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Supporting The Research Lifecycle
– Using new evaluation tools to promote the value of
libraries for research and researchers
Presented by:
Virginia Chiu Product Sales Manager, Elsevier Taiwan
Date: Nov, 2012
Session Outline
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Trends in Publishing
Lean Research
Be a Solution Provider
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TRENDS IN PUBLISHING
Global Trends that challenge Publishers
1. The Rapid Impact of Technology
2. The Rise of Specialized and Interdisciplinary
Fields of Study
3. The Emerging Global Network of Scientific
Research
4. Ensuring Global Access and Dissemination
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Elsevier has been working closely with the research community for over 125 years
Elsevier
has been working closely with the research
community for over 125 years
Electronic
• 1997 – Launch of
ScienceDirect, the
first large-scale
electronic platform to
the STM communities
• 2004 – Launch of
Scopus the largest
abstract and citation
database of research
literature and quality
web sources
• 2009 – Launch of
SciVal, a suite of online
tools that provide data
to support informed
decision-making
• 1847 – The Lancet publishes a
report of the first caesarian
performed under anesthesia
Print
• 1858 – Grey’s Anatomy is
published
Traditional Publishing
Solution Provider
Elsevier is a pioneer in the development of electronic tools that demonstrably improve the productivity
and decision-making of our science and healthcare customers
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What do we hear around the globe?
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Taiwan: A Spot Not to be Missed
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Source: 2011 Global R&D Funding Forecast, Battelle, www.battelle.org
Lean Research
THE NEW REALITY…
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RESEARCH MORE EXCITING BUT ALSO MORE CHALLENGING
hours per week searching and gathering information
hours per week organizing, analyzing and applying information
Researchers spend more time looking for information than analyzing and applying it
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A RESEARCHER’S WORKFLOW
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OTHER FORCES THAT SHAPE LEAN RESEARCH
Trend Exacerbated by Economic Downturn
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“Performance levers” to influence research success
“Performance levers” to influence research success
Inputs
Human Capital
• Researchers
– Domestic vs. international
• PhDs
– Domestic vs. international
Throughputs
• Skills development
– PhD employment
• National
– Block grants
– Project grants: Research Council,
corporate and charity
• International , e.g. EU
Academic
• Articles, citations
• Competencies
• Strategic management
– Portfolio analysis
– Capitalisation on strengths
– Emerging trends
• Collaboration
Funding
Outputs
– Internal
– Domestic vs. international
• Capital, equipment,
facilities
– Space utilisation
– Staff recruitment
– Information resources
• Spending efficiency
Esteem
• Awards, prizes,
recognition
Commercial
• Patents, licences,
spin-outs
Impact
• Social, economic,
political, cultural
–Start/end date slippage
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Be a Solution Provider
- Case Study
FUNDING PRESSURES
is the average age when biomedical researchers receive their first grant from
the National Institute of Health
is the approval rate for National Science Foundation grant applications by
new researchers
Competition for funding is intense and will continue to intensify
Source: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (www.scienceprogress.org)
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Survey Result:
What kind of information are you looking for?
Number of Response (Multiple Choice)
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Understanding National Strength
and Future Focus Areas
Global Research Strengths
at my University
Research activity of my
faculty members
Understanding Collaboration
Situation and Opportunity
Benchmarking Performance
with Global Peers
Survey (n=20), Respondents: Presidents or Vice Presidents from Japanese universities, Conducted Feb 24-March 10, 2011
Source: Survey
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A UNIVERSITY’S “DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCIES”
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Medical Specialties (9053)
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Chemistry (5161)
Math & Physics (3995)
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Brain Research (3781)
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Health Services (3034)
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Biology (2912)
Infectious Disease (2773)
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Social Sciences (2482)
Engineering (2273)
Computer Science (1911)
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Biotechnology (1616)
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Earth Sciences (1343)
Humanities (38)
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Making investment choices
A case study: A Japanese University
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The University
management team
decided to create a
special funding budget to
allocate to selected
research groups
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The challenge –
objectively distribute
funds to stimulate
research activity
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University used data from multi sources
as one metric to make the peer-review process effective
‘Quantitative Analysis’
Searched each applicant’s name
in various databases to
objectively understand
performance
•SciVerse Scopus
•SciVal Spotlight
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Number of competencies
etc.
‘Qualitative Analysis’
Peer-review process among top
researchers from each research
department
•Potential of research topic
•Consistency with university’s
overall strategy
•Other criteria…
•Other databases…
Result: Successfully narrowed down
48 applicants to 8 projects that would receive funding
Source: Interview
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Shed light on research strengths
Identify and analyze interdisciplinary areas
of research excellence
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Identify multidisciplinary strengths at an
institutional and national level
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Identify top researchers for retention or
recruitment decisions
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View institutions that share similar
strengths for potential collaboration
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Which areas within my strengths are
underfunded?
Partial view of map
Six subject areas: Biology, Biotechnology, Infectious Disease, Medical Specialty, Health
Sciences, Brain research
Details of strengths
identified from Spotlight data
Strength
Top
group Researcher
Topic / Key words related to strength
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Source: SciVal Spotlight 2009 Map (xxx, 2011)
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Identify global institutions actively conducting
research in your strength areas
Source: SciVal Spotlight 2009 (May 2011), Analysis
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Building a global network to fight cancer
A case study: An US institution
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The VP of Global Academic
Programs at The University wanted
to create a network among
researchers and its 23 sister
institutions around the world to
help achieve its mission
“Making Cancer History”
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The challenge – enabling
researchers and administrators to
easily identify experts across
institutions and facilitate
opportunities to collaborate
To build and analyze the global network
Creating a global research
network
to fight cancer
SciVal Experts site
currently includes data from one of its
sister institutions, the German Cancer
Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum,
DKFZ)
VP of Global Academic Programs hopes to expand the tool
to the remaining
22 sister institutions over the next few months
Using data
from
‘Qualitative
Analysis’
SciVal Experts for further
analysis
VP and his team intend to extract the raw data from SciVal
Experts via
Web Services to further understand the network
connections that form
VP aims to better understand the size and activity level of
specific research areas within the network in order to
identify gaps in certain areas and allocate resources to
help further research growth
Source: Vice President of Global Academic Programs, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
to help researchers make valuable connections
Understanding the
research activities
of faculty members
Each profile includes lists of
publications, awarded grants &
co-authors, et al.
Identifying the right
collaborators for
grant proposals
‘Qualitative Analysis’
Find potential collaborators by
accessing a list of faculty
conducting similar research
“Elsevier has made it easier to find the right expert at MD Anderson, and so has lowered the barrier for
potential collaborators to make a good connection."
Source: Vice President of Global Academic Programs, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
How can we assemble research teams?
www.experts.scival.com/Umichigan
www.experts.scival.com/JHU
Form effective research teams within your institution and across organizations. Access accurate,
comprehensive author profiles of your researchers, including publication lists, without burdening
authors to input data. Grant, patent and CV data can also be integrated to provide a more
comprehensive picture of your institution’s research expertise.
Note: SciVal Experts is customized for the institution. Sample screens from other organizations provided.
Source: SciVal Experts (April 2011), University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University
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SUMMARY
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Economic downturn has intensified focus on research effectiveness and
efficiency, bringing a new reality for us all…
Efficiency and effectiveness can only be realized by taking a deeper
look at the research activity workflows and identifying improvement
opportunities
Lean research presents an opportunity for the LIBRARIANS to play an
enhanced role in the research process
YOU can dramatically transform the role in line with this new reality and
support institutions in becoming lean research organizations
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Thank You For Listening