Research Information 2020

Elsevier’s vision

M’hamed el AisatiSeptember 10, 2012

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Research Information Systems

Human Capital Researchers PhDs Post-docs

Funding National International

Academic• Articles, citations, books

data

Esteem• Awards, recognition

& prizes

Commercial• Patents, licences &

spin-outs

Impact• Social, economic,

political & cultural

Capital, equipment, facilities

Collaboration

Skills development

Spending efficiency

Content, tools, data-sets

Management Information• Metrics, case studies, vignettes

Inputs OutputsThroughputs

Note: the mapping of existing products to the levers is not comprehensive, i.e. Custom Solutions are not included for display purposes

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The audience

Government

bodies

Funding bodies and

research councils

Universities

management (e.g.

PVCRs, Research

Administrators,

[Librarians])

Researchers

SciVal focus

SciVerse focus

Tools and services (e.g. Spotlight, Experts, etc.) that help research institutions and funding agencies and governments establish, execute and evaluate their strategies

Tools and access (e.g. ScienceDirect, Scopus, Applications, etc.) to a constantly expanding universe of content and solutions resulting in more discovery with less searching

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Researcher Information needs

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Research workflow drives different research information needs

Identify/Develop Research Topic

Identify/Develop Research Topic

Secure FundingSecure Funding

Perform ResearchPerform Research PublishPublish

Demonstrating Impact (Measure performance)

Demonstrating Impact (Measure performance)

Tasks/Activities:

• Search information/new literature

• Sort and organize information

• Read information• Evaluate research

need and likelihood of funding

• Identify collaboration partners

• Identify relevant funding agencies

• Write proposals• Submit proposals

• Plan research• Conduct/supervise

experiments/research• Collaborate with

partners• Discuss/share/check

findings against literature

• Submit/track drafts• Edit after review,

resubmit• Attend/organize

conferences/seminars

• Develop metrics• Collect relevant data • Measure

performance

Elsevier Offerings SciVal FundingSciVal Funding

Science Direct, Scopus, Embase, Reaxys, EV, etc.Science Direct, Scopus, Embase, Reaxys, EV, etc.

Spotlight, Experts, Strata, AnalyticalServices, etc.

Spotlight, Experts, Strata, AnalyticalServices, etc.

ApplicationsApplications

SciVal ExpertsSciVal Experts

Publishing, EES, Author GatewayPublishing, EES, Author Gateway

SciVal SciVerse

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Four main trends driving the vision and strategy

Information Proliferation

Increasing Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration

Increasing Competition for Funding

Increasing Focus on Demonstrating Impact

RIM

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Information profileration

Information overload: too many data sources causing finding relevant information a time consuming effort

Too many tools and techniques provide different not uniform view and representation of information. Authority issues.

Filtering and credibility of data is an issue for researchers, institutions and decision makers.

Emerging economies producing loads of research information but what about quality? Quantity increases but not necessarily the quality

Access tools and channels allows for easy and wider distribution and dissemination of research information

Increase demand for Research and Experimental datasets. Challenge and opportunities for technology vendors

More interest in user behaviour in consuming informaiton (Big Data). Analytics about information consumption drives new tools for accelerating science

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Journal Publication Output Trend of EU and comparators

Country 2000 2010 CAGRUnited States 311565 465262 4,56%Russian Federation 31548 34843 1,11%India 22484 65487 12,61%EU 27 365325 586749 5,41%China 53462 330818 22,45%Brazil 13078 43188 14,19%Japan 96001 111788 1,71%

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Increasing Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration

Driven by funding: Either dictated by funding bodies/governments or for increasing success rate From the industry sector

Improving outcomes (e.g. publication & citation) through collaboration.

Improving efficiency and visibility (showcasing) through collaboration (e.g. between academia) and partnerships (e.g. academia and industry interaction)

Building networks and centres of excellence for demonstrating (economical and societal ) impact

Brain circulation through researchers’ movements around the globe: brain drain/gain.

Cross-sector collaboration: Academia-Corporate

- Research output forthcoming from

collaboration with Industry

(Corporate) is cited 2.5 times more

than papers co-authored by

researchers within the same

institution- Win-Win situation?

- For academia: Higher

research impact, reputation,

attractiveness to more

Business?- For Corporate: Research that

might lead to Innovation and

development?

Collaboration with Corporate increases publication impact

Source: Scopus (2006-2010)Citations per article fold increase over institutional co-authorship

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Increasing Competition for Funding

Total R&D spending remained more or less flat while the number of applications has increased significantly

Funding bodies and government are demanding demonstration of ROI. Times of “give me money for research and leave me with peace” are gone.

Focus on quality and relevance over quantity driven by economic downturn

Stimulation of (international) collaboration on large projects likely influencing success rate

Seeking partnerships with the Industry for private funding

R&D spend hasn’t grown in proportion of applications

GERD as % of GDP

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Source: OECD (MSTI 2011)

Country GERD as % of GDP Researchers/Population GERDEU 27 1,913547637 3201 305036J apan 3,25806396 5716 140833United States 3,242530331 4692 420767China 1,774592633 1320 178981Russian Federation 1,164635215 3117 32838

Size of bubble reflects the relative amount of annual R&D spending by the country listed

World of R&D 2010

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Increasing Focus on Demonstrating Impact

Times of “Give me money for research and leave me with peace” are gone. Government and funders want to see outcomes and impact of funds

There is a temporal and a regional challenge to showing value. Universities are often called on to demonstrate immediate regional benefit. Often a short, medium and long term ROI are necessary

Measuring impact will require other methods, tools and technologies in order to switch from conventional peer-review (qualitative) to facts-based (quantitative) methods.

Economic effect of impact can be very long scale. Challenge to reduce and social/cultural impact is often neglected

Adoption of national research assessments for informed funding strategies have increased geographically and in frequence (e.g. REF, ERA, etc.)

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Demonstrating Impact

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Q: How would you describe the current level of activity regarding the measurement and evaluation of research performance and output at the following levels of your institution, on a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1=no activity, 7=significant amount of activity)?

Q: How would you describe the current level of activity regarding the measurement and evaluation of research performance and output at the following levels of your institution, on a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1=no activity, 7=significant amount of activity)?

Q: How do you expect this level of activity to change in the next 3-5 years, on a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1=decrease significantly, 4=stay the same, 7=increase significantly)?

Q: How do you expect this level of activity to change in the next 3-5 years, on a scale of 1 to 7 (where 1=decrease significantly, 4=stay the same, 7=increase significantly)?

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Summarized …

Information ProliferationInformation Proliferation

Increasing Multi-Disciplinary

Collaboration

Increasing Multi-Disciplinary

Collaboration

Increasing Competition for

Funding

Increasing Competition for

Funding

Increasing Focus on demonstrating

impact

Increasing Focus on demonstrating

impact

Corporate Researchers and

Managers

Corporate Researchers and

Managers

A&G Managers and Strategists

A&G Managers and Strategists

A&G ResearchersA&G Researchers

Challenges/Opportunities:

Manage and organize

information

Manage and organize

informationRelevant and ToolsRelevant and Tools Measuring Impact

of ScienceMeasuring Impact

of Science

Tools & Content

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Elsevier’s strategy to meet vision

Product Sets

Search & Discovery

Content Database Layers (journals, books, patents, etc.)

Funding database, Research Datasets, etc.

Perf

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Researc

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Acti

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Research Navigation

Man

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Str

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Tools and data(Collaboration & Funding)

Reporting layer

Search tools

Tools for demonstratin

g impact

Reporting layer

Services

Performance, Planning & Funding

Information Management

tools

CRIS

Services

ToolsC

ontent

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