Features of Analytical Services
By combining high quality data sources with technical and research metrics expertise accrued over Elsevier's 130 years in academic publishing, our analytics team is experienced in serving policy makers, funders, and academic and corporate research institutions around the world.
Analytical Services provides accurate, unbiased analysis on research performance
Our offerings range from simple, targeted reports to comprehensive multidimensional studies, as well as data delivery and web integration services to meet your research management needs.
Analytical Services provides accurate, unbiased analysis on research performance
By combining high quality data sources with technical and research metrics expertise accrued over Elsevier's 130 years in academic publishing, our analytics team is experienced in serving policy makers, funders, and academic and corporate research institutions around the world.
Our offerings range from simple, targeted reports to comprehensive multidimensional studies, as well as data delivery and web integration services to meet your research management needs.
Investigating grand challenges with Analytical Report Services
Research landscape studies such this one — Stem Cell Research: Trends and perspectives on the evolving international landscape opens in new tab/window — allow you gain insight into the dynamics of a particular research area of interest and provide visibility into present and future trends.
How it works
In order to provide the best solution, Analytical Services takes a consultative approach to understand your information needs
Analytical Services takes the time to understand your goals and interests in order to provide the most appropriate analysis.
Please consult your local Elsevier sales team to discuss how Analytical Services can meet your specific needs.
Analytical Report Services
Analytical Services adds value to the data through careful analysis and the creation of reports which present clients with data-driven key findings and insights. The resulting insights answer pressing questions relevant to research management and inform decisions related to funding allocations, research policies and strategies.
National Research Assessment Studies
These studies provide objective, actionable assessments of your nation's research performance to help you evaluate and optimize your research strategy. Analyses are available on a range of topics including:
International comparative performance analysis
Collaboration and researcher mobility
Knowledge exchange and economic development
Research usage of academic publication
Metropolitan area report
Emerging topics
Funding Program Assessment Studies
These studies provide in-depth insights to design and assess your funding programs.
Funding program output
Overview of funding programs and return on investment
Assessment of program attractiveness
Comparative research performance analysis of successful applicant
Institutional Research Performance Studies
These analyses evaluate your institution's research performance and benchmark against selected peer institutions. Analytical reports can be customized to meet your institution's needs by combining various topics including:
Annual research performance assessment
Strategic planning assessment
Faculty recruitment and retention
R&D assessment
International research partnership evaluation
Research Landscape Studies
These thematic reports examine the dynamics of a particular research area of interest and provide visibility into present and future trends. Analyses are available on a range of topics including:
Publication landscape and impact per country and institution
International collaboration and impact
Cross-sector collaboration
Subject area shifts and emerging trends
Enhancing research performance with insight into national research assessments
Reports such as — International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base – 2013 opens in new tab/window — provide objective, actionable assessments of your nation's research performance to help you evaluate and optimize your research strategy.
Web Integration Services
Analytical Services provides customized web portal and data integration services to help funders and research organizations perform their own research performance evaluations.
Web integration services to support national research assessment exercises Analytical Services can create a web integrated platform that matches your institutional data to Scopus content and returns bibliometric data required for your national research assessment exercise.
Integrating researcher databases with Scopus Analytical Services can create a mutual link between Scopus and your institution's or country's researcher database in order to improve the accuracy of author profiles and help researchers demonstrate a more comprehensive picture of their distinctive expertise.
Scopus Custom Data
Scopus Custom Data is selected by policy makers, funders, and academic and corporate research institutions for its breadth of coverage and rich structured data. Scopus Custom Data allows your organization to acquire specified datasets from Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, in a rich and structured XML format.
Here are just a few examples of how Scopus Custom Data is being used:
Conducting bibliometric analysis to measure ROI of funded projects
Text mining by data experts to identify research trends
Creating an in-house database combining various content sources such as patents, technical documents and publication data
Showcasing publication outputs
Elsevier’s Scopus Connects with Brazil’s National Database of Research and Science Résumés
Scopus links with Curriculo Lattes, Brazil's national research database of research and science résumés, to enhance profiles of Brazilian researchers.
The link to Curriculo Lattes greatly enhances Brazil's science research community by allowing more efficiency, visibility, and connectivity amongst Brazilian researchers, It is a significant step in our commitment to collaborate with Brazilian institutions to increase the international visibility of their research output.
—Dante Cid, Director South America, Elsevier Science & Technology