SCOPUS innovation at a glance

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1 SCOPUS innovation at a glance Padua conference 08th June, 2010 Elsevier, Science & Technology M hamed el Aisati Head of New Technology Massimiliano Carloni Key Account Manager, Italy

2 Agenda How to use standard tools and international benchmarks to support Italian universities needs Tools & Indexes + A new partnering approach International Experience 2

3 SCOPUS general characteristics Elsevier, Science & Technology

4 SCOPUS coverage A rich and ex-tended coverage including Abstracts and citations from 5000 publishers (ELS 15%) 3,6 Million conference papers (10% of Scopus records) Articles in Press from more than 3000 titles 23 Million Patents 1,200 Open Access journals 80% of all Scopus records have an abstract Abstracts going back to 1823 (Scopus includes all historical material of ELS, Springer, ACS, AIP, Nature, Science, etc..) Nearly 2,700 Arts & Humanities titles 430 m integrated scientific websites via Scirus.com ~16, Nearly 18,000 Titles including 16,500 Peer Reviewed Titles 600 Trade Journals 350 Book Series Extensive Conference Proceedings 40 languages are covered Scopus info on It is broader in scope but also richer in different kinds of content. It is much easier to use and therefore has more immediate impact. Chief librarian, The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations 4

5 SCOPUS coverage across subject areas 6,790 7,110 4,140 5,310 17,500 Health Sciences Phys.Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences (100% Medline) Nursing Dentistry Chemistry Physics Engineering Neuroscience Pharmacology Biology Psychology Economics Business 26 major subject areas 307 minor subject areas The coverage provided by Scopus is balanced in terms of subject areas when compared with Ulrich s core. Felix de Moya, Scientometrics

6 SCOPUS coverage across geographical areas

7 SCOPUS search Save the search and create an alert Output options: print, , create a bibliography. Download full-text or abstracts. Sort results per relevance, author names, year or citations received View references or citations for selected results 7

8 Scopus provides quick, intelligent answers Which journals are most popular in this area? Is this a growing topic of interest? What other disciplines are related? Who else is active in this field?

9 SCOPUS Tools and indexes Elsevier, Science & Technology

10 SCOPUS author profile Screenshot: Scopus Author Information Screenshot: Scopus Author Information Every author with more than 1 article in Scopus has an Author Profile. The profile shows valuable information about the author, such as: Variations of his names already grouped together, Most recent affiliation Number of articles on Scopus and the citations received List of co-authors Author s H Index The feedback button allows authors to ask for corrections. Importance of Access to the Expertise of Other Researchers Author identification in Scopus is so easy to use and solves a problem that experienced users have long expressed a frustration with. It also builds on an existing strength of Scopus; supporting the collaboration between authors. Amy Knapp, Assistant University Librarian for Public Services and Departmental Libraries, USA

11 Get an overview of an author at a glance feedback Grouped profiles Affiliation Last documents documents Alert for a new publication Alert for a new citation H-INDEX 11

12 H-INDEX DEFINITION H-graphs The H-index is the highest number of papers a scientist has that have at least that number of citations. Nature (2005). Published by Jorge E. Hirsch in August An author with H-Index 13 has at least 13 articles published that received at least 13 citations. H-INDEX on SCOPUS EXAMPLE Available from Author Profiles and Citation Tracker pages. H Index calculation in Scopus only considers articles published from 1996 onwards. 12

13 CITATION TRACKER CITATIONS Real-time calculation of citations overview for: A selection of articles A selection of articles or all the articles by one specific author All articles published by one specific journal for a given year All citation counts and links to articles are displayed on the same screen Easy to print and export APPLICATIONS Grant application for research groups Recruitment Evaluation of a university, department or research group s output Choosing a mentor for a master or PhD program It can be added to author s CV or homepage 13

14 What s new: AUTHOR EVALUATOR Options to analyse an author s work by co-authors, citing authors, subject area and time This author has received citations from these journals 14

