Scopus Introduction, Enhancement, Management, Evaluation and Promotion 27-28 May 2013 Agata Jablonka Customer Development Manager Elsevier B.V. a.jablonka@elsevier.com
Scopus The basis for Evaluation and Promotion of Research Results How can our Analytical Solutions support Evaluation and Promotion? Questions and Answers
What is Scopus? The largest abstract and citation database of peer reviewed research literature and quality web sources. More than 19,500 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers worldwide Over 50 million records, 23 million patents from 5 patent offices worldwide Scopus also offers full integration of the scientific web in its search results with: 435 million scientific web pages (Scirus) Modern Discovery tools Author and Affiliation search, Author Analyzer, Journal Analyzer, Citations Tracking etc
Broader coverage than nearest peer The Scopus surplus www.jisc-adat.com March, 2013
Breadth of coverage across geographical areas Nearest competitor Scopus In Thousands Wider coverage gives a more accurate picture of the research landscape l
Broader coverage means more citations In Thousands Nearest competitor Scopus Scopus has on average 10% more citations per article >7,000 citations for these examples Number of citations to most cited articles in WoS and Scopus
Journal Evaluation some challenges: Impact Factor Disadvantages of Impact Factor: difficult to compare, not recent enough, lack of clarity of data origin/risk of manipulation, lack of coverage Alternative measures in Scopus: Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) measures contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is a prestige metric based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from Comparison Recent Data origin Coverage Normalization of differences between fields Refreshed twice per year: April and September Eliminates risk of manipulation All 18,000+ journals, proceedings and book series in Scopus receive SJR and SNIP values Added value in areas like Social Sciences and Humanities www.journalmetrics.com
What about Books? Elsevier is planning to cover Books - Currently covering Book series 75.000 books will be covered by 2015 Mainly Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Scopus selection criteria a combination of quantitative and qualitative measures Journal policy Quality of content Citedness Regularity Accessibility English language abstracts available All cited references in Roman alphabet Convincing editorial concept/policy Level of peer-review Diversity in provenance of editors Diversity in provenance of authors Academic contribution to the field Clarity of abstracts Conformity with journal s aims & scope Readability of articles Citedness of journal articles in Scopus Citedness of editors in Scopus No delay in publication schedule Content available online English-language journal home page Quality of home page Eligibility Peer-review English abstracts Regular publication Statement on Publication ethics
Example of users of Scopus data 10
Scopus: author search results page Results are listed in descending order by default. Change the sorting order by selecting an option from the sort by window 11 The Author s name links to the Author Details page
Scopus: author details page 12 The Author details page gives links to (1) the author s documents; (2) documents which are referenced by the author; (3) documents that have cited the author; (4) the Author details pages of all coauthors; (5) the results of searching the web using the author name Use the Find potential author matches for profiles which may be associated
Scopus: affiliation profiling Affiliation details include the affiliation ID, name variations, address information, research areas, documents published, sources the organization has published in, and collaborating 13 affiliations.
Scopus: citation tracker You can include up to 5000 documents in a Citation Tracker. If you select more than 5000 documents only the first 5000 are included in the Citation Tracker 14
Scopus:Analytics Select the journals you want to evaluate 15
Scopus: Analytics H-Graph A scholar with an index of h has published h papers each of which has been cited by others at least h times cited 41 times or more 41 papers 16
How can our Analytical Solutions support Evaluation and Promotion?
THE NEW REALITY OF RESEARCH TODAY Crosses national boundaries Overarches multi jurisdictional regulation Networks energetically in real and virtual space and time Straddles between competition and collaboration Exhibits high mobility of resources, people, ideas, technologies and infrastructure Responds and reacts to public and private pressures 18
Increased Competition for Limited Resources Increase in applications, but lower awards and success rate Source: NIH IMPAC, Success Rate File, April 15, 2011 http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/ 19
Increase in Global Collaboration Proportion of the world s papers produced with more than one international author Percent 40 35 30 25 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global scientific collaboration in the 21st century, The Royal Society, 2011
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Through our data, we can provide various insights that help answer your key questions Demonstrating Excellence Collaboration and Competition Evaluations Raise and Defend Funding Recruitment and Retention Facilitating cooperation inter and externally What are the research strengths of my institute? Which researchers/institutions are strong in the field as well? Measuring research performance based on some additional objective indicators. Have facts at hand to show expertise to funding bodies Finding new faculty members is the highest priority issue on the administrative agenda. How can we assemble research teams easily? 22
The components of the SciVal suite Establish directory of research expertise Analyze institutional strengths Benchmark performance of researchers & teams View funding opportunities & intelligence Analytical portals - National - institutional Evaluation, Take Inventory Source Data Analytical Reports, Scopus Raw Data Answer specific questions 23
Know what you are doing! Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 24
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