SciVal Experts: Collexis Expert Profiling is now SciVal Experts

SciVal Experts

Experts

SciVal® Experts is an expertise profiling and research networking tool pre-populated with the most useful and yet most difficult information to compile – deep publication histories – making it easier to find experts and enable collaboration within your institution or across organizations.

Unlike competing tools that merely return lists of abstracts, SciVal Experts applies the Elsevier Fingerprint Engine to produce a visual semantic index, or Fingerprint, of relevant concepts that instantly exposes a researcher’s distinctive expertise, based on publication history.

Rooted in Scopus® – the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources – SciVal Experts is also flexible, able to incorporate institutional data and individual researcher updates for a more comprehensive picture of institutional expertise.


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At the institution level, SciVal Experts helps:

  • Identify organizational strengths by revealing expertise via publication histories at the individual, department or institution levels
  • Reduce administrative burdens: an in-house profiling system can take at least one to two years; SciVal produces an in-depth database in little time
  • Drive internal and external collaborations by exposing network and publishing connections – plus unseen opportunities – within the institution and across other organizations
  • Make researchers’ accomplishments more discoverable by displaying profiles to the research community and the public
  • Assure precision and accuracy through weekly profile updates and quarterly manual reviews that disambiguate author names and clarify profile data
  • Manage data efficiently: sophisticated web services allow institutions to download SciVal Experts data for further analysis, and/or upload institutional data into SciVal Experts

At the individual level, SciVal Experts helps researchers:

  • Identify collaborators by areas of mutual interest – or with potential for future partnerships – inside and outside their institutions
  • Track and update profile information to keep their publications histories current and visible
  • Find additional opportunities by searching across the SciVal Experts Community that connects researchers to collaborators in other SciVal Experts institutions
  • Expand their research reach through access to the DIRECT2experts network, a resource of additional research profile systems

We needed an easy-to-use system that enables us to know 'who' in the organization is working on 'what,' which can help us form collaborative teams and foster productive research relationships. Faculty at Einstein use the application every day to make significant connections with other researchers, and administrators use the solution to enhance their ability to support research.
Harry Shamoon MD, Associate Dean and Director,
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

SciVal® Experts applies the Elsevier Fingerprint Engine to produce Fingerprints that instantly reveal expertise ranked by the uniqueness and frequency of the terms that define the publications. By generating Fingerprints at the researcher and department level, and linking researchers across common concepts within their Fingerprints, SciVal Experts provides users with incredible opportunities for knowledge exploration and collaboration.

SciVal Experts gives us a comprehensive snapshot of our faculty's research activities and makes it easy to find experts in a given discipline for collaborative research. It is a great tool to introduce new faculty to existing researchers and to spotlight potential faculty to collaborate on grant proposals.
Ken Riopelle, Research Professor, Wayne State University

Navigate the research network with SciVal Experts

Every researcher profile delivers a comprehensive list of papers – plus drill-downs on publications, grants, research trends, similar experts and more.


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Identify potential collaborators by accessing a list of experts with Fingerprints similar to another researcher.


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Connect and collaborate: SciVal Experts makes it easy to see opportunities within departments or across institutions.


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Form partnerships with researchers at other institutions by searching across the SciVal Experts Community. An international network, the SciVal Experts Community connects users to collaborators in other organizations that have adopted SciVal Experts.

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What is SciVal Experts?

SciVal Experts is a directory of research expertise that makes it easy for researchers, administrators, managers and senior leadership to find experts and enable collaboration within their institution. A powerful knowledge management and research networking application, SciVal Experts enables users to solve the “who knows what” questions across their organization while relieving researchers of the burden of creating and maintaining their own profiles. Powered by the Elsevier Fingerprint Engine, SciVal Experts scans and analyzes every publication in the Scopus® database, as well as additional content provided by the institution, creating Fingerprints of individual researcher's expertise and exposing connections among authors. There's no need to collect the publication output of researchers manually. Author profiles are automatically updated and manually reviewed by Elsevier on an ongoing basis, ensuring they are precise, comprehensive and up-to-date.

Who should use SciVal Experts?

SciVal Experts is a valuable resource for personnel throughout an institution, including researchers, administrators, managers, research development professionals, laboratory directors, research executives and students. Personnel at all of these levels can use the solution to identify experts, navigate the institution’s research network and further collaboration.

Within SciVal Experts can users access a list of the articles an author has produced?

Yes, users can access a list of articles an author has produced and view the abstracts within SciVal Experts. Users also have the option to access the abstracts in Scopus®.

Can additional data sets be added to the profiles?

Yes, Elsevier can also incorporate additional information including CV data, awarded grants and patents, to paint a more comprehensive picture of your institution’s expertise.

What data must a customer provide in order for the SciVal Experts implementation to take place?

Customers only need to provide the first name, last name and department(s) of each researcher at their institution. Additional data, such as email addresses, educational degrees and room number, will allow for more detailed profiles. The customer inputs the metadata into a spreadsheet provided by Elsevier.

How does SciVal Experts work with other systems?

SciVal Experts is implemented as a service. It doesn’t require an institution to purchase any hardware or install any technology. Once SciVal Experts is launched, users can access the data in the system via web services and data downloads, enabling customers to use the profiles in other systems at their institution.

How accurate are the author profiles within SciVal Experts?

Profiles within SciVal Experts are the most accurate in the industry. No method is perfect, but our approach, which is a combination of computer matching and manual linking, gives the most precise profiles with the minimum effort on the customer’s part. Elsevier disambiguates author names and manually reviews the profiles, ensuring publications are associated to the correct author and the profiles are reliable, complete and current. Profiles are automatically updated once a week and manually reviewed quarterly. Users can also have their content modified upon request.

Are changes to author profiles reflected in SciVerse Scopus?

Yes, any changes made to the institution’s profiles during the manual review process will be applied to Scopus.com.

How does Elsevier’s acquisition of Collexis impact SciVal?

Elsevier has acquired Collexis in an effort to expand the SciVal suite of Performance, Planning and Funding solutions. By combining Elsevier’s content with Collexis’ semantic technology, Elsevier will provide institutions and researchers with new ways to collaborate, showcase accomplishments and improve grant related workflow efficiencies. The acquisition of Collexis accelerates Elsevier’s ability to help researchers and decision-makers establish, execute, and evaluate research strategies as well as improve their return on investment.

What is the relationship between SciVal Experts and
Collexis Expert Profiling?

Collexis Expert Profiling has been rebranded as SciVal Experts. SciVal Experts is now part of Elsevier's SciVal suite of performance, planning and funding solutions.

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