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SciVal for Prince of Songkla University Evidence-based Policy-making

prepared by

Alexander van Servellen

Consultant, Research Management,

Elsevier

May 2017

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Context

Discussion about PSU subscription of SciVal tool for

evidence-based policy making, planning and evaluation. Objective

Agenda

1.) PSU SciVal usage analysis

2.) Research Performance Analysis of PSU

3.) SciVal Development Roadmap

4.) Engagement Plan 2017/2018

5.) Subscription Pricing

6.) References in Thailand

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1.) PSU SciVal Usage Analysis

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High Level

High Level Stats number

Registed users 117

Imported researchers 4929

User created research groups 507

Research areas 34

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PSU SciVal Usage June 2016 – May 2017

49

95

280

134

88

123 91

39 16

60 29

70

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Sessions

12 16

151

30 33 34 44

9 3 11

3 15

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Session Duration (hours)

357 733

5004

1195 1285 1207

1892

407 160 439

133

770

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

Page views

0102030405060708090

100

Active Users

Active Users Returning Active Users

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SciVal usage H2 - 2016

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2.) Research Performance Analysis of PSU

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1.) What are the key subject

strengths & weaknesses of PSU?

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Engineering

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Chemistry

Materials Science

Physics and Astronomy

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Chemical Engineering

Immunology and Microbiology

Computer Science

Mathematics

Energy

Nursing

Neuroscience

Medicine Agricultural and Biological

Sciences

Health Professions

Environmental Science

Dentistry

-60.0%

-10.0%

40.0%

90.0%

140.0%

0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4

Pu

blic

atio

n G

row

th %

20

12

-20

16

Field Weighted Citation Impact 2011-2017

World Average = 1

PSU - Output, Impact & Growth by Subject Bubble size = # publications

X-axis = FWCI

Y-axis = Growth (publications)

High Growth –

High Impact

High Growth –

Low Impact

Low Growth –

Low Impact

High Growth –

High Impact

Key strengths are

these areas in

green which are

cited more than

world average

Medicine is

high volume,

high growth &

high impact

area!

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2.) How does PSU’s compare to other Top

Thai Universities OVERALL

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3.) How does our Performance look at a

Faculty Level?

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PSU Volume, Journal Quality & Impact per Faculty

Faculty of Commerce and Management

Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty of Economics Faculty of Education

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering-Civil

Faculty of Environmental Management

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty of International Studies

Faculty of Liberal Arts

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Management Sciences

Faculty of Management Sciences

Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Nursing

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty of Science & Ind. Tech.

Faculty of Traditional Thai Medicine

Institute for Peace Studies

Fac-Natural Resources

Faculty of Agro-industry

Medical Technology Faculty of Science

PSUIC

Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism

Faculty of Science & Technology

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6

Pu

blic

atio

ns

in t

op

25

% J

ou

rnal

s (2

01

2-2

01

6)

Field Weighted Citation Impact (2012-2016)

World Average = 1

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4.) Faculty of Science

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This faculty publishes

papers in journals

belonging to many

different disciplines

showing how

multidisciplinary

research can be for

some faculties.

This Faculty’s papers

are cited 16% less than

world average

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PSU – Faculty of Science

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PSU – Faculty of Science–

Top 10 Journals

This

journal is

relative

high quality

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PSU – Faculty of Science– Top 10 Researchers

This author

stands out in

terms of average

citations per

paper.

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5.) Who are PSU’s key collaboration

partners?

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The 41 papers co-

authored between

PSU & CUHKwere

cited 52.6 times per

paper

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The 6 papers

co-authored

between PSU

& Boehringer

Ingelheim

were cited

301 times per

paper

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6.) How does PSU perform in research

related to ”Drug Delivery System” AND

“Oral” research

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The research area was created using

keywords. You could do the same to create

topics related to Thailand 4.0 for example

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Thai Top Institutions in Drug Delivery System AND Oral

Research

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PSU Top Authors in Drug Delivery System AND Oral

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3.) SciVal Roadmap

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SciVal Development Roadmap

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Prominent Areas of Science

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“Topics” and their characteristics

