Part IV Data and metrics 28 1 What is the
20. ability Renewable Energy Sustainability and the En a no filter selected Agricultural and Biological Sciences Arts and Humanities Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Business Management and Accounting Chemical Engineering Chemistry Computer Science e Decision Sciences Dentistry Earth and Planetary Sciences Economics Econometrics and Finance F v Energy w Energy Engineering and Power Technology Fuel Technology General Energy Nuclear Energy and Engineering Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 4 After selecting your field you can now see the top institutions in that field based on number of publications and citations 17 SciVal How you can use SciVal World Source Scopus data up to 16 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 v Renewable Energy Sustainability and the En Summary Publications Citations Institutions Institutions in the World Below is a list of Institutions in the World Institution 1l Technical University of Denmark 2 National Renewable Energy Laboratory 3 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 4 Chinese Academy of Sciences 5 Tsinghua University Publications 532 4 480 4 394 a 709 a 638 4 Citations 8 219 T292 5 878 5 442 Si 18 Export Authors 613 542 452 1 242 a 1 019 5 Now take a closer look at these institutions Go to the entity selection panel and sel
21. acienseaseiee 43 Working with the Chart scsssssiiisisinisisoriissenirsisssrerindiusisaoninarnasiiuo ietlaataseteaesaatacs Soaseaveaues stannesesaazaasasaeaseausaes 43 Working with the table esessssssssssssessesessessesesseseesessesessssessesssseseesessesesseseesessesesseseesesseseseesessrseeseseesesseseesese 44 How can you use the Benchmarking MOdulera ssssssssssssesssssesussssessussssessnsssssesusssssennssse 44 Compare your institution to others eesssssseseseesssersensesensrrrsrnsesensensnornersensenensonersensrnensrnersrnorseesrnensenens 44 Benchmark your institution against the national average s s sssssesessesssseseesessesessesesseseesessesesseseesese 45 Spot research trendS sssessseeserersessssensrnsrssnsrserernsesensrnenernensensrnensenersensrsenstnsesensreersrneeseustnonsenersenstnensees 46 Identify suitable benchmark institutions ssesssceseivceveressesnesaceteacsdesdcaswedeans dapssatensceantideevedsscetiadarsesasesnebeneesies 47 Compare your institution against collaborating institutions sssssesssssssessssesessessesesseseesessesesseseenes 48 The Collaboration module 50 What is the Collaboration MOdulericcsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssessssssssses 50 Working with the Collaboration module ssssssssssssssssssssssesesesesesesesesssosoeseoesesesesesesesesesoeneoeeesreeseseseserens 50 Selec ne armin UUO sean 50 Sale cine a yedi rane O espen rerni E E eer e
22. always based on five years of data If you select 2012 the analysis is based on data from 2008 up to and including 2012 To see the list of your institution s research strengths 1 Go to the Overview module and select your institution 2 Click on the Competencies tab 3 Select the Table view to see the list of research strengths 23 SciVal How you can use SciVal 24 _ rs Summary Publications Citations Collaboration Competencies Browse competencies Search for competencies Export Shortcuts Year 2012 7 Competencies of Athena University Competencies of Athena University in 2012 based on an analysis of publications over the period 2008 2012 Filter competencies by ID Keywords Most active authors Publications Citations DC 1 Stroke Muscles Rehabilitation Rymer WZ Perreault EJ 4AQ 2 029 Heckman CJ DC 2 Defibrillators Implantable Heart Failure Heart Rate Yancy C W Gheorghiade M M 229 104 72 Kadish AH DL 3 Aortic Aneurysm Abdominal Patients Blood Vessel Bilimoria KY Fry D E 122 1 262 Prosthesis Implantation Grobman W A DC 4 participant Emotions effect Galinsky A D Richeson J A 192 1 289 Molden D C 4 Select the Circle and Matrix views to see the research strengths plotted on a graph e The Circle plots the competencies on a big wheel representing the world of science This allows you to spot in which subject areas your institution s competencies ar
23. as Developing 8 CIVETS and BRICS How to use the entity selection panel Use the entity selection panel to select the entities that you want to analyze It is on the left side of the screen in each of the three modules Think of the entity selection panel as a workspace All your entities of interest are in one clear and organized place Choose from the thousands of pre defined entities in the SciVal database institutions or countries Or define your own entities Your self defined entities can be researchers research teams publication sets or even research areas To add additional items to the entity selection panel click the Add link at the bottom of the currently opened section 11 SciVal Get started 12 View overview of Institutions and Groups _ OM Fraunhofer BW National Technical University of Athens Utrecht University Harvard University m Athena University University College London MM Technical University of Denmark Add Institutions and Groups Ff Researchers and Groups Countries and Groups i Research Areas and Groups ji Start typing the name of the entity you will like to add Then click on the name when it appears in the search results You can also click on the Define links to define an entirely new entity You can safely remove entities from the panel They will not be permanently deleted You can add them back at any time Viewing the list of entities define
24. authored publications Export Shortcuts Co authors at Athena University Co authors at the other institution 1 Th l OF Citations Ena insun 10 80 70 Find new collaboration partners in a research area Switch to the Potential collaboration tab to view potential new collaboration partners in this research area These institutions are active in this research area but are not yet collaborating with your institution in that area 70 Defining your own research areas 71 SciVal Collaboration by Athena University Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Snow all Source Scopus data up to 24 Feb 2014 2009 to 2013 no filter selected Current collaboration Potential collaboration Export Shortcuts Find Institution ft Table Institutions not yet collaborating with Athena University Mf 1 982 not yet collaborating Institutions University of California at Riverside amp S authors not yet collaborating with Athena University A 17 publications 71 SciVal Index A Academic Corporate Collaboration metric 28 Academic Corporate Collaboration Impact metric 28 Apple Safari 6 attracting talent 16 _B benchmark institutions 47 Benchmarking module 41 Benchmarking module chart view 43 Benchmarking module research areasin 69 Benchmarking module selecting metrics 41 Benchmarking module table view 44 browsers 6 Cc Category Count metric 28
25. authored publications by journal category In which disciplines did most of the collaboration occur Computer Science 6 7 Physics and Astronomy 13 3 Materials Science 46 7 Engineering 33 3 You can also view this as a bar chart which lets you compare the co authored publications by journal category to the total output of each institution by journal category 58 SciVal The Collaboration module 59 Click View list of publications for the full list of co authored publications e The filter options will show you a breakdown of the publications by author institution publication year or keyword for instance e Use the filter options to slice and dice the list in various ways Explore the list of co authors Go to the Current co authors tab to drill down to the full list of co authors both at your institution and at the collaborating institution This lets you see which researchers have co authoring publications and which of those collaborations had the most citation impact e Click on a researcher s name for more details on that researcher s publication career e Click onthe arrow next to each name to see their co authors at the other institution Collaboration with Universite Paris 6 Year range 2009 to 2013 Export v Shortcu Overview Current co authors Potential co authors Athena University LI Universite Paris 6 Co authors with Universite Paris 6 Co authors with Athena University Co aut
26. b Organization types 2 Check off Academic 3 Click on Limit to The filter you have just applied will now be shown on the right side of the screen 64 SciVal Defining your own research areas 65 Define a new Research Area What s this STEP 1 Create definition STEP 2 Refine definition STEP 3 Save definition Definition of your Research Area thermal conduction graphene Publications matching the current definition 1 251 1996 present You can refine this definition by applying one or more filters Journal Categories Total matching publications D 1 251 mus CUrently applied filters Academic x Journals Why are you seeing multiple organization types y y amp amp yp Institutions Academic 5 1 251 e Government D 115 a Countries F Other D 35 I Organization types 6 Corporate 0 34 1 F Medical D1 Limit to Exclude Step 3 Click Next Step in the bottom right corner to proceed to step 3 1 Name your research area Thermal Conductivity Graphene Academic Define a new Research Area What s this STEP 1 Create definition STEP 2 Refine definition STEP 3 Save definition Save your Research Area as Thermal Conduction Graphene Academic Save and finish Save and define another Research Area New publications matching the definition of this Research Area will be added on a weekly basis gt View Research Area summary 2 Click Save and finish
27. be computed and shown in Overview Get an overview of collaboration by your institution The Overview module also shows the top external collaboration partners of your institution and how much your institution is collaborating including international collaboration Collaboration is measured in terms of co authored publications e The filter options on the left hand side allow you to explore your institution s publications in various ways For example you can see the top authors and journals the top collaborating institutions and countries and the top keywords e Go to the Collaboration module for a much more detailed view of external collaboration at your institution Evaluate the performance of a group of researchers SciVal lets you define and evaluate groups of researchers These can be research teams at your institution but also larger units such as institutes departments and faculties You can even define fantasy researcher groups For example you can simulate what would happen when you add a top researcher from another institution to an existing research team at your institution To define and view a group of researchers 1 Go to My SciVal and click on Define a new Researcher to define the individual researchers that will make up your group 2 Click on Define a new Group of Researchers to define the group 3 Now go to Overview and select your new group 4 You can now evaluate the research performance and c
