Strategic planning, policy development & research management

For today’s decision-makers in an increasingly complex research environment, Elsevier provides the world’s sharpest lens on global research activity. 

Our array of integrated solutions offers planning and policy development professionals and grant and research managers the objective and analytical insight needed for researchers, institutions and government programs to excel.

Elsevier’s solutions enable professionals to make effective research program decisions and funding allocations with greater efficiency and transparency, and with the highest return on investment

The following online solutions for Strategic Planning, Policy Development & Research Management are available:

• SciVal Spotlight
  Get an insightful multi-disciplinary perspective on your institution’s research performance. Using co-citation analysis of peer-reviewed journals, this new tool provides a precise ‘map’ of a country’s or an institution’s research strengths and distinctive competencies. 

• Scopus
  Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with smart tools that track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus covers more than 20,500 titles from 5,000 publishers. Easy to use and comprehensive, researchers can spend less time mastering databases and more time on research. 

• Scirus
  The most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. With over 370 million scientific items indexed, it allows users to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information.