An alternative way of looking at research performance, based on citation patterns (co-citation analysis) rather than traditional journal classifications. Publication data for presentation provided by SciVal Spotlight ™ database, Elsevier B.V., (downloaded November 2012). SciVal Spotlight
WSU’s Office of Research response to: Weak U.S. economy End of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act WSU’s Office of Research need to analyze our distinctive and emerging strengths to help determine resource allocations Why SciVal?
WSU’s strongest Subject Areas How interdisciplinary (or not) WSU is, and how we compare to our peers Who are our publication and citation leaders? How do we compare with our peers? Who we are/should be collaborating with Spotlight Analysis Helps Analyze…
Spotlight mines data from the Elsevier Scopus Database The worlds largest abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature and quality web sources Based on co-citation impact So how does Spotlight mine and classify data? Co-Citation Analysis and “Article Clusters” Scopus Database
The Scopus database now collects over 19,500 Journals Including over 3,500 Arts and Humanities Journals 2,148 Journals from Elsevier in Scopus Totaling over 47 million records 70% with Abstracts Also includes many conference proceedings, websites and reports Figures
Distinctive Competencies Distinctive if the market share - number of papers in a field of research - is large enough (roughly around or more than 285 papers) AND meets at least one of the following: Publication Leadership Reference Leadership State of the Art Leadership Emerging Competencies Either strong in an emerging market OR Institution has potential as a leader in the area Competencies Defined
Circle View Circular display of Competencies Matrix View Grid display of Competencies Explore Competencies
WSU Stats Total R&D Expenditures 304,352,000 Ttl R&D Exp./T-TT Faculty 343,901 : 1 Fed R&D Expenditures 113,452,000 Fed R&D Exp/T-TT Facl. 128,194 : 1 Natl. Acad. Members 9 Significant Faculty Awds. 11 Doctorates Awarded 177 Doctorates/T-TT Faculty 0.20 : 1 Postdoc Appointees161 Postdocs/T-TT Faculty 0.18 : 1 Undergrads/T-TT Faculty 27.9 : 1 Tenure & TT Faculty885 Articles/T-TT Faculty 2.2 : 1 Competencies/T-TT Faculty 1 : 7.7 WSU Circle View Comparison Competencies 115 Competencies
WSU Stats Total R&D Expenditures 304,352,000 Ttl R&D Exp./T-TT Faculty 343,901 : 1 Fed R&D Expenditures 113,452,000 Fed R&D Exp/T-TT Facl. 128,194 : 1 Natl. Acad. Members 9 Significant Faculty Awds. 11 Doctorates Awarded 177 Doctorates/T-TT Faculty 0.20 : 1 Postdoc Appointees161 Postdocs/T-TT Faculty 0.18 : 1 Undergrads/T-TT Faculty 27.9 : 1 Tenure & TT Faculty885 Articles/T-TT Faculty 2.2 : 1 Competencies/T-TT Faculty 1 : 7.7 WSU Competency Breakdown Areas: 1.CAHNRS – 18 PI’s 2.Engineering and Architecture – 15 PI’s 3.Arts and Sciences – 6 PI’s 4.Veterinary Medicine – 5 PI’s 5.Education – 3 PI’s 6.Health Sciences – 2 PI’s 6. Business – 2 PI’s Departments: 1.Mechanical & Materials Engineering – 10 PI’s 2.Biological Systems Engineering – 4 PI’s 2. Plant Pathology – 4 PI’s 4.Food Science – 3 PI’s 4. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science – 3 PI’s PI Counts inside WSU’s Top 25 Competencies:
Total R&D Expenditures 304,352,000250,120, ,980,000515,133,000689,624,000 Ttl R&D Exp./T-TT Faculty 343,901 : 1227,589 : 1 328,533 : 1308,648 : 1393,172 : 1 Fed R&D Expenditures 113,452,000109,461, ,564,000303,852,000288,173,000 Fed R&D Exp/T-TT Facl. 128,194 : 199,601 : 1 139,176 : 1182,056 : 1164,294 : 1 Natl. Acad. Members Significant Faculty Awds Doctorates Awarded Doctorates/T-TT Faculty 0.20 : : : : : 1 Postdoc Appointees Postdocs/T-TT Faculty 0.18 : : : : : 1 Undergrads/T-TT Faculty 27.9 : : : : : 1 Tenure & TT Faculty8851,099 1,6711,6691,754 Scopus Articles /T- TT Faculty 2.2 : 12.6 : : 13.7 : 13.4 : 1 Competencies/T-TT Faculty 1 : 7.71 : : 7.31 : 7.9 WSU Aspirational Peers
WSU Legislative/GCS Peers Total R&D Expenditures 304,352,000398,169,000679,915, ,896,000 Ttl R&D Exp./T-TT Faculty 343,901 : 1313,766 : 1497,741 : 1 317,168 : 1 Fed R&D Expenditures 113,452,000162,566,000332,325, ,297,000 Fed R&D Exp/T-TT Facl. 128,194 : 1128,105 : 1243,283 : 1 221,253 : 1 Natl. Acad. Members Significant Faculty Awds Doctorates Awarded Doctorates/T-TT Faculty 0.20 : : : : 1 Postdoc Appointees Postdocs/T-TT Faculty 0.18 : : : : 1 Undergrads/T-TT Faculty 27.9 : : : : 1 Tenure & TT Faculty 8851,2691, Scopus Articles /T- TT Faculty 2.2 : 12.5 : 14.3 : : 1 Competencies/T- TT Faculty 1 : 7.71 : 8.81 : : 10.3
WSU Other Notable Peers Total R&D Expenditures 304,352,000 1,022,740,000329,345, ,500,000 Ttl R&D Exp./T-TT Faculty 343,901 : 1 755,905 : 1199,603 : 1 201,266 : 1 Fed R&D Expenditures 113,452, ,885,000172,202, ,965,000 Fed R&D Exp/T-TT Facl. 128,194 : 1 613,366 : 1104,368 : 1 98,705 : 1 Natl. Acad. Members Significant Faculty Awds Doctorates Awarded Doctorates/T-TT Faculty 0.20 : : : : 1 Postdoc Appointees 161 1, Postdocs/T-TT Faculty 0.18 : : : : 1 Undergrads/T-TT Faculty 27.9 : : : : 1 Tenure & TT Faculty 885 1,3531,650 1,185 Scopus Articles /T- TT Faculty 2.2 : : 12.1 : : 1 Competencies/T- TT Faculty 1 : : 4.71 : : 8.4
WSU Matrix View Comparison Competencies 115 Competencies
Aspirational Peers
Legislative/GCS Peers
Other Notable Peers
Explore Collaboration Mapping tool showing where, and with whom, WSU is collaborating on publications world-wide Two views: Explore Collaboration Map View – Visual demonstration Explore Collaboration Table View – Listing and count of collaborations
Explore Collaboration – Map View
Explore Collaboration – Table View –Who WSU IS collaborating with
Explore Collaboration – Table View –Who WSU IS NOT collaborating with in our Competencies
Collaboration Comparison – A 5 Year Look Tenure & TT Faculty 885 1,353 1,650 1,099 1,671 1, Total Articles in SciVal Spotlight ,805 41,974 16,619 13,60622,28628,41110,086 Spotlight Articles/T-TT Faculty : : : : : : : 1 Total Citations , , ,984 87,743133,435228,93164,824 Total Citations/T- TT Faculty : : : : : : : 1 Articles with a U.S. Collaborator 49.0% 57.8% 46.0% 46.2%45.8%50.4%53.5% Articles with an International Collaborator 26.7% 29.1% 25.7% 31.0%27.4%33.8%28.9% Articles with NO Collaborator 31.2% 30.2% 38.9% 36.9%39.5%31.6%32.0% Notable Notable Aspirational Aspirational Legislative/GCS Legislative/GCS
World Rankings Publication and citation data help determine our world-wide University rankings and prestige Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai University Rankings) – 70%. WSU ranked “ ” worldwide, “90-111” in the United States. Higher Education and Evaluation Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) – 100%. WSU ranked 294. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings – 38.5%. WSU ranked “ ”. Research survey and research income combine for another 26.5% QS World University Rankings – 20%. WSU ranked 356. The Center for Measuring University Performance – Arizona State – U.S. ranking site. Pubs N/A.