28. be followed and not overridden If you enter cat AND dog OR mouse we will search for cat AND dog OR mouse 66 SciVal Defining your own research areas 67 e Ifyou don t use parentheses we will add them to simulate operative precedence AND takes precedence over OR If you enter cat OR dog AND mouse we will search for cat OR dog AND mouse 8 4 Analyzing a research area 8 4 1 Research areas in the Overview module See your institution s output within a research area In the Overview module you can view your institution s contribution to a particular research area by number of publications and citations How does your institution s output in this area compare to the national or worldwide output Thermal Conduction Graphene Academic Source Scopus data up to 23 Nov 2013 2008 to gt 2013 w Summary Publications Citations Institutions Q You have defined 1 Research Area Manage your Research Areas Define a new Research Area Scholarly Output KS Export Shortcuts 150 Publications 125 100 m E Worldwide 1 209 75 E North America 461 50 3 v United States 437 25 0o E p v E Athena University 7 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 For more in depth information browse the Publications and Citations tabs For example to see how much of your institution s output was in the top 1 and 10 most cited publications worldwide click on the Publications tab and scroll down to the Outputs in Top Percentiles secti
29. ber of publications stelle aston E Deane 10 bee ee Citations h index h index Krebs F C 4 472 57 Jorgensen M 22 1 888 31 Norrman K 10 1 328 23 Nielsen T 3 771 20 Gevorgyan S A 9 472 18 f index is based on an author s publications from 1996 onwards How can my institution tind collaboration partners International collaborations can increase your impact and visibility which could lead to more funding opportunities How can you identify suitable international collaboration partners Which countries should we focus on And which institutions are active in which disciplines 1 Let s say that your institution is Athena University It is located in the U S and it is looking for a collaboration partner in Europe for its expanding medical school 2 Go to the Potential Collaboration tab in the Collaboration module Select the Scopus journal category Medicine from the dropdown menu at the top of the page 3 The analysis shows 1 156 institutions in Europe that haven t yet collaborated with Athena In other words Athena has not co authored any publications with these institutions within the selected time period 19 SciVal How you can use SciVal 20 Collaboration by Athena University United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Snow all Source Scopus data up to 24 Feb 2014 2011t02013 w Medicine Current collaboration Potential collaboration We Map fii Table Export v Shortcuts v Find Institu
30. cs are shown as a bubble chart where the size of the bubbles circles on the chart indicates the value of the third metric Select a second metric from the x axis button This will replace Publication Year with that metric If you want you can select a third metric from the bubble size button Let s compare Athena Yale and the United States on three metrics Scholarly Output Field Weighted Citation Impact and International Collaboration 1 Select Athena University Yale and the United States from the entity selection panel on the left hand side of the screen 2 Click on the y axis button and select Scholarly Output if this wasn t already selected 3 Click on the x axis button and select Field Weighted Citation Impact 4 Click on the Bubble size button and select Collaboration In the options for this metric select International collaboration 5 The chart now shows that Athena s international collaboration is slightly higher than the U S but lower than Yale s 41 SciVal 6 2 2 The Benchmarking module Benchmarkin g Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 1996 to 2012 no filter selected J Chart Im Table I y axis L x axis Scholarly Output amp Field Weighted Citation Impact 8 000 000 7 500 000 7 000 000 6 500 6 000 000 5 500 000 5 000 000 4 500 000 4 000 000 3 500 000 3 000 000 2 500 000 2 000 000 1 500 000 1 000 000 500 000
31. d Y A publication set is a subset of the publications of a particular researcher defined in SciVal This is useful when you want to create a selection of a researcher s most cited publications or a set of publications on a particular topic Researchers are updated weekly with any new publications but a publication set is fixed and never automatically updated with new publications You can however manually add new publications to a publication set Citation counts will always be updated You can combine multiple publication sets into a new entity a group of publication sets Countries and groups of countries A country is a type of entity in SciVal representing a nation State or semi autonomous part of a state Publications are assigned to countries by picking up the country mentioned in the publication If not present we take the country from the Scopus affiliation mentioned in the publication A special type of country is the World This entity represents the total publication output worldwide in other words all publications from Scopus between 1996 and now It is particularly useful as a benchmark Multiple countries can be combined a new entity a group of countries Anumber of predefined groups of countries are available in SciVal These include e world regions such as North America Europe and Asia Pacific e international organizations such as the European Union ASEAN and the G20 e various groupings of emerging economies such
32. d by you To see an overview of all the entities defined by you click on My SciVal in the top right corner of your screen 12 SciVal 3 3 1 How you can use SciVal 13 How you can use SciVal How can my institution demonstrate research excellence A number of quality metrics are available in SciVal to demonstrate research excellence at your institution Use highly cited publications and publications in leading journals Two metrics often used to illustrate excellence of research are Outputs in Top Percentiles and Publications in Top Journal Percentiles These show how much of your institution s publication output was good enough to rank among the world s top publications 1 Go to the Overview module and select your institution 2 Go to the Publications tab and find the Outputs in Top Percentiles section This shows the share of your institution s publications that are within the top 1 and top 10 of the most cited publications worldwide Outputs in Top Percentiles Export Share of publications at Athena University that are within the top 1 and 10 most cited publications worldwide 30 of publications in top 10 most cited 20 a 15 of publications in top 1 most cited 10 5 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 As you can see in the chart above Athena University had almost 25 or more publications in the top 10 percentile of the most cited publications worldwide from 2008 2012 4 The Publica
33. ding role Analyze your research strengths in detail Click on a competency in Table Circle or Matrix to open a pop up window where you can explore that competency in detail For instance this shows you Which institutions are most active in this field and how is your institution positioned Who are your institution s collaboration partners in this field Who are you not yet collaborating with Which researchers at your institution are most active in this field What is your institution s unique contribution to this field What are the overall trends is this is an emerging or declining field How did SciVal identify this field as a competency of your institution Combine competencies Are two or more competencies actually part of the same area of research strength at your institution Then you can combine them in SciVal 1 In the Overview module go to the entity selection panel on the left hand side of your screen 2 In the Research Areas and Groups sections click on Add Research Areas and Groups then Define a new Research Area 36 SciVal 5 3 4 5 3 5 The Overview module 37 3 A popup window now opens where you can define a research area Select the Use competencies tab 4 Drag the competencies that you want to combine from the left side to the right side of the screen When you are done click Next Step 5 Name and save the research area 6 The new research area will now
34. e Academic Research areas in the Collaboration module See your institution s collaboration partners in a research area You can use the Collaboration module for an in depth view of your institution s collaboration partners in a particular research area Or identify potential new collaboration partners in that research area 1 Go to the Collaboration module 2 Select your home institution from the entity selection panel on the left hand side 69 SciVal Defining your own research areas 3 Select the research area from the filter menu at the top of the page Switch from Map to Table view to view the full list of collaborating institutions Which collaboration had the greatest citation impact Collaboration by Athena University United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Snow all Source Scopus data up to 24 Feb 2014 2009 to 2013 Thermal Conductivity Graphene Academic Current collaboration W Map Worldwide T All sectors 13 collaborating Institutions Institution tas 0 H HE A le Dong A University Argonne National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Texas at Austin Shanghai University Banaras Hindu University Indian Institute of Technology Madras Nanyang Technological University Rice University University of Minnesota Potential collaboration Institutions collaborating with Athena University F 4 135 co authored publications Co
35. e concentrated and how interdisciplinary they are The closer a competency to the center of the wheel the more interdisciplinary that competency is e The Matrix plots the share of your institution within each competency against the growth of that field of research This allows you to for instance spot emerging fields of research where your institution isn t yet playing a leading role Dos yl A a ay w What is the impact of adding a new researcher to my team SciVal allows you to do what if scenario modeling If add researcher X to my team how would my team perform Let s define a research team and then compare its performance to a team made up of the current 24 SciVal How you can use SciVal 25 team plus a new recruit 1 Go to the Benchmarking module 2 In the entity selection panel on the left side of screen click Add Researchers and Groups Institutions and Groups Researchers and Groups pe Add Researchers and Groups 3 Click Define new researcher Researchers and Groups bearch by name T Define a new Researcher w Define a new Group of Researchers 4 Define your team member Define a new Researcher Combine author name variants into a single researcher STEP 1 Search STEP 2 Select STEP 3 Save You searched for Authorname Hayes M G and Institution Northwestern University Authors Documents Subject area Affillation Country NI 1 Mayes Gr
36. e reviews e conference papers e editorials e short surveys e books Which metrics are available to use in SciVal SciVal uses a broad range of metrics including the Snowball Metrics The metrics can be divided into four categories 28 SciVal e Productivity metrics Data and metrics 29 These measure research productivity e Citation impact metrics These measure the impact of citations e Collaboration metrics These measure the benefits of collaboration e Disciplinary metrics These measure multidisciplinarity The Metrics Guidebook discusses each SciVal metric in detail The guidebook offers suggestions on how and when to apply each metric The available metrics are Scholarly Output Journal Count Category Count Citations Count Citations per Publication Cited Publications Number of Citing Countries Field Weighted Citation Impact Download the SciVal Metrics Guidebook PDF format The number of publications of a selected S Snowball Metric entity The number of journals in which an entity s publications have appeared The number of journal categories in which a selected entity s publications have appeared Total citations received by publications of S gt a Snowball Metric the selected entities The average number of citations received S gt mee Snowball Metric per publication Publications that have received at least one citation The number of distinct countries repre
