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Case Study: Expanding collaboration and seeking new horizons in research at Keio University, Japan

Together with Elsevier, Keio University’s Faculty of Science and Technology launched a research expansion project to advance its research base. Find out how the university used SciVal® Experts and SciVal® Spotlight to identify researchers who could serve as catalysts to increase multidisciplinary collaboration, and to seek new research areas.

Uploaded: Friday, April 12, 2013 - 14:15
Format: Use Cases   Product: SciVal Spotlight, SciVal Experts   Subject: Research Management, Measuring Research Performance, Collaboration
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Case Study: Objectively Evaluating Researchers for Further Funding at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

Kiel University, in northern Germany, sought to enhance its research strengths in its four principal areas of excellence in research. Find out how the institution used SciVal® Spotlight to objectively evaluate the visibility and stature of its researchers and their papers to help aid in the recruitment, retention and funding decisions that were made.

Uploaded: Monday, January 7, 2013 - 15:47
Format: Use Cases   Product: SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Research Management, Measuring Research Performance, Research Funding
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SciVal Spotlight Factsheet

In this two page fact sheet, discover more about how SciVal® Spotlight can help you to identify opportunities to collaborate, eliminate the guesswork from strategic research planning, recruit and retain your greatest assets, and raise your institutional profile at a global level – so you can compete more effectively.

Uploaded: Friday, June 1, 2012 - 11:51
Format: Factsheets   Product: SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Measuring Research Performance
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Mapping Research Excellence: exploring the links between research excellence and research funding policy

The 1994 Group of leading UK research universities released a report warning that the UK is at risk of falling behind global competitors if the Government does not give continued support for university led research.

The report, done in partnership with Elsevier and utilizing amongst other things, SciVal Spotlight’s data, was unveiled at the 5th Annual Research Conference in London in September 2011.

Uploaded: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 13:25
Format: Research Paper   Product: SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Evaluating Performance, Measuring Research Performance, Research Funding
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Working Toward a Cure: Examining The State of Global Breast Cancer Research

The global expansion of breast cancer research reflects the changing scenario for breast cancer itself, and the rising threat it poses to women in both developed and developing countries. At the same time, the expansion of breast cancer research and greater collaboration among researchers on the global level may be a harbinger of greater worldwide awareness paid to the leading cancer killer of women.

Uploaded: Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 13:44
Format: White Papers   Product: SciVal Suite, SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Collaboration
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Confronting the Global Water Crisis Through Research

Water resources research is expanding worldwide as countries and funding agencies turn to scientists to help solve problems of dwindling fresh water supply and oceanic changes that impact every continent.

Uploaded: Monday, March 21, 2011 - 12:37
Format: White Papers   Product: SciVal Suite, SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Measuring Research Performance
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SciVal Perspectives - Verifying the Effectiveness of Existing Collaborations

Scientific collaborations come in the forms of co-authorships, consortia, co-locations, and alliances. This paper examines the effectiveness of one example of collaboration: an alliance of three Taiwanese institutions formed to capitalize on their collective research strengths to advance their respective positions within the global research community.

Uploaded: Monday, November 29, 2010 - 18:10
Format: White Papers   Product: SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Evaluating Performance, Measuring Research Performance, Collaboration
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SciVal Perspectives - Identifying Organizational Inefficiencies in Research Institutions

In today’s lean times, academic and government decision-makers continually face challenges to efficiently and effectively organize their research organizations and conduct research activities.

Using SciVal Spotlight to analyze the research projects of 106 life science researchers within an elite Japanese research center, decision-makers could clarify structural and resource issues in both their established and newly created research centers and, hopefully, use the results to initiate constructive changes and improve overall organizational efficiencies.

Uploaded: Friday, May 28, 2010 - 13:31
Format: White Papers   Product: SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Research Management, Evaluating Performance, Measuring Research Performance
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SciVal Perspectives - Aligning Research Strengths For Informed Recruitment

While recruiting individuals to fill department head positions has always been considered a serious undertaking, universities today are finding that interdisciplinary research and global networking have created a larger, more diversified pool from which to choose.

By analyzing the research competencies of the Women’s Health faculty from a public, American university, the institution has a clearer picture of the specific research areas in which they are currently global leaders as well as fast-growing research areas where they have potential to hold a leadership position. In addition, we identified several institutions with whom they have established partnerships and several universities with whom they may want to consider a relationship as this group of institutions could be very attractive when looking for potential candidates. This analysis will hopefully provide guidelines to university leaders preparing for recruitment and eventually help them to make better informed hiring decisions.

Uploaded: Friday, April 16, 2010 - 10:24
Format: White Papers   Product: SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Recruitment, Measuring Research Performance
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Alternative Energy Leadership Study - Measuring Performance Through a Multidisciplinary Lens

Drawing an accurate picture of how universities and countries are performing with respect to alternative energy-related research is critical for understanding the potential solutions emerging from this science. Without proper insight, academic and government bodies cannot make appropriate funding decisions or develop strategic blueprints that will lead them to the scientific breakthroughs crucial to long-term alternative energy solutions and economic success.

Solving today’s most pressing scientific challenges increasingly requires a multidisciplinary approach. Yet, the traditional methods for measuring output no longer capture the reality of how research is being conducted. This study examines alternative energy research from a multidisciplinary perspective, identifying leading institutions (primarily universities) using a new model of science and illustrating how leadership can be masked under current performance measurement systems.

Highlights of the proof-of-principle study were shared in a webcast: Research Leadership Redefined... Measuring Performance in a Multidisciplinary Landscape

Uploaded: Friday, March 5, 2010 - 11:47
Format: White Papers   Product: SciVal Suite, SciVal Spotlight   Subject: Measuring Research Performance
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