Elsevier’s SciVal Spotlight

Campus Research ProfileResearch StrengthsComparative (Peer) Profiles

Elizabeth BrownBinghamton University LibrariesJanuary 13, 2011

What is SciVal Spotlight?

Built from Scopus data using clustering algorithm

Analysis year contains 5 previous years of Scopus data

Measures campus and discipline-based research activity, authors, and collections

Measures inter-disciplinary research Identify research collaborators and

peers

SciVal, SciVerse and Scopus

SciVal Suite:SciVal Spotlight SciVal Funding SciVal Experts

Sciverse Hub: SciVerse: integrates

Scopus, Scirus, SciTopics, SciApplicationsScopus : licensed citation database

(comparable to Web of Science)

SciVal Spotlight

SciVerse – ScienceDirect

Scopus

SciVal Spotlight Terms

SciVal Spotlight CategoriesHigh Level Competencies = Subject or ProgramLow Level Competencies = Research Lab

Distinctive Competencies (DC) = Developed ProjectEmerging Competencies (EC) = Newer Project

SciVal/Scopus Term Definition (WOS Equivalent)Article Share # of publications Relative Article Share (RAS) relative quantity of work Relative Reference Share (RL) relative quality of workState of the Art (SotA) work’s recent impact SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)

Impact Factor (IF)

Binghamton University Research Profile

BU Statistical Summary

 

SUNY Binghamton, 2009, Global

Statistical Measure 2008 2009

Number Growth Number Growth

All publications

Market size (publications, Global) 7,760,137 6.2%  8,149,126 3.74% 

Publications (SUNY Binghamton) 2,4467.53% 

2,774 2.87% 

Article share (SUNY Binghamton) 0.032%1.23% 

0.034% -0.82% 

Citation count 12,457 10,364

Citations per article 5.09 3.74

Within competencies

Average publications per competency 10 12

Articles (SUNY Binghamton) 507 625

Citations per article 8.1 5.02

Publication Distribution:High Level Competencies

2008 Data

2009 Data

High Level Competencies:Circle Map

2008 Data 2009 Data

Low Level Competencies:Circle Map

2008 Data 2009 Data

EC 16

DC 4

2009 Low Level Competencies Table

2009 Low Level Competencies Matrix View

Distinctive Competency 4

Emerging Competency 16

Distinctive Competency 42009 Data

DC 4 Characteristics

DC 4 Top Authors

Scopus Author Profile

DC 4 Top Institutions

Emerging Competency 162009 Data

EC 16 Characteristics

Why an EC and not a DC?

Criteria for a DC

E16 Top Authors

EC 16 Top Institutions

Peer Profiles

College of William and Mary

University of Delaware

UC Santa Barbara