37. ect one of the top institutions Home Overview View metrics for Institutions and Groups rod J University College London E M Northwestern University O If Harvard University J If Utrecht University O M Stanford University echnical University of x Technical University of Cluj Napoca Technical University of Crete Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Kosice Technical University of Liberec Technical University of Lisbon Define a new Institution Define a new Group of Institutions 6 On the Summary tab you can see the top authors at that institution within the selected field based on number of publications number of received citations or h index 7 You can export the list of authors to a spreadsheet for further analysis or click on an author s name to see their publication profile 18 SciVal 3 4 How you can use SciVal 19 Technical Un iversity of Denmark f Denmark Scopus affiliation ID 60007489 Show all Source Scopus data up to 16 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 v Renewable Energy Sustainability andthe En Summary Publications Citations Collaboration Competencies Overall research performance Shortcuts Publications Authors Citations Citations per Publication 932 4 613 4 8 219 15 4 O View list of publications Top authors lt Export Top 5 authors at the Technical University of Denmark by number of citations received sc ese Rc aoe ape EEE num
38. ee 50 Selecting a region country OF Sector s ssesessserserseseeserererrersersrnensesernensrnessrnsrornsrsereruseseutnensrnersensenensenns 51 Filtering by journal category or research area n e esssssssessssesessessesessesresesesreseseeseseeseseesssseseeseseseeseseesese 52 Working Withthe Nid geeeernmetenmrenr serrereeree EO aa eE rere tert she tren rey errr T Neare ye re 53 War VAS NA IO Wel DIE aaea E E E E 54 How can you use the Collaboration module essssssscrsscessuersseessessseerecerssennserecenseennerseent 55 Identify the collaboration partners Of your institution eee eessesscssecsecescsessseesessecssscsecesesseseaseneensens 55 Evaluate a Collaboration partner in detail cescsccsecsscsssssssssscsscsssssecescssessesesesessescseseeeseseaseeensegs 58 Identify potential new collaboration partners Of your institution s ssssessessssssessesssseseesessesessessesese 60 Defining your own research areas 63 About research areas in SciValuvcsscssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssessssssssses 63 Defining PVs FSS AG EE Reheat cae See A AA A tee 63 sanne A E eee erie 65 Analyzing A SSN CI AiE iea E E ancien eden 67 Research areas in the Overview module essssesssssssssssessssssesessseseseeseseseeseseseesesesssseseseesesestesesesessrseseses 67 Research areas in the Benchmarking module cc scssssssecescseccecsescesccsecssessscsacsssceeesssssscessesecessenes 69 Research a
39. egory Medicine Agricultural and Biological Sciences Multidisciplinary Immunology and Microbiology Arts and Athena University i Mayes Gregory Humanities Blochemistry Genetics and Molecular Blology Social Sciences Pharmacology Toxicology and Weinberg School of Medicine Pharmaceutics Neuroscience Environmental Science EQ Show recent documents 2 Maves G M 6 Medicine Blochemistry Genetics and Molecular Blology Physics and Astronomy Athena University ted States Mayes G M Weinberg School of Medicine Le Show recent documents 3 Mayes Gregory M Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Medicine Athena University Mayes Gregory M Weinberg School of Medicine Show recent documents Na Previous step Review publications 5 Follow this process for each researcher on your team 6 Now go to the entity selection panel and click Define a new Group of Researchers Institutions and Groups Researchers and Groups efine a new Researcher Define a new Group of Researchers 7 Select your researchers from the left side of your screen and drag each one across to the right side of the screen 25 SciVal How you can use SciVal 26 Define a new Group of Researchers STEP 1 Select Researchers STEP 2 Save group Add new or remove existing Researchers or Groups of Researchers Publications matching your new Group of Researchers 259 Copy selected to my new Group of Researchers Remove selected
40. esearch in which your institution is a global leader in terms of publications citations or innovation here defined as citing recent research This is the same analysis that s shown in SciVal Spotlight You can get detailed information on each of these areas such as e Howis your institution positioned in this field e Which researchers are most active in this field e What is your institution s unique contribution to this field e What are the overall trends is this is an emerging or declining field View the list of research strengths To see the list of your institution s research strengths 1 Go to the Overview module and select your institution 2 Click on the Competencies tab 35 SciVal The Overview module 36 3 Select the Table view View your research strengths in a graph In addition to the table view there are two different types of visualizations available to you e The Circle plots the competencies on a big wheel representing the world of science This allows you to spot in which subject areas your institution s competencies are concentrated and how interdisciplinary they are The closer a competency to the center of the wheel the more interdisciplinary that competency is The Matrix plots the share of your institution within each competency against the growth of that field of research This allows you to for instance spot emerging fields of research where your institution isn t yet playing a lea
41. eseesesresesseseesessesesseseenes 25 Get an overview of Collaboration Dy your INSTITUTION essessessessssessesessesessesesseseesessesesseseeseseesesseseeees 37 SciVal Part VI Part VII Part VIII Table of Contents 3 Evaluate the performance Of a group Of researchers uu escsseesscsscsscssecescsseseecssesesssscseseseseeseaseesensens 37 investigate other MS TITUITIONNS ses iccatecscesocasesauecenesetnoreesenidedtanenesasnesseueseeientspsunsanseasnanacnsedooensuesuesooneatdcianaanneses 38 See your institution s National or global POSITION oo ee eesecsscesccsessecessssecssscsecescssesessesessesesscaeeeseseesenees 38 Identify potential collaboration partners ssscsvesecsczscusesavacvossevecadnazseccssaswoeadsuarsaneenacdesedandeaezecaseantanstednasheanes 39 See your institution s performance in a specific research area s esssssssessesessesessessesrsssseeresessesresesee 39 The Benchmarking module 41 What is the Benchmarking moduleE sssssssssssssssssssssssssesesesrsesesesesesesoereveoeseoeseseststststeoeoeoeeeoestststsesesesereees 41 Working with the Benchmarking module ssssssssssssssssesrsesesesesssesseseseseseoesesesesesosooeoeoeoeoeseseseseseresereees 41 SEEE E ae emer etre nee cere tren Cente er er errr tne ney eet mtr ten rere rte ee rer et rr 41 SSS CHIME a year TaNE E sessies oar a a S N 42 Filtering Dy Journal categ Ol Y saci censccsnesecsodsusceaetoisanedecccestanstcscnsdlselasubssenabeucadauidieteasedsasnosaeilseeenetansan
42. f your institution s performance in each of the research areas you have defined 40 SciVal The Benchmarking module 41 6 The Benchmarking module 6 1 What is the Benchmarking module The Benchmarking module lets you easily evaluate your research performance in comparison to others How does your institution compare to others in your region country or the world Choose from a broad range of metrics You can use 15 different metrics to compare the performance of different types of entities such as institutions research teams and individual researchers Which metrics are available to use in SciVal 6 2 Working with the Benchmarking module 6 2 1 Selecting metrics Select the metric you want to view By default the metric Scholarly Output number of publications is shown To view a different metric click on the y axis button along the top of the chart and select it from the list Then click on the Choose as y axis button Which metrics are available to use in SciVal Choose metric options Each metric has different options but all let you choose the types of publications to include For instance you can choose to include only articles and reviews or only conference papers Citation metrics also let you choose whether or not you want to include self citations Plot metrics against each other You can plot two or even three different metrics against each other Two metrics are shown as a scatter plot Three metri
43. f you have access to the Overview module you can make use of it to identify suitable benchmark institutions for your institution These are institutions that you can use to compare your own 47 SciVal 6 3 5 The Benchmarking module 48 institution against in order to evaluate how well your institution has performed Say you are looking for benchmark institutions for Athena University within the United States in the field of chemistry 1 In the Overview module select the United States and filter by chemistry 2 Go to the Institutions tab This will now list the top U S institutions by number of publications in chemistry journals United States Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2015 2010 to 2013 ow Chemistry EEE Summary Publications Citations Competencies Institutions Institutions in the United States Below is a list of Institutions in the United States kd instution Publications Citations Authors 1 Athena University 3 179 30 723 3 399 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2751 29 481 27 002 Si University of California at Berkeley 2300 a 31 824 2049 4 Harvard University 2287 A 22 439 3 137 a 5 University of Texas at Austin 2 181 a 21342 2059 a Stanford University 2 168 a 27245 2367 L Texas A and M University 2053 a 15 333 1 877 8 Georgia Institute of Technology 2052 19 484 2 075 3 University of Michigan 1 977 18 353 2408 a 10 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 914 21
44. from my new Group of Researchers All Researchers and Groups that can use in SciVal Type to filter Qa A 4 Sne at dt a fe le I d d d d d i d ewe 8 Saveas My current project team Define a new Group of Researchers STEP 1 Select Researchers STEP 2 Save group Save your Group of Researchers as My current project team aid 9 Define a second group with the same researchers plus the researcher you want to recruit Save as My current Project team new recruit Save and finish Save and define another group Define a new Group of Researchers STEP 1 Select Researchers Save your Group of Researchers as My current project team new recruit we 10 Now you can compare the two groups in Benchmarking Click on the x axis button and select the metric Field Weighted Citation Impact Save and finish Save and define another group 26 SciVal How you can use SciVal 27 y axis v x axis v v Field Weighted Citation Publication Year Impact 5 75 5 50 5 25 5 00 4 75 4 50 4 25 4 00 375 Field Weighted Citation Impact 2005 3 72 4 My current project team new recruit Field Weighted Citation Impact Nm T 0 00 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Publication Year W My current project team V My current project team new recruit 11 Compare the performance of the curre
