Research in Universities core business is research n

Research in Universities' core business is research. n It is key to a university's reputation and its main mission. n Nationally, governments recognize that research is critical for expanding the university knowledge base, driving improvements in teaching, and in advancing social and economic gains. n

Research Managements or Research Intelligence Tools There is a growing recognition of the need for research intelligence and wellestablished performance management frameworks. n These can help focus institutional strategies on research quality, raise the profile of an institution's research nationally and internationally, manage talent, and build a high-quality research environment. n

Where do we evaluate scientific output? International National Institutional SPLIT IN NEEDS Faculty Researchers SPLIT IN NEEDS • • Grant Allocations Policy Decisions Benchmarking Promotion Collection management Funding allocations Research

Different Metrics Articles n Citation Count Authors n Number of papers (Quantity) n Number of Citations (Quality) n Average number of citations/paper n h-index & g-index (Quantity & Quality Both) Journals n Journal Impact Factor n h-index

An Example Entity Subject Area Citation/Paper Researcher A Clinical Medicine 3 Researcher B Mathematics 1 Which one’s Performance is Better?

A New Metrics is Required ! n We need a new Metrics to fairly compare the papers within their similar publication group in the universe. n By similar publications, we mean: ¨ Same Publication Year ¨ Same Publication Discipline ¨ Same Publication Type

New Metrics: Field-Weighted Citation Impact is a Ratio that takes into account the differences in research behavior across disciplines. n Field-Weighted Citation Impact is the ratio of the total citations actually received by the denominator’s output, and the total citations that would be expected based on the average of the subject field, year & document type. n

New Metrics: Field-Weighted Citation Impact is the Ratio of the total citations actually received by the denominator’s output, and the total citations that would be expected based on the average of the subject field. n Field-Weighted Citation Impact takes into account the differences in research behavior across disciplines. n

New Metrics: Field-Weighted Citation Impact n Field-Weighted Citation Impact in Sci. Val indicates how the number of citations received by an entity’s publications compares with the average number of citations received by all other similar publications in the data universe: how do the citations received by this entity’s publications compare with the world average?

What we mean by Similar Publications? n By similar publications, we mean: ¨ Same Publication Year ¨ Same Publication Discipline ¨ Same Publication Type n So it would be adjusted for Papers Disciplines, Age, & Type.

Field-Weighted Citation Impact FWCI=1 means that the output performs just as expected for the global average n FWCI>1 means that the output is more cited than expected according to the global average; for example, 1. 48 means 48% more cited than expected n FWCI<1 means that the output is cited less than expected according to the global average. n

Field-Weighted Citation Impact The World Average Citation Impact

the Example Again Entity Subject Area Citation/Paper Researcher A Clinical Medicine 3 Researcher B Mathematics 1 Which one Performance is Better? Entity Subject Area Field-Weighted Citation Impact Researcher A Clinical Medicine 1. 5 Researcher B Mathematics 3

Sci. Val Applicabilities n Research performance and make informed strategic decisions n Identify and analyze your interdisciplinary areas of research excellence related to institution/country worldwide

Sci. Val Applicabilities n Assess how your articles competencies are related to the entire article output from your institution/country. n Evaluate different strengths of researchers and research teams based on innovativeness, performance, and references.

Sci. Val Applicabilities n Analyze the areas of research excellence for the best allocation of limited funding n Identify collaboration opportunities with individual researchers and institutions to strengthen your leadership position.

Publication Subject Distribution

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Research Performance

Research Performance Indicators Sources: Scopus 2010 -2014 Comparing World with Iran

Research Performance Indicators Sources: Scopus 2010 -2014 Comparing the Iran Total with Medical Subject Medical

Research Performance Indicators Mashhad University of Medical Science

Top Authors Based on H-Index

Institutional, National & International Collaboration & Its Effect on Citation

What is Competency?

Sci. Val Competencies Calculations Methodology n Competency: A competency represents research areas where your entire institution/country is dominant. n Sci. Val uses co-citation analysis to determine institution’s/country’s research strengths.

Sci. Val Competencies Calculations Methodology n Discipline: Clusters of journals representing a specific research area (e. g. Genetics, Organic Chemistry, Nuclear Physics) within a main subject area (e. g. Biology, Chemistry, Math & Physics). Disciplines are created by grouping journals together based on common sets of references. Each discipline is then assigned to a subject area.

Co-citation Analysis n Two articles are said to be co-cited if they are both cited in the reference list (bibliography) of an article. n Co-citation analysis has been used for many years in the field of information science, and was introduced in 1973 by Henry Small, a pioneer in bibliometrics.

Co-citation Analysis

Co-citation Analysis n Co-citation analysis involves tracking pairs of papers that are cited together in the source articles. n When the same pairs of papers are cocited with other papers by many authors, clusters of research begin to form.

Co-citation Analysis n These clusters tend to share some common theme. n The further aggregated clusters based on the common institution’s/country’s articles shared between the clusters represent the specialized research areas of excellence of institution/country.

