Research Information 2020 Elsevier’s vision M’hamed el Aisati September 10, 2012

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

The audience 3 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

4 Researcher Information needs

5 Research workflow drives different research information needs Identify/Dev elop Research Topic Secure Funding Perform Research Publish Demonstratin g 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 Funding Science Direct, Scopus, Embase, Reaxys, EV, etc. Spotlight, Experts, Strata, Analytical Services, etc. Spotlight, Experts, Strata, Analytical Services, etc. Applications SciVal Experts Publishing, EES, Author Gateway Publishing, EES, Author Gateway SciValSciVerse

Four main trends driving the vision and strategy Information ProliferationIncreasing Multi-Disciplinary CollaborationIncreasing Competition for FundingIncreasing Focus on Demonstrating Impact 6 RIM

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 7

Journal Publication Output Trend of EU and comparators 8

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. 9

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 ( ) Citations per article fold increase over institutional co-authorship 10

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 11

R&D spend hasn’t grown in proportion of applications GERD as % of GDP Researchers/Million People Source: OECD (MSTI 2011) Size of bubble reflects the relative amount of annual R&D spending by the country listed World of R&D 2010

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.) 13

Demonstrating Impact 14 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)?

Summarized … 15 Information Proliferation Increasing Multi- Disciplinary Collaboration Increasing Competition for Funding Increasing Focus on demonstrating impact Corporate Researchers and Managers A&G Managers and Strategists A&G Researchers Challenges/ Opportunities: Manage and organize information Relevant and Tools Measuring Impact of Science Tools & Content

Elsevier’s strategy to meet vision 16 Product Sets Search & Discovery Content Database Layers (journals, books, patents, etc.) Funding database, Research Datasets, etc. Perform Research Activities Research Navigation Manage Research Set Strategy 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 Tools Content

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