45. he publication output at that institution within the selected field 8 Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin stands out There are 974 authors within medicine at this institution with 850 publications in this field 21 SciVal How you can use SciVal 22 Institutions not yet collaborating with Northwestern University Europe v Germany v All sectors i a N Ee D ee ar Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin M 119 not yet collaborating Institutions amp 974 authors not yet collaborating with Athena University 4 850 publications Bydgo A P VuIzuUw Wielkopolski F B50 lin Pofig a Bs teglitz Zehlen E 246 amp 11 x 4 Riesa V o Wroclaw 94 P x 62 Ziebice of dN a iin oO NYE liv 08 Ke eae Va 7185 Prague O a Czech K Jublic Ea ae oe a x D ee AT L A Saarbr ckel aT T NEY f 359 W Strasbourg CELS eh 32 atts 7 Li 4 ri rg 22 j Meth Salzburgs f 149 Ne mn i Aas nteirn 9 You can also view the list of institutions in a table and sort the 100 most productive institutions by citation impact using the metrics Citation Count Citations per Publication and Field Weighted Citation Impact 10 To view only hospitals and other medical institutions in Germany select Medical from the rightmost of the drop down menus along the top of the map 11 You can export a list of all institutions to a spreadsheet for further review
46. hen Define a new Research Area in the entity selection panel on the left hand side of the Overview module Define your Research Area using the search term neuroinformatics Narrow down your definition by limiting it to publications in computer science journals only Name and save the research area wm A W N You can now select and view the research area in the Overview module 39 SciVal The Overview module 40 My Research Area Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2010 to 2013 v Summary Publications Citations Institutions My Research Area is one of your 7 Research Areas Manage your Research Areas Define a new Research Area Scholarly Output amp Export Shortcuts v se Publications 30 ME Worldwide 315 25 20 gt North America 104 15 10 v WH United States 93 5 0 m l a v Athena University 22 2010 2011 2012 2013 Citation Count Export v Shortcuts oa Citations W Worldwide 862 m North Ameri 465 100 E orth America v E United States 429 a o E pn _ W amp Athena University 50 2010 2011 2012 2013 You can define a whole series of research areas for instance a list of strategic goals of your institution and see how your institution is performing in all of these 1 Define your research areas 2 Go to Overview and select your institution from the entity selection panel on the left hand side 3 The Performance by Research Area section under the Summary tab gives you an overview o
47. hored Co authored Author publications Citations v Author publications Citations v Schellman H 171 3 038 Bernardi G 179 5 813 Anastassov A 136 2 189 Lellouch J 176 3 051 Stentz D 135 2 186 26 co authors at Athena University top 10 E shown Schmitt M 133 2 150 1 Schellman H 168 3 028 Yacoob S 117 2 467 _ E 2 Yacoob S 2 460 K roy M 111 2 396 3 Kirby M 110 2 390 Welty Rieger L 105 1 417 4 Welty Rieger L 105 1 417 Buchholz D 77 1 718 5 Buchholz D 74 1 689 5 6 Anze 1S 42 834 Anzelc M S 45 863 7 Andeen T 3 694 Andeen T 41 723 8 Stron 35 674 Strom D 37 681 ee 9 Youn S 35 674 You n S W 37 681 10 Schellman H 5 0 Sun W 33 245 Enari Y 135 2 220 Lannon K 18 248 Savoy Navarro A 134 2 173 e Use the Export menu to export the complete list of co authors to a spreadsheet file Identify potential new co authors Go to the Potential co authors tab to see which researchers at each institution are not yet collaborating with the other institution Here you can identify potential matches between researchers at your institution and researchers at the other institution e The Potential co authors tab lists the top 100 authors at each institution by number of publications who are not yet collaborating with the other institution e The list is available both for your institution s current collaboration partners institutions where at least one researcher is collaborating institution and for institutions where
48. iew module and select your institution from the left hand entity selection panel Athena University in this example 2 As you can see Athena University has averaged 12 1 citations per publications over a five year time period 3 If you are interested in a particular field of research or time period adjust the filters for year range and Scopus journal category 14 SciVal How you can use SciVal 15 Athena University United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Show all Source Scopus data up to 16 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 v no filter selected d Summary Publications Citations Collaboration Competencies Overall research performance Export Shortcuts Publications Authors Citations Citations per Publication 33 3774 18 9304 405 318 12 1 D View list of publications a M 4 Go to the Citations tab to see the Field Weighted Citation Impact of your institution This metric adjusts for the differences in citation behavior across disciplines e The Field Weighted Citation Impact is the number of total citations received divided by the total citations expected based on the global average for the field e More than 1 00 means that citations are more than expected e Less than 1 00 means the citations are less than expected 5 Athena s impact is 1 86 Citations are 86 more than expected based on the global average Field Weighted Citation Impact S 3 0 186 4 Field Weighted Citation Impact of 2 0 Athena University
49. ilter selected P LIT Ladl CHSINEETINE 15 Citations Chemistry Y Computer Science Artificial Intelligence ch Area by Joi Computational Theory and Mathematics Computer Graphics and Computer Aided Design Computer Networks and Communications Computer Science Applications 2 4 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition nur General Computer Science N Hardware and Architecture 0 Human Computer Interaction Information Systems Signal Processing Software Decision Sciences 2011 2012 b Dentistrv Selecting entities An entity is anything that can be viewed in SciVal in terms of academic performance An entity can be an institution country researcher publication set or research area It can also be groupings of these such as a group of researchers SciVal Get started 10 My SciVal Entities You can view data for entities such as Countries Institutions and Researchers across the SciVal suite Show entities defined by me w I Institutions and Groups Researchers and Groups Publication sets and Groups m Countries and Groups Research Areas and Groups Bo Of A research area is a field of research defined by you You haven t defined any Research Areas yet In just 3 steps you can define your customized area of research Define a Research Area Institutions and groups of institutions An institution is any organization engaged in research activity It can be an academic corporate or gove
50. in Top Journal Percentiles by percentage and Collaboration by percentage Benchmarking Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 1996 to 2012 no filter selected 7 Field Weighted Citation Publication Year Impact 220 210 Ya 2 00 OO 1 90 M athena University 1 805 Fleld Welgnted Citation Impact 2011 1 83 p8 1 70 ee 1 60 R y axis M axiS 1 50 1 40 1 30 1 20 1 10 1 00 0 90 0 80 0 70 0 60 0 50 0 40 0 30 0 20 0 10 0 00 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2005 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Field Weighted Citation Impact Publication Year VI United States pir Yale University j Athena University Spot research trends You can view metrics for a specific field of research over time This lets you spot potential trends in that field such as whether the field is emerging declining or levelling off You can use either journal categories or self defined research areas Journal categories are categories in the Scopus journal classification They represent broad areas of science such as chemistry or engineering Self defined research areas can be more granular or interdisciplinary To use a journal category 1 Choose the journal category from the filter selector at the top of page 2 Select the World from the entity selection panel 3 In addition to the World you can also select your country or your institution This lets you compare your national or institutional performance
51. ion or country e You can also use the Export menu to export the list of institutions to a spreadsheet file Potential collaboration partners are arranged by their total publication output In table view you also see their citation impact 60 SciVal The Collaboration module 61 View potential collaboration partners within a specific field of research The Potential collaboration view is most useful when you filter the data by a particular field of research Say you are only interested in collaboration within the field of chemistry Then you can view only institutions that have are active within chemistry but have not yet co authored any chemistry publications with your institution e You can choose from 27 categories and 334 subcategories in the Scopus journal classification e You can also define your own research areas which can be as granular or interdisciplinary as you like Evaluate a potential collaboration partner Click on any institution in either map or table view You can now zoom into that institution and evaluate that institution as a potential new collaboration partner in much greater detail e At the top of the pop up window you can compare the total output at each institution e The pie chart and bar chart below that let you compare the total output of each institution by journal category Where do the institutions overlap and where is their research unique e Go to the Potential co authors tab to see the to
52. laboration partners of your institution You can then zoom in to a specific country For example to see your collaboration partners in France 1 Select your institution from the entity selection panel on the left hand side 2 Go to Current collaboration and select the Map view 3 Click on the Europe marker to zoom in and see all the European countries where collaboration with your institution has taken place 4 Click on the round marker shown in France to zoom in and see all collaborating institutions and researchers in France Click on one of these institutions to explore the collaborating with that institution in more detail 55 SciVal The Collaboration module 56 Collaboration by Athena University United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Snow all Source Scopus data up to 24 Feb 2014 2009 to 2013 v no filter selected v Current collaboration Potential collaboration Y Map fl Table Institutions collaborating with Athena University Europe v France v All sectors 4 M 152 collaborating Institutions 9 1 367 co authored publications 7 y p LA On nt SA est oo f 4 3 epee At sheffield 7 Liverpo 4 Birr ne B 3 Ly E 4 b gee London Barcelona 10 4 Palma de i if oy H Switch fom map to table view to see the collaborating institutions in in France in a tabular list view Export v Shortcuts v Find Institution Hamburg
53. le formats at once JPEG PNG SVG and PDF You can also export the underlying data by choosing Export the data to a spreadsheet file Working with the table When viewing a metric by year you can scroll the table horizontally to see the values for all years in the selected year range View the underlying publications When numbers of publications are shown in the table you can click on any number to view the actual list of publications Numbers of publications are shown for Scholarly Output or Cited Publications for example Export the data To export the data in the table to a spreadsheet file choose Export the datatoa spreadsheet file from the Export menu in the top right corner You can then view and manipulate the data in an external spreadsheet application such as Microsoft Excel Benchmarkin g Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2000 to 2013 no filter selected Ti Metrici M Metric2 To Schola rly Output Publication Year Scholarly Output 20002001 2002 2003 200520062007 E Athena University 2 856 2 920 3 136 3 593 3 952 4 922 5 225 5 603 E SUNY Buffalo 1 415 1 252 1 430 1 767 2 013 2 134 2 123 2 285 E Yale University 3 513 3 250 3 430 4 129 4 733 5 041 5 437 5 497 How can you use the Benchmarking module Com pare your institution to others How does your institution compare to peer institutions Let s say that your institution Athena University wants to compare its research
