1. Yehia Eissa, PhD
Consultant
Research Intelligence
Identifying trending
topics & creating
research areas
Elsevier research intelligence solutions on EKB
May 5th 2020
Abdelrahman Abdalla, MSc
Country Ambassador
Research Intelligence
3. Agenda
1. Introduction
1. SciVal
2. Access via EKB
3. Topics in SciVal
2. Searching for a topic
3. Defining a topic
4. Leveraging predefined research areas
5. Recap and staying in contact
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4. SciVal
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• A web-based analytics solution that
provides comprehensive access to the
research performance of over 18,000
research institutions and their associated
researchers from 230 nations worldwide..
• Using advanced data analytics and
super-computer technology, SciVal can
process large amounts of data to
generate powerful analyses and on-
demand visualization.
10. Topics in SciVal
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• A Topic is a collection of documents with
a common intellectual interest – a
Research problem.
• Topics can be large or small, new or old,
growing or declining.
• New topics can be born.
• Old topics are dormant but still exist.
• Many Topics are multidisciplinary.
• Researchers have mobility and can
contribute to multiple topics.
Clusters of research are split into separate
topics when the citation links are weak
11. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Searching for a topic
3. Defining a topic
4. Leveraging predefined research areas
5. Recap and staying in contact
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26. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Searching for a topic
3. Defining a topic
4. Leveraging predefined research areas
5. Recap and staying in contact
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31. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Searching for a topic
3. Defining a topic
4. Leveraging predefined research areas
5. Recap and staying in contact
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35. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Searching for a topic
3. Defining a topic
4. Leveraging predefined research areas
5. Recap and staying in contact
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36. Summary
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• SciVal contains over 96,000 topics covering Scopus data from 1996.
• Topic prominence in science considers very recent citations, views and
CiteScore.
• Topic prominence acts as a proxy for funding opportunities.
• Funding per author increases with increasing topic prominence.
37. Recap on SciVal Features
• Visualize research performance
• Benchmark your progress
• Develop collaborative partnerships
• Analyze research trends
• Utilize reporting templates or create customized Reports