Case Studies

SciVal In Their Words – Shota Fujii

Shota Fujii from Osaka University shares how they are using SciVal to benchmark research performance against other institutions.

SciVal In Their Words – Alison Lloyd

Alison Lloyd from Hong Kong Polytechnic University shares how they are using SciVal to measure and manage research performance.

SciVal In Their Words – Kris Angkanaporn

Kris Angkanaporn from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand shares how they are using SciVal to benchmark and analyze research performance.

SciVal In Their Words – Daichi Kohmoto

Daichi Kohmoto from Kyoto University Research Administration Office (KURA) shares how they are using SciVal to improve their research strategy and enhance collaboration.

SciVal In Their Words – Michael Khor

Michael Khor from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore shares how they use SciVal to monitor research performance.

SciVal In Their Words – Anna Grey

Anna Grey from the University of York explains how they are using SciVal to help develop collaborative partnerships.

SciVal In Their Words – Jonathan Greer

Jonathan Greer from Queen's University Belfast talks about why they chose SciVal and how it can help researchers embrace research metrics.

SciVal In Their Words – Sam Gray

Sam Gray from Manchester Metropolitan University shares how they are using SciVal in a drive for research excellence.

SciVal In Their Words – Katie Evans

Katie Evans from the University of Bath shares how they use SciVal to showcase research strengths.

Pure In Their Words - Anne Thorst Melbye

Anne Thorst Meylbye from the University of Southern Denmark shares how Pure benefits her University.

Pure In Their Words - Yvonne Fox, Lancaster University

Yvonne Fox from Lancaster University discusses how Pure made her life easier.

Pure In Their Words - Jane Holt, Monash University

Jane Holt from Monash University talks about the implementation of Pure and future plans.

In their words - Sadayoshi Ito, Tohoku University

Vice-President Ito presents Tohoku University and discusses the stakes of successful international collaboration.

How Unilever uses SciVal to Help Accelerate Innovation

Learn how a major multinational consumer goods company has been using SciVal to help find technology partners, measure themselves against the competition, identify emerging technology areas and more.

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SciVal Economic Impact Indicators – Guest Speakers

Guest speakers from University of Queensland and Penn State share their experiences using the new data in SciVal.

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Charting an Effective Research Roadmap with Deeper Insights - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

In the face of dynamic changes in the research landscape, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University used SciVal® to continuously innovate its research policies. The Australian university has since gained a better understanding of its research performance and is today, directing its efforts with more clarity whilst encouraging collaboration.

The role of research metrics at a top-ranked global university: The University of Queensland

SciVal^® is one of the tools used at The University of Queensland to assess and benchmark its research output. The solution works with the university’s repository UQ eSpace to generate detailed reports that support various research evaluation activities. The data derived using SciVal has enabled a more meaningful analysis of research performance.

Aarhus University - Creating More Competitive Submissions for Funding Application Success

Aarhus University sought to further improve the quality of its funding applications. To achieve this, the Research Support Office needed to assess its research teams accurately and match them with the appropriate funding and grants.

Find out how the department used to Elsevier's SciVal^® for better visibility and management of its research data and insights into their faculties' capabilities.

STINT works with Elsevier to create an internationalization metric

The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) worked with Elsevier to create a new metric – the Field-Weighted Internationalization Score (FWIS). The metric allowed STINT to improve its understanding of international collaboration carried out by Swedish universities and was made globally available in SciVal.

Expanding collaboration and seeking new horizons in research at Keio University, Japan

Together with Elsevier, Keio University's Faculty of Science and Technology launched a research expansion project to advance its research base.

Find out how the university used SciVal^® Experts and SciVal® Spotlight to identify researchers who could serve as catalysts to increase multidisciplinary collaboration, and to seek new research areas.

NCUB State of Relationship: Elsevier and Queen’s University Belfast case study

Elsevier and Queen's University Belfast are partnering to explore how an evidence-base can contribute to an institution's research success. QUB is not only using metrics to inform its research strategy development, but is also embedding an understanding of data interrogation and how to use the outputs throughout university faculty.

Find out more from the first annual 'State of the Relationship 2014' report by the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) which features collaboration between universities and businesses.

Uncovering the winning factors and identifying new project leaders at Kanazawa University, Japan

Kanazawa University, partnered with Elsevier to establish an effective strategy to acquire large-scale research funding.

Find out how the university used SciVal^® Experts and Scopus to identify the winning factors of grant awardees and find researchers who could provide the best opportunities for success as project leaders

Embracing the REF – Supporting research excellence in the UK and beyond

This paper looks at the role played by Elsevier over the past decade as data provider and partner in a number of prestigious rankings, customized reports and national assessment exercises.

It examines Elsevier's role in supporting the REF submission and assessment process, and also draws on the testimony of some of the information specialists, administrators and researchers who occupied the "trenches" of the assessment and whose efforts helped make the exercise happen.

Objectively Evaluating Researchers for Further Funding at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

Kiel University, in northern Germany, sought to enhance its research strengths in its four principal areas of excellence in research.

Find out how the institution used SciVal^® Spotlight to objectively evaluate the visibility and stature of its researchers and their papers to help aid in the recruitment, retention and funding decisions that were made.