Elsevier’s SciVal Suite - Scopus Literature

Database - SciVal Experts - SciVal Funding - SciVal Spotlight

Scopus Literature Database

• Indexes more than 19,500 titles• Database of 46 million records• “Articles-in-Press” from over 3,850

journals• Accesible by UMN affiliates

• Trial currently active: http://www.scopus.com/home.url

Scopus Literature Database

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Similar Experts:Displays similar scholars from the same institution. The scholars’ names are provided by the institution. Subject area matching is done by the SciVal Experts’ system.

Publications/Journals: These lists are built from the Scopus citation database. “Fingerprinting” technology is employed to ensure the match between scholar name and publication titles is accurate. Networks:Lists both internal departments/organizations, and external institutions that are connected to this expert. Also displays scholars who have coauthored articles (regardless of affiliation).

Directory Entry:Names of scholars, along with their affiliations, and contact information are supplied by the institution. At the University of Minnesota, this information will be supplied from the UMN Data Warehouse. Photos will not be included or sent to Elsevier.

Trends/Research Network:Graphical displays of the research concepts and coauthors/collaborators that have been most significantly present over this researcher's career.Grants/Patents:Lists funded research that has been awarded to this scholar. Data is both supplied by the institution and harvested from public sources. Patent awards can also be displayed here.

Profile of Herman S. Cheung taken from the University of Miami’s SciVal Experts instance.

SciVal Experts @ the U of MN

A Public Profile includes:

•Demographics: Name, Titles, Contact Info, Affiliations (Departments, Colleges)•Publications (pulled automatically from Scopus)•Research networks (i.e, co-authors, co-workers, institutions of co-authors, etc.)•Potential to include UMN supplied data for: grant awards; patent awards; & courses taught.•Graphical displays: research trends & networks

SciVal Experts @ the U of MN

1. Automatic ReviewAlgorithm using identifying elements determines clusters:•Name•Location•Co-Authors•Key Concepts•Journals•more…

2. Manual ReviewHuman QA team builds profiles, reviews results quarterly

J. Smith

SciVal Experts: Disambiguating Results

Aggregating individual fingerprints across organizational units allows for the organization to know what individuals know and what groups know together…

• What new publications and grants have been produced?

• What trends have emerged over time?

• Who is working together? • With what other organizations

(internal and external) are we collaborating?

• What do we know?

Aggregated Fingerprints

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SciVal Experts: Aggregating Fingerprints

Under Consideration:

•All UMN - TC Faculty (those with a “Primary” faculty job code)•UMN TC Administrators w/ tenure, or on the tenure track•Post-Docs•Coordinate Campuses – dependent on contributions

SciVal Experts: Who will be included?

Arizona State University•http://www.experts.scival.com/asu/default.asp

University of Michigan:•http://www.experts.scival.com/umichigan/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University•http://www.experts.scival.com/reachnc/

SciVal Experts -

Category Description Sources Examples

Government All federal grant-making institutions and selected state or other (local) government agencies

650+ •National Institutes of Health•National Science Foundation•Canadian Institute of Health Research•Department of Health (UK)

Private All private foundations providing research funding, either corporate, family or other type of philanthropic giving

2800+ •Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation•Cystic Fibrosis Canada•Cancer Research UK

Corporate Corporations providing research grants and contracts [1]. 380+ •DuPont

•Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions•Rolls-Royce

Other International, non-governmental organization (NGO), etc. 540+ •United Nations

•Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria•British Academy

SciVal Funding – Sources Included

SciVal Funding – Search & Browse

SciVal Funding – Integrated with Experts

SciVal Funding – Customize Results

• Produces unique graphical views of an institution’s research performance from an interdisciplinary perspective

• Results can be compared with those of top competing institutions

• Assists in identifying potential new hires for specific research areas

SciVal Spotlight

SciVal Spotlight – Circle Map

SciVal Spotlight – Matrix View

SciVal Spotlight – Details View

Scopus & SciVal Suite

Contacts for questions or more information:

Kate McCready, University Libraries – SciVal Project Managermccre008@umn.edu, 6-4357

Layne Johnson, University Libraries/Health Informatics – UMN Profiles layne@umn.edu, 5-8673

Tom Hays, College of Biological Sciences haysx001@umn.edu, 6.2949