54. ls Angeles View abstract View in Scopus F University of Chicago Show more Biological clinical and population relevance of 95 Teslovich T M et al 2010 Nature 711 loci for blood lipids Countries ia a am e View abstract View in Scopus Journals The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer s McKhann G M etal 2011 Alzheimer s and 623 Journal Categories disease Recommendations from the National Dementia Institute on Aging Alzheimer s Association Keywords workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer s Publication years mares View abstract View in Scopus Publication types Ultrahigh porosity in metal organic frameworks Furukawa H et al 2010 Science 610 View abstract View in Scopus Diagnosis and management of acute myeloid D hner H et al 2010 Blood 494 leukemia in adults Recommendations from an international expert panel on behalf of the European LeukemiaNet View abstract View in Scopus Gold nanoparticles for biology and medicine Giljohann D A et al 2010 Angewandte Chemie 434 View abstract View in Scopus International Edition Get an overview of your institution s research strengths Do you have access to the Competencies tab Then you can also see an analysis of your institution s research strengths or competencies as they are known in SciVal You can also see the national research strengths of your country Or you can see the strengths of any other institution or country The competencies analysis identifies areas of r
55. lsevier E Helpdesk cannot provide expert advice or technical support to solve problems SciVal About SciVal you may encounter when using these systems e Beta or test versions of browsers are not supported e Mobile browsers are not supported SciVal 2 1 2 2 Get started Get started Logging in To log in to SciVal 1 Go to www scival com 2 Ifyou already have access to other Elsevier sites such as ScienceDirect or Scopus you can log in with your current user name and password Registering as a new user If you do not yet have an Elsevier username and password you will need to register as a new user 1 Go to www scival com and click the Register link 3 Your username is your email address It is not case sensitive 4 Create a password Your password must be 5 20 characters long and it must contain at least e 1 uppercase character e 1 lowercase character e 1 number or special character 0123456789 5 amp _ lt gt Z Remote access If you are a registered user there are two ways to access SciVal remotely 1 You can activate it yourself when you are logged in 2 Or you can use a registration link provided by Elsevier support staff Contact your system administrator for details Selecting a time period Use the year range selector at the top of the page to select the time period for your analysis This lets you choose the range of publication years for the publications
56. lyze your performance by team or department compare to peers and identify new collaboration partners SciVal for research administrators development professionals and data experts SciVal combines the power to perform massive calculations with the flexibility to respond to user defined queries You can apply 15 different metrics to any grouping of people or publications And you can filter the data by more than 330 journal categories What Spotlight and Strata users can expect SciVal is the successor to SciVal Spotlight and SciVal Strata SciVal has fully integrated the analytical capabilities of Spotlight and Strata and made them more comprehensive and intuitive with more metrics and more sophisticated ways to analyze performance SciVal 1 3 About SciVal e For Strata users In SciVal there are more refined analysis capabilities Instead of five traditional metrics you can benchmark any institution groups of researchers or publications using 15 different metrics e For Spotlight users In addition to the innovative competencies and collaboration analysis introduced in Spotlight SciVal offers more traditional indicators for research performance evaluation Benefits of the new SciVal include e Asingle integrated platform SciVal has three modules Overview Benchmarking and Collaboration They form a single integrated platform sharing the same data entities and metrics You can navigate from one module to the other with ease
57. nt is not listed click on the Add link and start typing the name then click on the name when it appears in the search results View collaboration by Institutions and Groups A Athena University TT Yale University Tt SUNY Buffalo Add Institutions and Groups T2320 Selecting a year range You can view publication data for a period of either three or five years Use the year range selector at the top of the page to select the desired year range Optionally you can also include the current year and future years However you may want to exclude this because by the end of the current year Scopus has only received and indexed a certain portion of the current year s journals from other publishers 50 SciVal 7 2 3 The Collaboration module 51 Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 a 3 years 2010 to 2012 3 years current year 2010 to 2013 3 years current year beyond current year 2010 ta 2013 5 years 2008 to 2012 5 years current year 2008 to 2013 5 years current year beyond current year 2008 to gt 2015 4 Top 100 collaborating institutions by number of publications co Selecting a region country or sector You can limit the list of institutions shown to a specific world region or country This will apply to both the Current collaboration and Potential collaboration views and to both the Map and Table views In addition you can filter the list of institutions by sector Fo
58. nt team versus the expanded team As you can see the addition of the new recruit would significantly strengthen the performance of your team 12 Try afew additional metrics Other useful metrics for comparison include Scholarly Output Citation Count Citations per Publication and Collaboration Impact 27 SciVal 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 Data and metrics 28 Data and metrics What is the source of the data in SciVal SciVal is based on data from Scopus the world s largest abstract and citation database for peer reviewed publications The Scopus database covers over 30 million publications from 1996 until the present e 21 000 serials from 5 000 publishers These include e 20 000 peer reviewed journals e 390 trade publications e 370 book series e 5 5 million conference papers For detailed information on the data used in SciVal see the SciVal Metrics Guidebook Download the SciVal Metrics Guidebook PDF format How current is the data Publications author and affiliation profiles in SciVal are updated every week So our data is almost in total sync with Scopus SciVal does a weekly check for new publications in Scopus Researchers in SciVal are then automatically updated with any new publications found in Scopus What publication types can you use SciVal includes all types of publications that are classified by Scopus You can refine your analysis based on the following types of publications e articles
59. ollaboration of this group The Top Researchers section on the Summary tab shows the top 5 researchers in that group by number of publications number or citations or h index Click on View list of Researchers at the top of the Summary tab to see the complete list of researchers that make up the group If different units of your institution have been predefined in SciVal as groups of researchers the Collaboration tab will show you how much internal collaboration is taking place within the group and how much collaboration with other groups within the same parent group for example other departments within the same faculty 37 SciVal 5 3 6 5 3 7 The Overview module 38 Investigate other institutions In Overview you are not limited to your own institution but you can view the research performance of any other institution You can for instance find out e In which journals are the world s top institutions publishing the most e Would this institution be a suitable collaboration partner for my own institution e Who are the other collaboration partners of my institution s collaboration partners e Who at this institution would be good to approach for potential collaboration Use the entity selection panel on the left hand side to select the institution you want to view 1 Open the Institutions and Groups section in the entity selection panel 2 If the institution you want is not listed click on the Add In
60. on 67 SciVal Defining your own research areas Outputs in Top Percentiles KS Share of publications in Thermal Conduction Graphene Academic that are within the top 1 and 10 most cited publications worldwide 100 80 60 40 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Share of publications in top 1 most cited publications F Worldwide M 126 F North America E 16 3 W United States E 16 9 v Athena University E 11 8 W Share of publications in top 10 most cited publications M 449 E 49 0 M 50 8 E 647 68 Shortcuts See which institutions are active within a research area The Institutions tab gives you an overview of the top contributing institutions in the research area within your own region or country or worldwide You can also see which institutions are collaborating with your institution within the research area Thermal Conductivity Graphene Academic Source Scopus data up to 23 Nov 2013 Summary Publications Citations 2008 to gt 2013 v Institutions Most active Institutions in this Research Area Export Shortcuts v Show top 10 contributing Institutions worldwide 7 in this Research Area by number of publications OO OOOO OOOO Publications Citations Authors 1 amp University of California at Riverside 54 v 4 242 54 v 2 National University of Singapore 39 a 656 67 3 Purdue University 30 436 23 a University of Texas at A
61. onger time period 1996 to present You also have additional metric options available here And you can compare your institution to other institutions or the national or global average Demonstrate research strengths Do you have access to the Competencies section in the Overview module Then this offers another way to demonstrate excellence SciVal s competency analysis identifies research strengths of your institution granular areas of research where your institution is a global leader A competency shows where an institution has a leading position compared to other institutions in terms of number of publications number of highly cited publications or innovation the recentness of cited publications The competency analysis uses a methodology based on citation patterns called co citation analysis Highly cited publications are clustered based on co citation counts The clusters are grouped together into competencies The analysis is always based on five years of data If you select 2012 the analysis is based on data from 2008 up until and including 2012 For more information see How can my institution identify its research strengths How can my institution evaluate the impact of our research portfolio To evaluate the impact of your research you can use SciVal to analyze your institution s citation metrics Useful metrics include Citation Count Citations per Publication and Field Weighted Citation Impact 1 Go to the Overv
