SciVal Spotlight: Visualizing Research Performance

Academic institutions produce the research that drives innovation and developments that improve society, economies and health care. They nurture future scientists, teachers and leaders, who will go on to drive progress. To thrive, they need to be as competitive as businesses in attracting top talent (and therefore increased opportunities for grant money) and making decisions about where to invest for future growth. Elsevier’s SciVal Spotlight was developed with these needs in mind; it provides insights to help institutes make smart choices in today’s highly competitive landscape.

Painting a clearer picture

To recruit the best faculty and improve grant proposal outcomes, administrators try to get the best data available to benchmark their institution’s strengths, spot trends in interdisciplinary research where new strengths can be created, and evaluate potential staff candidates and collaborators. These efforts are labor-intensive and often inefficient because of a lack of comprehensive and objective information on these topics.

SciVal Spotlight uses the Scopus database to measure research leadership and identify emerging trends where future leadership can be established. It presents a graphical view of an institution’s research performance across scientific areas and can compare it with the same type of information from top competing organizations. The result is a clear picture of how an institution can build their strengths and succeed in a competitive market.

See the video for more information:
info.spotlight.scival.com/documents/files/content/flash/spotlight4.html

Or visit the SocIal Spotlight website:
info.spotlight.scival.com