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Global Trends and Future Directions in Meeting User Expectations Saurav Sanyal, Elsevier – Science & Technology 27th May 2013, IIT Bombay

Agenda

Key Global Trends on changing User expectations

I. Global Research is more competitive and collaborative

II. Your Data, My Way: Applications of Data

III. Analytics Services

Changing Landscape of Libraries

Elsevier is working closely with the Scholarly Community

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Countries ranked by published output in 2007

Over the Last decade, global competition has increased dramatically

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“Today the dominant position of the United States in the international

research and education community is being challenged as never before.”

-American Academy of Arts and Sciences

New global leaders are emerging

Countries ranked by output growth 1997-2007

World of Research and Development

Drivers of collaboration and competition

Collaboration Competition

Funding

Personal allegiances

Ideological, social and political forces

Publish or perish

Low-cost communication and travel

Personal gain

Funding

Personal antipathies

Ideological, social and political forces

Publish or perish

Drive for individual recognition

Personal gain

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Sharing in science

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Levels of Scientific Collaboration at Major US Research Institutions

Data Source: SciVal Spotlight 2009 US national map

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Having access to other researchers’ data benefits/would

benefit my own research

I am willing to allow other researchers to access my raw

research data

Significant difference between

subset and total

Significant difference between

2005 and 2010 data

Author Reader dichotomy more want access

than are willing to share

Total

Chemistry

Computer Science

Earth & Env Sciences

Engineering

Life Sciences

Materials Science

Maths

Medicine & Allied Health

Physics & Astronomy

SocSci + Arts Hum + Economics

Why scientists don’t share

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•3,222 authors

•208 institutes

•37 countries

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Big Science and hypercollaboration

80%

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International collaboration is rising globally

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International collaboration is field-dependent

Your Data, My Way: Applications

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Scientific Community

Build, find, and use apps that enhance research experience

Manage and analyze information better

Librarians

Become resources that help patrons collaborate with other researchers

Researchers

Find and influence apps that customize collaboration with researchers

Customize SciVerse search and discovery process

Developers

Create apps to improve research productivity, and gain recognition and revenue

The Growing Applications Marketplace

Applications

Life Sciences Physical Sciences

Generic Health Sciences

ELSEVIER Developer Network

Supporting Role

Leverage New Technology

Elsevier as a bridge

Top Applications on Elsevier’s Platform

ELSEVIER Developer Network

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Based on proprietary

and third party data...

... Elsevier is able to present you a

detailed and comprehensive analysis

of the research landscape...

... along with a solid under-

standing of key drivers and

interpretation of insights

• Any customer

proprietary data

• The largest abstract and

citation database of peer

reviewed literature

• Includes over 20,500 titles

from 5,000 publishers

• Includes all

patents worldwide

• How does our

research output and

citation impact

compare to selected

peers?

• Which

collaborations

are most

beneficial to

us?

• What researcher

migration pattern do

we see in our country?

• How do we

compare to other

countries?

• Identifying the key metrics to

compare

• Providing description,

explanation and

interpretation of the data

based on e.g. literature

studies and Elsevier’s solid

understanding of research

market dynamics

• What are our

multidisciplinary

research

competencies?

Analytics services to Large Institutions to assess, evaluate benchmark Science & Technology performance against Global peers

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Analytics is experienced in serving academic, government, and corporate organizations around the world for various purposes

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Analytic Reports : National Research Assessment, Institutional Analysis

National Research Assessment Analysis of a nation’s scientific research to inform decisions related to funding allocations, research policies and strategies

•International comparative analysis •ROI of funded projects •Research position and Collaboration analysis of selected countries or region •Human capital brain circulation •Knowledge transfer •Research Excellence Initiatives

Institutional Performance Analysis and Benchmarking Institutional performance analysis to evaluate and benchmark against selected peer institutions

•Quantity and quality of research •Collaboration analysis •Multidisciplinary competencies •Star articles per subject areas •University Research Administrator reports (Japan) •Unit of Assessment benchmark (UK)

SciVal Analytics adds value to the data through careful analysis and the creation of reports which present clients with data driven key findings and insights

Elsevier offerings range from relatively simple and specifically targeted reports to more comprehensive multidimensional studies. The focus areas of each report are modeled around the specific areas of interest expressed by each institution.

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Experts is tool to

• Drive collaboration

Find collaborators by areas of mutual interest inside

and outside your institution

• Attract attention of a global expert community

Showcase your researchers’ accomplishments and

attract new partners

• Identify organizational strengths

Reveal & Understand expertise via publication

histories at the individual, department or institution

levels

• Accurate & Updated Profiling of scientists

Reduces administrative burdens: SciVal produces

an in-depth database in little time

Experts : Create an Experts Community with Global Visibility

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Run deep searches within the Experts Community to find the information & Experts you need

Search for experts by concept, last name or full text (shown here)

SciVal Experts applies semantic search to ensure results are relevant and complete

Changing Landscape of Libraries

Bigger Brains project

Biggerbrains.com provides career development resources for early-career researchers It facilitates young researchers in career development by providing advice and guidance in the areas of : • Search and Discovery • Writing and Publishing • Networking • Funding • Career Planning The site provides a broad mix of • Inspiring video interviews with professors • Career-planning guides • Featured skill development articles • Job alerts

www.biggerbrains.com

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Publishing Connect Workshops

Unique of its kind workshop connects researchers directly to Publishers • Understand the general structure of a research article prior to submission for review • Technical aspects of scientific manuscript writing before submission to International Journal

• Author rights and responsibilities

• Publishing Guidelines such as ethics, plagiarism

• Bibliometric aspects of publishing

2012 – Elsevier conducted 15 Publishing Connect workshops in India, attended by 3000+ researchers and Scientists

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Switch on to sharing the best practices in academic librarianship

http://www.powertothelibrarian.com/ Library professionals bring a unique amalgam of skills, experience and perspective to their universities’ student, research and teaching communities To use this reach to harness the best practices in Academic Librarianship and share this valuable intelligence with librarians worldwide 8 Library Case Studies available in PDF to download 2 Webcasts with profiled librarians to discuss individual best practices 1 in-depth interview with Library Director on supporting Early Career Researchers

Power to the Librarian

Supporting Role by maintaining and improving our infrastructure

1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

• Increasing scale and complexity: 120,000 articles published in 1999; >230,000 in 2011

• Databases and tools: Scopus, Reaxys, SciVal, GeoFacets

• Supporting infrastructure investment: editorial systems, XML-first, production, electronic

warehouse, back office support

From print to solutions provider

Science & Technology Health Sciences

Elsevier leverages new technologies to better serve researchers and help them

more efficiently attain the outcomes they need.

Acknowledgements

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• Elsevier Colleagues at New York • Elsevier Developer Network • Elsevier Customer Engagement • Elsevier South Asia Team