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ACS 243rd National Meeting San Diego, CA Mar 28, 2012 Atyab Tahir SciVal Consultant A & G Institutions www.elsevier.com The Next Era of Research Productivity Evaluation: The Multi-Dimensional Research Assessment Framework

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ACS  243rd  National  Meeting  

San  Diego,  CA  

 Mar  28,  2012    

 

Atyab  Tahir  

SciVal  Consultant  

A  &  G  Institutions  

 

 

www.elsevier.com  

 

 The Next Era of Research Productivity Evaluation:

The Multi-Dimensional Research Assessment

Framework      

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Elsevier  serves  more  than  30  million  scientists,  students  and  health  and  information  professionals  worldwide.    

Elsevier at a glance

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A framework to characterize and position bibliometric indicators and methods

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The multi-dimensional research assessment framework Top-down versus bottom-up delimitation methods Three generations of bibliometric indicators

The future of research assessment exercises lies in the intelligent combination of metrics and peer review

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THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL RESEARCH ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK

Source: Expert Group on the Assessment of University-Based Research (AUBR, 2010)  

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Multi dimensional Research Assessment Framework Unit of assessment

Purpose Output dimensions

Bibliometric indicators

Other indicators

Individual Allocate resources

Research productivity

Publications Peer review

Research group

Improve performance

Quality, scholarly impact

Journal citation impact

Patents, licences, spin offs

Department Increase multi-discipl. research

Innovation and social benefit

Actual citation impact

Invitations for conferences

Institution Increase regional engagement

Sustainabi-lity & Scale

Internat. co-authorship

External research income

Research field

Promotion, hiring

Research infrastruct.

citation

PhD com-pletion rates

READ COLUMN

WISE

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Multi dimensional Research Assessment Framework Unit of assessment

Purpose Output dimensions

Bibliometric indicators

Other indicators

Individual Allocate resources

Research productivity

Publications Peer review

Research group

Improve performance

Quality, scholarly impact

Journal citation impact

Patents, licences, spin offs

Department Increase multi-discipl. research

Innovation and social benefit

Actual citation impact

Invitations for conferences

Institution Increase regional engagement

Sustainabi-lity & Scale

Internat. co-authorship

External research income

Research field

Promotion, hiring

Research infrastruct.

citation

PhD com-pletion rates

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Types of Research Output

Impacts Publication/text Non-publication

Scientific-scholarly Journal paper; book chapter; monograph

Research data file; video of experiment

Educational Teaching course book; syllabus Skilled researchers

Economic Patent Product; process; device; design; image; spin off

Cultural Newspaper article Interviews; events; performances; exhibits

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Example 1

Individual Hiring/promotion Productivity &

impact PhD date, place,

supervisor; Invitations for

conferences

Publications in international jrnls;

Actual citation impact

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SCIVAL STRATA DEMO

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Example 2

Research group Allocate resources Res. productivity &

impact Competitive

research income; Ratio research

active/total staff

Publications in international jrnls;

Actual citation impact

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SCIVAL EXPERTS DEMO

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Example 3

Department Increase regional

engagement Social benefits &

innovation % Funding from

endusers; Licenses, spin

offs

% Industry co-authored papers;

Patents Res. reports

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SCIVAL SPOTLIGHT DEMO

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Example 4

Institution Increase multi-

disciplinary research Res. productivity &

impact Inter-discipl.

teaching progr; Funding from

multi-disc. res. progr

% Papers in multi-disciplinary fields;

Co-authorships from different discipl

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Assessment Solutions Unit of assessment

Purpose Aspect SciVal Solutions

Research group

Improve performance; Allocate resources

Productivity/ impact

Strata

Department; institution

Improve performance; Allocate resources;

Research infrastructure and potential

Experts

Institution Stimulate multi-disciplinary research; Improve performance;

Social benefits; sustainability; Prod./impact

Spotlight

Group, Dept, Institution

Improve performance & regional engagemt; Allocate resources;

Productivity/ impact; social impact; infrastr.

Custom Analytics

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TOP-DOWN VS. BOTTOM-UP INSTITUTIONAL DELIMITATION

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Top-down institutional analysis  

author  affiliations  (incl.  verification)  

Categorize  articles  into  research  fields  

Calculate  indicators  

Compare  with  benchmarks    

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Bottom-up institutional analysis

Compile  a  list  of  researchers  

Compile  a  list  of  publications  per    researcher  (incl.  verification)  

Aggregate  researchers  into  groups,    departments,  fields,  etc.  

Calculate  indicators;    compare  with  benchmarks    

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TOP-DOWN VS. BOTTOM-UP SUBJECT FIELD DELIMITATION

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Top-down field analysis

(Pre-­‐)define  a  field  categorization  

(Pre-­‐)allocate  papers  (journals)    to  categories  

Calculate indicators per category

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Bottom-up field analysis

Create  a  (large)  dataset    of  publications  

Cluster  papers  on  the  basis  of    

(co-­‐)  citation  or  word  analysis  

Name  the  clusters  

Calculate indicators by cluster

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Chemistry Competency Map of US

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THREE GENERATIONS OF BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS

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Three generations of bibliometric indicators

1 Basic No. publications No. Citations Cites per paper (e.g., Jrnl Impact Factor)

2 Normalized Relative Citation Rate No. publ. in top citation percentiles

3 Contextual Entire citation network based (e.g., Eigenfactor, SJR, Jrnl Prestige); Citation context based

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ACS  243rd  National  Meeting  

San  Diego,  CA  

 Mar  28,  2012    

Atyab  Tahir  

SciVal  Consultant  

A  &  G  Institutional  Markets  

[email protected]    

 

www.elsevier.com  

 

 The Next Era of Research Productivity Evaluation:

The Multi-Dimensional Research Assessment Matrix    

 

Thank  You!