Post on 15-Jul-2015
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Nick Fowler
Managing Director of Research Management
Rethinking the Research and
Innovation Ecosystem
March 3, 2015
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Elsevier has a unique vantage point on research
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Each year
• 1 million article manuscripts received by ~2,000 journals (all offer Open Access options)
• 350,000 new articles published, in addition to 11M existing articles
• 2,000 new books published
• ScienceDirect: 750M digital article downloads
• Scopus: 56M records, 22,000 titles, 5,000 publishers, 700M citations
• SciVal: 75 trillion metrics values
• Pure: current research information system: >200,000 researchers supported
• Mendeley: 3M users globally
• Grants:7,000 sponsors, 20,000+ active opportunities, ~5M awarded grants
• Patents: >93m records, 100 patent offices
• Compounds: 22M compounds, 35M reactions; 3.3M molecular facts
• Drug information: 16k branded drugs; 12k generic drugs
Primary publishing
Derived and
aggregated data
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National research assessment and benchmarking
reports
• UK REF, UK BIS reports
• ERA (Australia)
• FCT (Portugal)
• VQR (Italy)
September 12, 2011
Elsevier is increasingly the partner of choice for global research leaders
Global University Rankings
• Times Higher World University Rankings
• QS rankings
• US News rankings (Arab Region)
ProBono initiatives and reports (select examples)
• UK Royal Society
• Science Europe
• European Commission, FENS, HBP, Kavli
Foundation, RIKEN BSI
• World Bank
• EuroStemCell, Kyoto University
• Snowball Metrics
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• Report to launch March 10
• Adapting analytic tools and data to
support needs of cities, corporate
location decision-makers, and
investors
• Collaboration between UIN,
Elsevier and City of Amsterdam
Introduction to Amsterdam report
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Which industries and technologies should Amsterdam
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Data sources to identify cities’ unique strengths
Identifying Key Research Strengths
Research output
Relative article share
Research impact
Research collaboration
Research Publication Downloads
Patent citations
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Methodology
• Amsterdam based on its NUTS-3 classification (Eurostat)
• With input from city, comparator cities chosen as the most relevant in
terms of competing for jobs and investment
City NUTS3 Classification
Amsterdam NL326
Barcelona ES511
Berlin DE300
Brussels BE100, BE241
Copenhagen DK011, DK012
Dublin IE021
Hamburg DE600
Madrid ES300
Manchester UKD31
Stockholm SE110
Vienna AT130
NUTS = Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics
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How publication metadata maps research to cities
Researcher affiliated
with Vrije University
Amsterdam
Count (409) of other
papers cited by this
publication
Count (150) of other
papers citing this
publication
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Main Institutions Comprising Amsterdam
Our database identified 67 institutions producing a significant amount
of academic research, such as
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Medical Center
• University of Amsterdam and Academic Medical Centre
• Netherlands Cancer Institute
• CWI Amsterdam
• FOM (Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter)
• NIN-KNAW (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)
• Slotervaart and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis
• Royal Philips Electronics
• Royal Tropical Institute
• Sanquin Blood Supply
• … and many more
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Amsterdam is relatively prolific in health sciences
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Physics & AstronomyChemistry
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Materials Sc.
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MedicinePharm. & Toxic.
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Dentistry
Neuroscience
Arts & Humanities*
Psychology
Social Sc.
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Econ. & Finance
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Above average in all areas, particularly Medicine
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Psychology
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Econ. & Finance
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High relative volume and relative impact in Medicine
Mathematics
Physics & Astronomy
Chemistry
Chemical Eng
Engineering
EnergyEarth &
Planetary Sci
Agr & Bio Sci
Biochem & Mol Bio
Immu & Microbio
Medicine
Health Professions
Nursing
Neurosci
Dentistry
Arts & Hum
PsychologySocial Sci
Decision Sci
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Top sub-areas within Medicine are Clinical
Neuroscience and Cardiology
OncologyPsych & Mental
Health
Cardiology
Clin. Neuro
Public, Envt & Occup Health
Radiology & Nuc Med
Surgery
HematologyInfec Diseases
Sports Med
Immun & Allergy
Endocrin & Diabetes
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gastroenterology
Pharmacology
Medicine (misc)
Rheumatology
Internal Med
Geriatrics & Geron
Urology
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Amsterdam’s Medicine research get downloaded at
rates 40% above the world average
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Earth & Planetary Sci
Agr & Bio Sci
Biochem & Mol Bio
Immu & MicrobioVeterinary
MedicinePharma & Toxicology
Health Professions
Nursing
Dentistry
Neurosci
Arts & Hum
Psychology
Social Sci
Business & Accounting
Economics & Finance
Decision SciComp Sci
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Example of Data Extracted from a
Sample Patent Record
Track linkages between
patents and academic papers
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WIPO patents disproportionately cite Amsterdam’s
research at nexus of Health and Life Sciences
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Medicine – A Strong Bet Based on the Data
Category Indicator ValueRank amongst
Subjects (27)
Rank amongst
peer cities (11)
OutputRelative Output
Volume Per Subject 1.94 5th 1st
ImpactField-weighted
Citation Impact1.99 4th 2nd
UsageRelative Downloads
Per Paper1.40 3rd 2nd
Collaboration
Acad-Corp Collab
Share, Relative to
Publication Share
1.70 5th 1st
Commercializat
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Patent Citation
Share, Relative to
Publication Share
1.97 4th 1st
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Pharmaceutical companies at the center of Amsterdam
and other cities’ corporate collaboration networks