• A topic is a collection of documents with a common intellectual

interest

• Topics can be large or small, new or old, growing or declining

• Topics are dynamic and can evolve

• New topics can be born

• Many topics are inherently multidisciplinary

• Old topics may be dormant, but still exist

• Researchers have mobility and can contribute to multiple topics

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How are “Topics” identified

• All Scopus publications are clustered into topics using citation links

• ~35 million publications (1996-present) in ~100,000 topics

A

N O

B C

D

E F G

H I

J

K L M

S T

P Q R

U V

W

Z

X Y

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How are “Topics” identified

• All Scopus publications are clustered into topics using citation links

• ~35 million publications (1996-present) in ~100,000 topics

A

N O

B C

D

E F G

H I

J

K L M

S T

P Q R

U V

W

Z

X Y

Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3

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Why so many?

• Fine-grained topics define the problem-level structure of science

• Topics really are different from each other

- Researchers confirm this

- Funding data confirm this

• Dynamics are far easier to discern with fine-grained topics than

coarse-grained fields

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What does a topic look like?

• Amyloid function

in Alzheimer’s

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Topic examples

• Anode materials

for Li-ion batteries

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Topic examples

• Research

evaluation

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Topics meet requirements

2017 Requirements Topics

Academic

Legitimacy

Academically recognized; state-of-the-art in 2017

Accuracy High accuracy

Ease of

Explanation

Intuitively understandable methodology

Trend Detection All years

Stability Stable topic structure with the ability to identify

emerging topics

Global Direct comparison of institutions and countries

Characterization Easily understandable topics

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PSU Prominent Areas

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Browse University Prominent Areas

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Prominent Areas in Science in Trends

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4.) Engagement Plan 2017/2018

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Engagement plan

Faculty Level

Staff - Researchers

High Level

Research Office

• Share best practices

• Reporting & Interpretation

• Training of key staff

• Dean engagement

• faculty level trainings

• help produce reports

• Simple workshop

• Researcher level use cases

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Meetings with Deans – March 2017

Dr. Wilaiwan Chotigeat

Dean Faculty of Science

Puttisak Puttawibul, MD.

Dean Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Sirirat Pinsuwan

Dean Faculty of Pharmacy

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Faculty of Science

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5.) Pricing

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Pricing

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Exchange Rates

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6.) References

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References closely involved with SciVal at their university

1. Kiat Ruxrungtham, Vice President of Research and Innovation at

Chulalongkorn University: rkiatchula@gmail.com

2. Nunghatai Rangponsumrit, Assistant to the President for Research,

Development and Innovation at Chulalongkorn University:

nung_hatai@hotmail.com

3. Kalaya Youngsukying, Libarian at Chulalongkorn University:

kalaya.y@car.chula.ac.th

4. Maneerat Chompuk, Research Manager at Mahidol University:

maneerat.cho@mahidol.edu

5. Narisra Komalawardhana, Mahidol University Research Manager

narisra.kom@mahidol.ac.th

6. Tan, Hsiao Wei, Research Manager at Universiti Malaya:

tanhw@um.edu.my

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Appendix

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SciVal is Elsevier’s research intelligence tool

SciVal offers quick, easy access to the research performance of 220

nations and 7,500 research institutions worldwide, and groups of

institutions

Visualize

research

performance

Benchmark

your progress

Develop

collaborative

partnerships

Ready-made-at a

glance snapshots

of any selected

entity

Flexibility to create

and compare any

research groups

Identify and analyze

existing and potential

collaboration

opportunities

Analyze

research

trends

Analyze research

trends to discover the

top performers and

rising stars

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Decisions by “triangulating” information

Expert opinion

Peer review

Reliable data from SciVal

Your Scientists External Review

Strategic

Planning

for

Research

Data from SciVal can

be combined with

qualitative

assessments to allow

you to make fair

decisions, grounded in

evidence, and sound

human judgment.

