UCT Research Competencies Assessed Using Elsevier’s SciVal Spotlight

How are competencies created in SciVal® Spotlight?

Competencies are created in three steps:• Step 1. Identify article clusters:

– SciVal Spotlight performs a co-citation analysis on all the articles published in a specific year, such as 2010. This groups the references into "article clusters"

• Step 2. Determine which article clusters are strengths:– Spotlight determines which article clusters represent your individual

institution's or country's strengths. These are the clusters where your institution/country as a whole is highly ranked in article contribution

• Step 3. Group article clusters – Article clusters are then grouped together based on articles they share

from your institution/country. These “competencies” represent research areas where your entire institution or country is a leader.

Clusters: Distinct Competency 1

All 79 competencies:colours denote different

disciplines; clusters nearest middle are most multidisciplinary

Eg: malaria drugdevelopment

Largest competency:

Number 2:

Number 3:

Multidisciplinarity:

How to assess leadership?

Differential measures….

Innovation Leaders Publication Leaders Citation Leaders

Citation Leaders

Author Published articles Articles in competencies

Wood R. 111 89Noakes T.D. 88 61Myer L. 80 59Flisher A.J. 75 40Williamson A.L. 74 43Stein D.J. 63 35Lawn S.D. 61 54Bateman E.D. 59 16Reason C.J.C. 56 42Opie L.H. 55 26Smith P.J.D. 52 35Maartens G. 49 41Ventura N. 48 2Martin D.P. 47 42Wilkinson R.J. 47 37Brombacher F. 46 28Lambert E.V. 46 26Levitt N.s. 46 17Millar R.P. 46 27

2005-2009 Top 19 Authors at UCT