Dynamic insights for decisive strategy

Institutions face growing pressure to evaluate research performance, demonstrate broader impact and compete for funding — often with fragmented data and limited time. These challenges cannot be addressed in isolation.

SciVal brings together research performance, impact and funding analytics within one connected environment, giving institutions a more complete and evidence-based view of their research landscape.

Built on ~80M Scopus records, updated weekly and spanning 24,800+ institutions, 21M+ researchers and 236+ nations — providing a trusted foundation for confident research evaluation.

High-level insights on your institution’s research performance will give you a vital comparison to peer institutions. 

• Evaluate institutions, departments and individual researchers  

• Assess your strengths in specific research areas, publication sets or subject areas 

• Perform due diligence on potential partners for strategic collaborations

• Analyze the performance indicators used by global ranking bodies, including Times Higher Education (THE), QS World University Rankings and U.S. News Best National Universities Rankings 

Compare your institution’s research performance to peer groups and institutions locally, nationally and globally. 

• Analyze collaboration partners

• Stay up to date with developments in key areas of research to keep your strategic planning relevant 

• Assess institutions’ research performance, rankings and impact metrics to pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses 

• Build insightful reports

• Evaluate your contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Explore the external funding landscape to support research development planning and institutional strategy.

• Access funding data across 2.8M+ awarded grants valued at $4.1T+

• Identify active funding bodies and emerging opportunities across research fields

• Analyze peer funding strategies to inform your own approach

Keep up with new developments in any research field. Investigate trends, analyze advances and identify leading experts worldwide.  

• Track developments to gain a understanding of how a field is evolving

• Refine your interests to uncover the insights that matter most to your institution

• Understand the key researchers and institutions contributing to a research field to inform collaboration and recruitment initiatives

Demonstrate the broader societal impact of your institution’s research. 

• View metrics and insights that reveal the real-world difference your institution makes

• Quickly dentify policy mentions and patent citations

• Develop impact narratives to strengthen funding bids and case studies with credible evidence

• Strengthen promotion, tenure and job applications with impact analytics and narratives

• Showcase your broader societal impact to funding bodies, governments and potential donors 

With a comprehensive view of the external funding landscape, you can sharpen your institution’s strategic research planning. 

• Find active funding bodies in areas of strategic interest

• Identify leading funding recipients and analyze peer strategies to inform your own approach

• Explore emerging trends in relevant fields to uncover growth opportunities

As your needs change over time, we continually improve SciVal to keep it effective for you. Take a look at our roadmap to see our recent releases and the developments we’re planning.

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