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Institutions using SciVal in

South East Asia

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SciVal is based on Scopus data, the same data used by University

Rankings and over 4400 institutions

MD Anderson

Kiel

University

Gazi

University

Queen’s

University

Belfast

Ural Federal

University

CAPES Brazil

UK BIS

ERA 2014

UK REF

Nigerian

Government

ISTIC

NRF-Korea

FCT Portugal

Danish BFI

Germany IFQ

Italy ANVUR

IISER

STINT Michigan Corporate

Relations Network

ReachNC

Russian Foundation

of Basic Research

TCI -

Thailand

University Rankings:

NSF

European Commission & ERC

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Benefits for a broad range of users

• 360 degree analysis to inform strategic planning

• Identify institution’s strengths and short-comings

• Set and measure KPI’s Management level

• Create management-level reports

• Accelerate institutional and cross-institutional collaboration

• Support and win large grants

• support and win large grants

Central administrators

• Evaluate researcher and team performance for recruitment and retention decisions

• Model-test scenarios by creating virtual teams

Faculty & Department Heads

• Raise visibility and highlight achievements

• Expand networks

• Locate collaborators and mentors Researchers

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Examples of questions addressed using SciVal…

“How can I see who’s excelling in a

specific subject compared to my

researchers, for potential

collaboration opportunities?”

“How can we demonstrate

excellence in a way that best shows

our unique strengths to secure

funding and attract students?”

“My President is going to visit

Universiti Malaya; who do our

academics collaborate with there

and how can we expand?”

“I want to explore the various

scenarios I’m considering to set up

a centre of excellence. How can

the data provide me with insights?”

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More than 4400 organizations rely on Scopus data

MD Anderson

Kiel

University

Gazi

University

Queen’s

University

Belfast

Ural Federal

University

CAPES Brazil

UK BIS

ERA 2014

UK REF

Nigerian

Government

ISTIC

NRF-Korea

FCT Portugal

Danish BFI

Germany IFQ

Italy ANVUR

IISER

STINT Michigan Corporate

Relations Network

ReachNC

Russian Foundation

of Basic Research

TCI -

Thailand

Rankings:

NSF

European Commission & ERC

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Scopus data underpins Research Intelligence Portfolio

SCOPUS DATA

Scopus.com SciVal Scopus Data

Solutions Pure

METRICS

SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE

Analytical

Services

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JOURNALS

Scopus includes content from more than 5,000

publishers and 105 different countries

21,868 peer-reviewed

journals

322 trade journals

Full metadata, abstracts and

cited references

Physical

Sciences

11,865

Health

Sciences

12,992

Social

Sciences

10,158

Life

Sciences

6,394

97.1K conference events

7.7M conference papers

Mainly Engineering and

Computer Sciences

558 book series

34K Volumes / 1.3M items

135,301 stand-alone books

>1.1M items

Focus on Social Sciences and

A&H

65M records from 22K serials, 97K conferences and 135K books

• Updated daily

• More accurate and complete citation data pre-1996

• 40 different languages covered

• 3,476 Active Gold Open Access journals indexed

BOOKS CONFERENCES

Source: October 2016 title list at https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus/content

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Unbiased, comprehensive journal coverage with titles

from many reputable scholarly publishers

Source: May 2016 title list at https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus/content

Other

60%

7%

5%

4%

2%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

11%

1%

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Overall Content Comparison with Web of Science

Scopus

6,822 (+91%)

WoS

3,577

Health Sciences

Scopus

4,532 (+48%)

WoS

3,052

Life Sciences

Scopus

8,233 (+96%)

WoS

4,202

Social Sciences

Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science Core Collection title list and Scopus’ own data (May 2016)

Scopus 22,409

(+80%)

Web of

Science

12,459

~12K titles (Core Collection), (18,000 with ESCI)

3,300 publishers

Updated weekly

~22K titles

>5,000 publishers

Updated daily

Scopus

7,450 (+69%)

Physical Sciences

WoS

4,408

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SciVal offers quick, easy access to the research performance of 220 nations and

7500 research institutions worldwide (including 774 corporate organizations)

SciVal is Elsevier’s Research Intelligence Tool

Data updated weekly from Scopus

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www.elsevier.com/research-intelligence

Thanks for your attention Alexander van Servellen

a.vanservellen@elsevier.com