15 What s new: AUTHOR EVALUATOR

16 What s new: AUTHOR EVALUATOR 16

17 CURRENT & FUTURE: AFFILIATION PROFILE

18 ANALYTICS JOURNAL ANALYZER 18

19 ANALYTICS NEW METRICS Apply to nearly 18,000 journals, proceedings and book series Are refreshed twice per year to ensure currency of metrics Allow for a direct comparison of journals, independent of their subject classification Are integrated into the Scopus Journal Analyzer Are FREELY available 19

20 ANALYTICS NEW METRICS SOURCE NORMALIZED IMPACT PER PAPER (SNIP) Created by Professor Henk Moed at CTWS, University of Leiden. Measures contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. The impact of a single citation is given higher value in subject areas where citations are less likely, and vice versa. Characteristics: Measures contextual citation impact by normalizing citation values. Takes a research field s citation frequency into account. Considers immediacy, how quickly a paper is likely to have an impact in a given field. Accounts for how well the field is covered by the underlying database. Calculates without use of a journal s subject classification to avoid delimitation. Counters any potential for editorial manipulation.

21 ANALYTICS NEW METRICS 21

22 ANALYTICS NEW METRICS SCIMAGO JOURNAL RANKING (SJR) Developed by Professor Félix de Moya, Research Professor at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Prestige metric based on the idea that all citations are not created equal. With SJR, the subject field, quality and reputation of the journal has a direct effect on the value of a citation. Characteristics: Is weighted by the prestige of the journal, thereby leveling the playing field among journals. Eliminates manipulation: raise the SJR ranking by being published in more reputable journals. Shares a journal s prestige equally over the total number of citations in that journal. Normalizes for differences in citation behavior between subject fields.

23 ANALYTICS NEW METRICS 23

24 SCOPUS Global Projects Elsevier, Science & Technology

25 Australian Research Council ERA 2010 Assessment of research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprising experienced, internationally-recognized experts. ERA uses leading researchers to evaluate research in eight discipline clusters. ERA will detail areas within institutions and disciplines that are internationally competitive, as well as point to emerging areas where there are opportunities for development and further investment. More info on: Early January 2010 Aug/Sep 2010 First trial (PCE) in 2009 Scopus selected as source information provider and partner 25

26 Australian Research Council ERA main components: - EID tagging - Dedicated web service (API) - Reports: Citation Benchmark report (cpp) Centile threshold report Ranked journal Indicative World Distribution Benchmark Report

27 ARC Scopus Universities interaction EID tagging process Dedicated Web Service

28 CIVR (Italy) Percentile threshold reports Benchmark Italian output (publication and citations) against the world for each of the 27 main subject areas

29 Italy Performance output of some universities CAGR ( ) 9.00% 8.00% 7.00% 6.00% 5.00% 4.00% CAGR 3.00% 2.00% 1.00% 0.00% Universita degli Studi di Torino Universita degli Studi di Padova Universita degli Studi di Milano Alma Mater Universita di Studiorum Pisa Universita di Bologna Universita degli Studi di Firenze Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Universites 29

30 Italy Collaboration based output CAGR ( ) 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% CAGR (%) 4.00% 2.00% 0.00% Universita di Pisa Universita degli Studi di Torino Universita degli Studi di Padova Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna Universita degli Studi di Milano Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Universita degli Studi di Firenze Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Universities International Collaboration with institutions from one of the following countries: UK, US, France, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Canada, Germany, Korea, Netherlands and China

31 CAPES Post graduation programs evaluation Journals and their scoring classified across for each of the 47 major (self defined) subject areas that are evaluated. (the same journal may score A2 in one subject area but B1 for another) Articles and its metadata written by Brazilian authors in the period of and their citations, matched to the journals listed in each of the excel files. The output format would have to allow them an easy way to match the data with the post-graduation program (by affiliation, author name, etc.)