62. ons Citations Collaboration Competencies Overall research performance Publications Authors Citations Citations p Def ew Research Are E iar ae aaah 40 315 4 22 665 4 428 487 10 6 t D View list of publications Performance by Research Area You can define custom Research Areas that are relevant to Athena University Define a Research Area 63 SciVal Defining your own research areas 64 A pop up window will now open Here you can define your research area using a 3 step process Step 1 Start by defining your research area 1 Go to the tab Use search terms 2 Enter thermal conduction graphene in the input field 3 Press the Search button Define a new Research Area What s this STEP 2 Refine definition STEP 3 Save definition STEP 1 Create definition Use search terms Use entities Use competencies Define a new Research Area based on one or more search terms thermal conduction graphene Add another field Type important terms e g solar flare or an exact word or phrase e g solar flare More search tips Search Step 2 You will now proceed to step 2 Here you can see how many publications worldwide since 1996 match the definition thermal conduction graphene Apply filters if needed to narrow down the definition of your research area Let s say that you are interested only in academic publications To filter out other organization types 1 Click on the ta
63. op 38 72 SciVal L logging in to SciVal 8 _M MacOS 6 map 53 metrics 28 metrics selecting in the Benchmarking module 41 modeling research areas 63 modeling research teams 24 _N nationalaverage 45 national rank or position 38 Number of Citing Countries metric 28 _O Outputs in Top Percentiles metric 13 28 45 Overview module 32 Overview module research areasin 67 P password 8 peer institutions 38 44 performance research 33 position national or global 38 publication output 34 Publications in Top Journal Percentiles metric 13 28 45 publications typesof 28 _R rank nationalor global 38 region selecting in Collaboration module 51 registering asauser 8 remote access 8 research areas 63 research areas analyzing 67 69 research areas defining 39 63 research areas evaluate performancein 39 research areas filtering by 52 Index 73 research areas trendsin 46 research excellence 13 research impact 14 research performance 33 research strengths 23 35 research teams evaluating performance 37 research teams modeling 24 research trends 46 researchers top 16 eG Safari 6 scenario modeling 24 Scholarly Output metric 28 Scopus 28 sector selecting in Collaboration module 51 SJR metric 13 SNIP metric 13 Snowball Metrics 28 30 Spotlight SciVal 5 Strata SciVal 5 strengths research 23 35 Subject areas filtering by 9 33 43 52 talen
64. oration Institutions collaborating with Athena University Worldwide v All sectors vY M 2 672 collaborating Institutions 22 477 co authored publications Ai Ae econ Middle East 81 Pn a if Paki t Tia Agia u k h saudi r n VON _ India BK ad e ip South America 71 or Zoom in on a country After zooming in on a region you see a number of round markers for each of the countries in that region e These country markers display the number of collaborating institutions in each country e Click on a country marker to zoom into that country Zoom in on an institution You can now click on any of the institutions A pop up window opens with full details on the collaboration with that institution Working with the table Instead of the map view you also see your institution s potential collaborating institutions in a tabular list view In Current collaboration this table view shows the top 100 collaboration institutions by number of publications You can use the dropdown menus at the top to view the top collaborating institutions in a specific region or country e You can change the sort order of the table by clicking on any of the column headings e You can use the dropdown menu to switch from citations to a different metric for citation impact 54 SciVal 7 3 7 3 1 The Collaboration module Collaboration by Athena University United States Scopus affiliation ID 6000159
65. ories and 334 subcategories within the Scopus journal classification Benchmarking Source Scopus data up to 16 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 v Medicine hd Tienie l y axis x axis Field Weighted Citation Impact Publication Year 240 M Harvard university poea Flield Weignted Citation Impact 2008 2 32 PA T C Field Weighted Citation Impact 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Publication Year J University College London J Utrecht University 7 Harvard University J Northwestern University z How can my institution attract talented researchers Who are the most talented researchers in my field Which institutions are they associated with And how do I find them The best approach to do this in SciVal is to first determine the top institutions in your field and then identify the top researchers at those institutions 16 SciVal How you can use SciVal 17 1 Go to the Overview module 2 Select your country or the world in the entity selection panel on the left hand side a i i i View metrics for Institutions and Groups i Researchers and Groups kl Countries and Groups fe l Word 4 E United States EC Germany Add Countries and Groups Research Areas and Groups 3 Using the dropdown menu at the top of the page select your field from the 27 main categories and 334 subcategories in the Scopus journal classification Say you are interested in renewable energy and sustain
66. ory Interested in evaluating or comparing your performance within a specific discipline Choose from 27 categories and 334 subcategories in the Scopus journal classification 1 Use the filter dropdown menu at the top of the page to select a specific journal category vall Chemistry no filter selected gt Agricultural and Biological Sciences aU Arts and Humanities Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Business Management and Accounting Chemical Engineering Computer Science b Decision Sciences Dentistry Earth and Planetary Sciences b Economics Econometrics and Finance Energy b Engineering e Environmental Science Health Professions 2 The subcategories appear when you click on the arrow in a category 3 After your select a journal category all data shown in SciVal will be filtered by that category That is to say the data will be limited to publications in journals within that category Choose no filter selected from the menu to remove the filter and show all data How can you use the Overview module Get an overview of your institution s research performance You can get an overview of your institution s research performance in terms of publications and citations and answer questions such as 33 SciVal 5 3 2 The Overview module 34 Who are the most prolific or most cited authors at my institution In which disciplines is my institution most active In which
67. p researchers at each institution Here you can identify potential matches between researchers at your institution and researchers at the other institution Use the Shortcuts menu in the institution details pop up to examine a potential collaboration partner in even more detail You can e get a high level overview of the institution in the Overview module e view and compare metrics for that institution in Benchmarking 61 SciVal The Collaboration module Bench marking Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 Renewable Energy Sustainability and the En l y axis x axis Field Weighted Citation Impact amp Publication Year 10 00 9 50 Field Weighted Citation Impact Publication Year 4 Fraunhofer BW 7 Technical University of Denmark National Technical University of Athens Fine Athena University e see the collaboration partners of that institution in the Collaboration module 62 62 SciVal 8 2 Defining your own research areas 63 Defining your own research areas About research areas in SciVal SciVal gives you the flexibility to model evaluate and benchmark any field of research This can be a strategic priority an emerging area of science or any other topic of interest Once you have defined a research area you can e evaluate your institution s output in that field e see which other institutions and researchers are active in this field e compare the output of you
68. performance with SUNY Buffalo Yale and Dartmouth 1 Start by setting up the list of institutions using the entity selection panel on the left side of your screen Make sure your institution and the peer institutions are all selected checked off in the entity selection panel SciVal The Benchmarking module 45 Institutions and Groups 7 suny Buffalo m Athena University E University College London Yale University ete SUNY Binghamton l Dartmouth College Add Institutions and Groups 2 If an institution is not listed click Add Institutions and Groups and start typing the name of that institution Then select the institution from the list of search results that appears below the text field Institutions and Groups WE Athena University Add Institutions and Groups lt _ p Researchers and Groups j rt Countries and Groups yf Research Areas and Groups 3 By default you will view Scholarly Output by publication year This shows you the total research output of your selected institutions over a period of time 4 Use the buttons along the top of the chart to select different metrics Use the y axis button to change from Scholarly Output to another metric To compare two different metrics select a second metric from the x axis button y axis v L xais e Scholarly Output Publication Year Benchmark your institution against the national a
69. r instance you can choose to view only institutions in the corporate sector or only institutions in the medical sector You can also combine the geographical and sector selections For example you could choose to view only corporations in France or only medical institutions in North America Select a region From the drop down menu marked Worldwide select the region you would like to view for instance North America Asia Pacific or Europe In Map view you can also click on one of region markers that are shown on the map when you are zoomed out to worldwide view Institutions collaborating with Athena University Worldwide T All sectors T Worldwide SEN e Africa ing institutions 4 14404 co authored publications Asia Pacific Europe eee Her Iceland Sweden Middle East 5 i gy Norway North America f 1 south America Canada F i North America En France Cer T54 aa ee ee il o Spain Ti L rth United States North A ific Atlantic Ocean arsaan Select a country Start by selecting the region of the country you want from the leftmost drop down menu Asecond drop down menu now appears that lets you pick the country For example to select the United States select North America from the first menu then select United States from the second menu In Map view you can also click on one of blue on white country markers that are shown on the map after you have zoomed in to a particular region To return to region le
