The University has access to SciVal since 2023 and we would like to highlight the use cases of this research analytics tool. It can assist you with benchmarking your research performance against peers, identifying potential collaborators and visualising the impact of your research activities across different fields. These features provide valuable data for demonstrating your achievements to funders or help you understand your research metrics.

SciVal consists of two analysis sections:

  • Explore – This section provides key research evaluation metrics for any entity in SciVal, including researchers, institutions/organisations, topics, and countries.
  • Compare – This section allows you to compare and benchmark the research evaluation of one or multiple entities and monitor their progress.
Key functionalities of SciVal:
  • Benchmarking: Compare research metrics of individuals, groups, or institutions against others within their field, region, or globally. 
  • Collaboration analysis: Identify potential collaborators based on research areas and geographic location. 
  • Research impact evaluation: Measure the impact of research outputs through citation analysis and other metrics. 
  • Funding identification: Explore potential funding opportunities aligned with research interests. 
  • Visualisation tools: Display research data through graphs, charts, and other visual representations to easily interpret findings.
Who can use SciVal:
  • Individual researchers:
    To assess your research impact, identify potential collaborators, and plan future research directions. 
  • Research groups:
    To evaluate a research group’s overall performance and identify improvement areas. 
  • Institutions:
    To benchmark research performance against other institutions and identify areas of strength and weakness. 
  • Research administrators:
    To inform funding decisions and demonstrate the impact of research activities. 

Please contact Marié Roux if you need training on how to use these functionalities. A #SmartResearcher workshop will be held in May, please book here if you wish to attend.