32 Baden Württemberg percentile reports Benchmark BW citation output for top 1% most cited, 5% most cited, etc. against: Germany Selected countries: UK, US, France, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Canada, Germany, Korea, Netherlands and China World (example above)

33 MoEST, Korea World Indicator Benchmarks Determine Journal Citation rate for a 3 years window. Used for creation of research excellence in Korea

34 Scopus Application Programming Interface (API) I.R requests dynamic Cited By Number from Scopus to display on their Website Repository Example HEFCE Use API to extract basic bibliographic data 1. Title 2. Author 3. Basic bibliographic metadata

35 Scopus Application Programming Interface (API) 35

36 SCOPUS Innovation Elsevier, Science & Technology

37 Scopus iphone app, launched in itunes on May The Scopus Alerts (Lite) searches Scopus.com to find and display reference information. Features include: Search across thousands of scholarly journals from more than 5000 international publishers; Save the important abstracts in one place for easy look-up; Set up and review alerts for your favorite searches; Set up alerts for when an author cites a particular article; Annotate records with your own notes; Share article links through or twitter.

38 Scopus Alerts (Lite) Status Quo Launched on May 12 >1650 downloads since Downloaded from more than 50 different itunes stores Some reviews: US: This app is great for my research. I can really see this being useful by Leniscus on (Version 1.0) GB : At last! On first sight this looks brilliant, life will be a lot easier now. by BryPot on (Version 1.0) But also some questions/feedback: What about an Adroid version? Is there an ipad version? Can I sync my alerts with Scopus.com?

39 India s national evaluation Introduce results of selected analysis on India s national research activity Traditional Metrics + New Methodology 39

40 Understanding Overall Research Activity Number of Papers Subject Areas 50,000 CAGR 12.6% MEDICINE 40,000 CHEMISTRY 30,000 20,000 OTHERS TOTAL 194,766 PAPERS ( ) ENGINEERING 10, AGRICULTUAL BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE MATERIAL SCIENCE PHYSICS BIOCHEMISTRY/ GENETICS Note: Paper includes the following Document Types in Scopus; Articles, Conference Papers and Reviews. Source: Scopus, SCIMAGO, Analysis 40

41 Comparing Research Performance across Nations # of Papers Citations Research Activity/Performance (2008) 700, : Number of Papers 600,000 : Number of Citations 500,000 xx : Citation per Paper 400, , , ,000 0 United States China United Kingdom Source: Scopus, SCIMAGO, Analysis Germany Japan France Canada Italy Spain India Australia South Korea Netherlands Brazil Russian Federation 41

42 A new approach Factors we need to consider New Approach How can we reflect the changes in research environment into our performance evaluation? Multi-Disciplinary Research Research conducted at a granular level Looked into individual papers and analyzed citation relationship Can we get strategic implications for future resource allocation? Which are the high growth areas? Used as base data for analysis 42

43 India s 117 National Level Competencies COMPUTER SCIENCE PHYSICS SOCIAL SCIENCE BRAIN RESEARCH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AREA WITH GLOBAL STRENGTH ENGINEERING HEALTH SCIENCE Source: SciVal Horizon 2008 Map MEDICINE INFECTIOUS DISEASE BIOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY EARTH SCIENCE 43

44 Compare with other nations Chemistry Other Nations Many competencies in IT, chemistry and engineering. Biotechnology Biology Source: SciVal Horizon 2008 Map Many competencies in medicine and social science. 44

45 A Example: Biotechnology related competencies Distinctive Competency #25 Tenth Science Plan recent advances in many areas of biological research, notably genomics, cell biology, structural biology and molecular approached to biological function hold great promise for future developments in biotechnology. Search: Molecular Cell Biology Disciplines: Protein Science (30%), Insect Physiology (18%), Plan Physiology (12%), Molecular Cell Biology (7%) Size of Research Field: 1,759 papers globally past 5 yrs 3.81% growth/yr Key Researchers India: Prof. Avadhesha Surolia Global: Prof. Tzi Bun Ng (CUHK) Key Journals: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Journal of Invertebrate Pathology etc. 45

46 A (cont.) Distinctive Competency # 25 Domestic leaders Global leaders Top Institution Top Author Top academic and government institutions in India are actively conducting research in this field Source: SciVal Horizon

47 C IIT, Delhi Which global top institutions should we compare ourselves with? Other Nations (example) MIT CSIR (Bio) RIKEN (All) Source: SciVal Spotlight 2007/2008 Map 47

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