70. r institution in that field against other institutions e identify existing and potential new collaboration partners User defined research areas offer an alternative to subject area classifications like the Scopus journal classification They can be as granular or interdisciplinary as you like Research areas are not fixed but represent a dynamic definition of a field of science Whenever the publication data in Scopus is updated new publications matching the definition are added to the research area Defining a research area The definition of a research area can either be keywords or entities If this definition is too broad you can apply filters to narrow it down further Let s say that your institution has made research on graphene a strategic focus You are specifically interested in research on the thermal conductivity of graphene and want to see how well your institution performs in this area 1 Go to the Overview module 2 Open the Research Areas and Groups section of the entity selection panel on the left hand Side of the screen n 3 Click on Add Research Areas and Groups then Define a new Research Area View overview of Athena Un iversity Instituti dG v 2 Aa S E aS United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Show al Researchers and Groups v Source Scopus data up to 23 Nov 2013 2008 to gt 2013 v no filter selected v Countries and Groups v Research Areas and Groups Summary Publicati
71. ration with that institution in much greater detail If you ve filtered the data by a journal category or research area you will see only the collaboration with that institution in the field of research you ve selected Compare the co authored publications to the overall output of the institutions At the top of the pop up window you can compare the co authored publications to the total output at each institution e Which is the most active and most cited of the two institutions e Do the co authored publications have more citation impact than the individual institutions overall publication output Collaboration with Universite Paris 6 Year range 2009 to 2013 Overview Current co authors Potential co authors Athena University Co authored publications 261 y co authors with 47 0 v Universite Paris 6 D View list of publications Total output of this Institution Citations 340 793 Citations 10 668 Citations per Publication 95 Citations per Publication 221 Field Weighted Citation Impact 1 96 Field Weighted Citation Impact 3 59 Publications 35 755 4 Authors 21 026 4 x Export Shortcuts v i Universite Paris 6 322 co authors with Athena University Total output of this Institution Citations 289 104 Citations per Publication 9 0 Field Weighted Citation Impact 1 77 Publications 32 288 4 Authors 18 140 View the list of co authored publications The pie chart in the pop up window gives you a breakdown of the co
72. reas in the Collaboration module ssssssssssssessssssessssssesessesesessesesesresesrssssesesetseseseesesesessrseseses 69 SciVal Index Table of Contents 72 SciVal 1 1 1 2 About SciVal 5 About SciVal What is SciVal SciVal is a set of integrated modules that enables your institution to make evidence based strategic decisions SciVal consists of three modules e Overview Get an overview of the research performance of your institution and others based on output impact and collaborations e Benchmarking Determine your strengths and weaknesses Compare your research institution and teams to others based on performance metrics Model different test scenarios e Collaboration Identify and analyze existing and potential collaboration opportunities Identify suitable collaboration partners See who others are collaborating with SciVal Home Overview Benchmarking Collaboration SciVal for chancellors and deans To make the right strategic decisions you need actionable data SciVal gives you insights to make evidence based decisions Track your research performance identify your institution s strengths and compare your institution to peers around the world SciVal for senior researchers and department heads With less funding and more competition it s not enough to do good research SciVal gives you the tools to evaluate and clearly demonstrate the value of your research to funding agencies and others Ana
73. rnmental institution for example An Institution is a type of entity in SciVal Technically an institution is defined in SciVal asa collection of one or more Scopus affiliations Often an institution has multiple affiliations because some of its parts like hospitals or research institutes can be assigned their own affiliation in Scopus Multiple institutions can be combined into another type of selectable SciVal entity a group of institutions Anumber of predefined groups of institutions are available in SciVal including e institutional alliances such as LERU and Universitas 21 e constituent states and provinces of various countries These include the U S states each of which is made up of all institutions in that state Researchers and groups of researchers A researcher is someone who has authored one or more publications You can define researchers in SciVal You can also create groups of researchers 10 SciVal Get started 11 My SciVal Entities You can view data for entities such as Countries Institutions and Researchers acro Show entities defined by me mt Institutions and Groups amp Researchers and Groups Define anew Researcher Define a new Group of Researchers Show All 5 Researchers 5 Groups of Researchers 0 You can use groups of researchers to model different what if scenarios For example you can determine what happens to your team s performance if you add researchers X an
74. sented by the publications citing a selected entity The ratio of citations received relative to the expected world average for the subject field publication type and 33 snowball Metric 29 SciVal Data and metrics 30 4 5 Collaboration Collaboration Impact Academic Corporate Collaboration Academic Corporate Collaboration Impact Outputs in Top Percentiles Publications in Top Journal Percentiles h index publication year The extent of international national and institutional co authorship eHoWwRa Met The average number of citations received by publications that have international national or institutional co authorship Publications whose affiliation information contains both academic and corporate organization types The average number of citations received by publications that have academic corporate collaboration Publications of a selected entity that have reached a particular threshold of citations received SSF snowball Metric The set of an entity s publications that have been published in the world s top journals A measure of both the productivity and publication impact of an entity which depends on both the number of publications and the number of citations they have received S snowball Metric What are Snowball Metrics The Snowball Metrics were initiated by eight highly successful research universities as a manageable set of metrics that capture the strategic aspects
75. source of the data in SciVal uu csssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssses 28 23 How current te te Cla csc acer cere cea 28 3 What publication types can you Se cates tae tact ree ees ea 28 4 Which metrics are available to use in SciValPcsccssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssssssssssssssses 28 Wat ae Snowball ICUS siccrccenshessctotcecesssrsce escent RRN 30 Part V The Overview module 32 1 What is the Overview OCU CP saicccccceccecscsccecdscsssdiccostdssdecceccsessettccesseaacticocsussessslccbsassssdiancbsdtsleecccbeheve 32 2 Working with the Overview module ssssssssssssssessssssssesesesesesesesesesesesesoereseoeseeeseseststsnneoeoeorotorstsrstsestesens 32 Seia A T E 32 Selecting a year range sssssesssrsrressssessrrsrorrsrserernseseesrnensrnersensrnenserersensrsensrnstoensrsersensnsentnensrnersensenensees 32 Filtering by journal categ Ory seiiisisrsssisssossisannisdseisansnniessiaroiaan aani aaaea renee em eerrn er ene here keane 33 3 How can you use the Overview module nrssssssssscrssccssssnmeereccessenmsersccnseemserseenttenuserteceteseneet 33 Get an overview of your institution s research performance e sssssesssssssssessesessessesesseseeseseesesseseeees 33 Explore the publication output of your INSTITUTION 0 0 eee ceseesssesseecssccsecescesesescsessecesscaecenessesenseneeensens 34 Get an overview of your INSTITUTION S research strengths esssessesessesessesess
76. stitution identity its research strengths Do you have access to SciVal s Competencies section Then you can use SciVal to identify or demonstrate areas of research strength at your institution You may even identify research strengths of your institution that you are not yet aware of For each of these research strengths SciVal shows you e Which institutions are most active in this field and how is your institution is positioned e Who are your institution s collaboration partners in this field Who are you not yet collaborating with e Which researchers at your institution are most active in this field e What is your institution s unique contribution to this field e What are the overall trends is this is an emerging or declining field e How was this field identified as a competency of your institution How SciVal identifies your research strengths The competency analysis identifies research strengths of your institution granular areas of research where your institution is a global leader Your institution has a leading position compared to other institutions in terms of number of publications number of highly cited publications or innovation the recentness of cited publications The competency analysis uses a methodology based on citation patterns called co citation analysis Highly cited publications are clustered based on co citation counts The clusters are grouped together into competencies The analysis is
77. stitutions and Groups link and start typing the name then click on the name when it appears in the search results View overview of Institutions and Groups A l Northwestern University TT Yale University Tt SUNY Buffalo i gm Add Institutions and Groups Researchers and Groups ha v Countries and Groups Research Areas and Groups w See your institution s national or global position How is your institution positioned What is your institution s position nationwide or worldwide in terms of publication output or impact 1 Select your country from the entity selection panel on the left hand side 2 Ifthe country is not listed click on the Add Countries and Groups link and start typing the name then click on the name when it appears in the search results 3 The Institution tab ranks all the institutions in your country by number of publications citations or authors You can see who the top players in your country are and how your institution ranks among them You can also get a picture of what s happening worldwide 1 Select World from the Countries and groups sections of the entity selection panel 2 The Institutions tab ranks all institutions worldwide 3 You can also see the top journals worldwide under Publications by journal 38 SciVal 5 3 8 5 3 9 The Overview module 39 Identify potential collaboration partners The Institutions tab for a country can also be
78. t attracting 16 time period selectinga 8 32 42 50 top institutions 16 38 top researchers 16 trends research 46 _U username 8 _W Web browsers 6 what if scenario modeling 24 world map 53 _Y year range selectinga 8 32 42 50 73