Strength Output Productivity = LOW Global Competition = HIGH Productivity = LOW Niche = HIGH Productivity = HIGH Global Competition= HIGH Productivity = HIGH Niche = HIGH

How Can You Use the Matrix Map? Example Scenario: Identify research competencies inline with world trends that KU can further invest in • Filter by Relatively Large Field • Filter by Growing Field • View Matrix • Identify competencies in lefthand column

Viewing Competencies COMPUTER SCIENCE MATH & PHYSICS SOCIAL SCIENCES CHEMISTRY HUMANITIES BRAIN RESEARCH ENGINEERING HEALTH SCIENCES EARTH SCIENCE BIOLOGY MEDICAL SPECIALITIES BIOTECHNOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASE

How Is Research Map Generated? Peer-reviewed materials from past 5 years ‘Highly-cited’ Co-Citation Analyses on References ‘highly-cited’ references CC Strength No. 1 Paper 1 AA BB Ref. Strength No. 2 E E D D Ref. Paper A Paper. B Paper 2 Ref. Paper A Paper. B Paper 3 Ref. Paper A Paper B Papers from KU

Research Excellence Pathway Research is a team working job. n It needs your team working, sharing & knowledge dissemination. n Research Networking will save our resources, will improve our research & will integrate through collaborations. n

Research Excellence Tools n One of the tools that will make this networking happened is the web based research networking tools.

Research Networking are web-based tools to organize, discover, disseminate, making visible the research and scholarly information to be used by researchers & scientist. n Research Networking tools serve as knowledge management systems for the research enterprise. n

Research Networking n Research Networking tools connect institution-level/enterprise systems, national research networks, publicly a`vailable research data (e. g. , grants and publications), and restricted/proprietary data by harvesting information from disparate sources into compiled expertise profiles for faculty, investigators, scholars, clinicians, community partners, and facilities.

Research Networking n Research Networking tools facilitate the development of new collaborations and team science to address new or existing research challenges through the rapid discovery and recommendation of researchers, expertise, and resources

Research Networking n Research Networking tools are different from search engines such as Google as they access information in databases and other data not limited to web pages.

Research Networking n They also differ from social networks such as Facebook as they represent a compendium of data ingested from authoritative and verifiable sources rather than predominantly individually asserted information, making Research Networking tools more reliable. Yet, there tools have sufficient flexibility to allow for profile editing.

Research Networking n Research Networking tools also generally have associated analytical capabilities that enable evaluation of collaboration and cross-disciplinary research/scholarly activity, especially over time.

Research Networking Importantly, data harvested into robust Research Networking tools is accessible for broad repurposing, especially if available as linked open data (RDF triples). n Thus RN tools enhance research support activities by providing data for customized, up-to-date web pages, CV/biosketch generation, and data tables for grant proposals. n

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Mendeley http: //www. mendeley. com

Researcher. ID http: //www. researcherid. com

Researchgate http: //www. researchgate. net/

Academia http: //www. academia. edu/

iam. Researcher http: //www. iamresearcher. com

i. AMscientist http: //www. iamscientist. com

Life Science Network http: //www. lifescience. net

Community Academic Profiles – CAP http: //med. stanford. edu/profiles/

Pivot http: //pivot. cos. com

Pure Elsevier’s Product 2012 VIVO-Compliant Experts Instance Launched 4 M Publications # of instances worldwide 160+ Connectivity w/ more than 22 CTSA Institutions w/ Experts >160, 000 Expert Profiles Countries connected through Portals 24 175 Institutions around the globe

Research Networking Tools Benefits for Researchers Easily manage their profiles through automatic publication retrieval n Create personalized CVs and export them as a. docx or. pdf n Identify their peers' expertise for potential collaboration – down to the most precise terms. n

Research Networking Tools Benefits for Researchers n Enhance the visibility of their profiles and areas of expertise to the research community, government agencies, industry, media and the public by automatically publishing their activities and achievements online.

Research Networking Tools Benefits for Researchers Provide information for reports to ensure reporting is based on current and complete data n Automatically populate the institution's institutional repository (DSpace, e. Prints, FEDORA and Equella) with the information they provide in their profiles n

Research Networking Tools Benefits for Managers Create and distribute reports to analyze the performance of researchers, teams, departments or custom-made groups n Set targets using customizable performance indicators and track progress through advanced, customizable dashboards n

Research Networking Tools Benefits for Managers Track, monitor and manage the entire research grant life cycle, from funding opportunities, applications and their success rates, to awards and related projects n Oversee and fine-tune internal and external collaboration networks n

Research Networking Tools Benefits for Managers View high-level summaries and analyses and drill down to person, organizational unit or project level n Support national research assessment exercises including: n ¨ UK: Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 ¨ Denmark: Bibliometric Research Indicator (BFI) initiative ¨ Australia: Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)* ¨ Netherlands: Standard Evaluation Protocol*

Research Visibility & Impact n You may consider your research papers visibility in 2 stage: 1. 2. Pre-publication Phase Visibility Post-publication Phase Visibility

Authors Profiles Services n Through these services, you can set your own academic CV’s & profiles & make them visible in the web for all. 1) Scopus Authors ID Researcher. ID ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor ID) Google Citation Service 2) 3) 4)