79. that are included in your analysis e Inthe Overview and Collaboration modules you can analyze performance for a three or five year period Source Scopus data up to 16 Oct 2013 2008 to 2012 a 3 years wee 20010 to 2012 3 years current year 2010 to 2013 3 years current year beyond current year 2010 to gt 2013 2008 to 2012 3 years current year 2008 to 2013 5 years current year beyond current year 2008 to gt 2013 e Inthe Benchmarking module you can compare performance from 1996 until the present SciVal 2 3 2 4 Get started 9 Benchmarkin a Source Scopus data up to 16 Oct 2013 1996 to 2013 amp 1996 gt 2013 Face Chart O 1996 2013 Optionally you can also include the current year as well as publications in future years However you may want to exclude this because by the end of the current year Scopus has only received and indexed a certain portion of the current year s journals from other publishers Filtering by subject area In SciVal all data can be filtered by subject area You can choose from 27 main categories and 334 subcategories in the Scopus journal classification Use any of these journal categories as a filter for further analysis e The Scopus journal category filter is present in each of the three modules Overview Benchmarking and Collaboration e Click the arrow next to each journal category to display the subcategories 2008 to 2012 Computer Science no f
80. the publication output of your institution You can see the total list of publications at your institution by clicking on View list of publications on the Summary tab The most cited publications are at the top The filter options on the left hand side allow you to explore your institution s publications in various ways For example you can see the top authors and journals the top collaborating institutions and countries and the top keywords Try filtering the publications by any of the filter options The breakdown is now recalculated to reflect the new subset 34 SciVal 5 3 3 The Overview module Publications at Athena University 2010 to 2013 27 304 publications 35 Authors Title Authors Year Journal Citations All authors F Giurgiu G Review of particle physics Beringer J et al 2012 Physical Review D 1 333 F Eusebi R View abstract View in Scomts Particles Fields Krutelyov V Gravitation and F Vila Cosmology F lashvili Clase wand Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV Chatrchyan S et al 2012 Physics Letters 888 with the CMS experiment at the LHC Section B Nuclear Institutions View abstract View in Scopus Elementary Particle All institutions and High Energy F Athena University Physics E Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Emerging applications of stimuli responsive Stuart M A C et al 2010 Nature Materials 750 E University of California at Los polymer materia
81. tion Q Institutions not yet collaborating with Athena University M 3 054 not yet collaborating Institutions bod i 4 gt r Pr Or gt a 5 it 1 E po hee ee pait p Ty gt gt Wan iine e AAS mi gt ar p a 4 A ds e x fi Ag we ot gt gt EF 7 ff 4 G gt D Got i ro z r 4 Korea a 5 Asia Pacific ae 1078 asi z 4 FP F maT la Cok H gt SR Congo hy a m i indonesia Papua New X w a nia M o 4 V Guinea TA A S merica A ana OP 7 i K iby p S A 11 Siow sf outh Chie DS 4 Click on Europe to see which European countries are active in medicine The numbers in the white circles represent the number of institutions in each country that have not yet collaborated with Athena 5 Let s take a closer look at Germany which has 119 institutions that have not yet collaborated with Athena 20 SciVal How you can use SciVal 21 Current collaboration Potential collaboration Export Shortcuts Institutions not yet collaborating with Athena University Europe T All countries T All sectors Mf 1 156 not yet collaborating Institutions 6 Click on Cenan to see i institutions in this country are active in medicine but are not yet collaborating with Athena in this field 7 Each orange circle in Germany represents an institution The number inside the circle shows t
82. tion panel on the left hand side 2 Ifyou have not yet defined the research area click on Define a Research Area in the filter menu no filter selected no filter selected Research Areas defined by you You have not yet defined any Research Areas Define a Research Area Journal Categories Agricultural and Biological Sciences Arts and Humanities Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Business Management and Accounting Chemical Engineering Chemistry Computer Science a Decision Sciences Dentistry n Earth and Planetary Sciences r Mongia Working with the map Zooming in and out You can use the zoom control in the top left corner of the map to zoom in and out You can also double click on the map to zoom in further Zoom in on a region At world level the map gives you an overview of your global collaboration landscape e Click on one of the region markers at world level to zoom in to that region e There are markers on the map for each of the world regions Asia Pacific North America South America Europe Middle East and Africa These markers show you how many collaborating institutions there are in each region 53 SciVal 7 2 6 The Collaboration module 54 Collaboration by Athena University United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Snow all Source Scopus data up to 24 Feb 2014 2009 to 2013 v no filter selected x Current collaboration Potential collab
83. tions in Top Journal Percentiles section shows how many of your institution s publications were in the top 1 and 10 of the world s journals These top journals are selected by measuring all journals by either SNIP or SJR and selecting the top ranking ones You can toggle between SNIP and SJR using the dropdown menu See www journalmetrics com for more details on SNIP and SJR e SNIP Source Normalized Impact per Paper This measures the citation impact of a journal SNIP is normalized for the journal s subject field weighting citations based on the number of expected citations in that field e SJR SClmago Journal Rank This measures the prestige of citations received by a journal The subject field quality and reputation of the citing journal have a direct effect on the value of a citation 13 SciVal 3 2 How you can use SciVal 14 Publications in Top Journal Percentiles Export 7 Share of publications at Athena University that are in the top 1 and 10 journals by SNIP v So poe of publications in top 10 journals 30 mog of publications in top 1 journals 25 E E a a a 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 5 As you can see in the chart above 30 to 35 of the publications at Athena University from 2008 2012 were published in the top 10 journals worldwide measured by SNIP 6 Go to the Benchmarking module to see the Outputs in Top Percentiles and Publications in Top Journal Percentiles metrics for your institution over a l
84. tutions and Groups for an institution 2 Ifthe entity you want is not listed click on the Add link and start typing the name then click on the name when it appears in the search results 3 You can also define your own groups of researchers and research areas View overview of Institutions and Groups A Jf Athena University gt Yale University 5 It SUNY Buffalo Add Institutions and Groups Researchers and Groups ha Countries and Groups Research Areas and Groups ia 5 2 2 Selecting a year range You can view publication data for a period of either three or five years Use the year range selector at the top of the page to select the desired year range Optionally you can also include the current year and future publications However you may want to exclude this because by the end of the current year Scopus has only received and indexed a certain portion of the current year s journals from other publishers 32 SciVal 5 2 3 5 3 5 3 1 The Overview module 33 Athena University w United States Scopus affiliation ID 60001590 Show all Source Scopus data up to 25 Oct 2013 2010 to 2013 Chel 3years 2010 to 2012 3 years current year 2010 to 2013 3 years current year beyond current year 2010 to 2013 ation ty 5 years 2008 to 2012 5 years current year 2008 to 2013 5years current year beyond current year 2008 to 2013 3 179 4 3 399 4 Filtering by journal categ
85. ustin 29 v 1 435 54 v 5 Nanyang Technological University 25 4 560 49 a 6 E Fudan University 24 364 59 7 CSIC 21 v 184 45 v 8 E Peking University 20 a 150 30 9 amp Georgia Institute of Technology 19 a 353 61 a 10 E Chinese Academy of Sciences 18 a 214 55 a 13 17 447 48 a Athena University KU 68 SciVal 8 4 2 8 4 3 Defining your own research areas 69 Research areas in the Benchmarking module Use the Benchmarking module to explore the worldwide output in a particular research area from 1996 until the present e Go to the Benchmarking module e Select the research area from the entity selection panel on the left hand side You can spot possible trends using a variety of different metrics such as e Scholarly Output number of publications e Field Weighted Citation Impact normalized citation count e Outputs in Top Percentiles an indicator of research excellence e Journal Category Count an indicator of multidisciplinarity e Collaboration for instance international collaboration Benchmarking Source Scopus data up to 23 Nov 2013 1996 to 2013 v no filter selected v L Chart m Table y axis v L x axis v x Publication Year Scholarly Output 400 375 350 325 300 275 250 225 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 Scholarly Output 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Publication Year v Thermal Conductivity Graphen
86. vel select All countries from the country menu 51 SciVal The Collaboration module 52 Institutions collaborating with Athena University All countries Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland I 797 collaborating In ored publications Select a sector Use the rightmost drop down menu to select a specific sector such as corporate or medical Institutions collaborating with Athena University All sectors Academic Government Corporate Medical TM 131 collaborating Institutions 875 co authored Other 7 2 4 Filtering by journal category or research area Interested in evaluating or comparing your performance within a specific discipline You can choose from 27 categories and 334 subcategories in the Scopus journal classification 52 SciVal 7 2 5 1 Use the filter dropdown menu at the top of the page to select a specific journal category 2 The subcategories appear when you click on the arrow in a category The Collaboration module 53 Filter by research area You can also filter by research areas that you have defined yourself These can be as granular or interdisciplinary as you like 1 Use the filter dropdown menu at the top of the page to select a specific research area Now all Y iland Select your institution from the entity selec
87. verage Do you want to compare your institution s research performance to the national average Field Weighted Citation Impact is a good metric to use since it adjusts for differences in citing behavior across disciplines A score of 1 00 means citations are as expected based on the global average More than 1 00 means that citations are more than expected Less than 1 00 means the citations are less than expected 1 Select Field Weighted Citation Impact from the y axis button 2 Make sure your institution and your country are selected in the entity selection panel on the left side 3 If your country is not listed in the entity selection panel click Add Countries and Groups and Start typing the name of that country Then select the country from the list of search results that appears below the text field Let s say that you want to compare your institution Athena University to the national average 45 SciVal 6 3 3 The Benchmarking module 46 The Field Weighted Citation Impact for Athena was 1 83 in 2011 This means citations were 83 higher than expected based on the global average When plotted against the United States and Yale we can see that Athena s Field Weighted Citation Impact is higher than the US national average but it is slightly lower than Yale Other metrics that can be used to compare your institution to the national average include Outputs in Top Percentiles by percentage and Publications

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