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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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2.5Mathematics

Physics & AstronomyChemistry

Chem. Eng.*

Materials Sc.

Engineering

Energy*^

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Earth & Plan. Sc.

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MedicinePharm. & Toxic.

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Dentistry

Neuroscience

Arts & Humanities*

Psychology

Social Sc.

Business, Mgmt. & Acct.*

Econ. & Finance

Decision Sc.*Computer Sc.

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Above average in all areas, particularly Medicine

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Physics & AstronomyChemistry

Chem. Eng.*

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Econ. & Finance

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High relative volume and relative impact in Medicine

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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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Psychology

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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

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UK examples

Greater Manchester West Yorkshire West Midlands

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Key Parting Questions

• How can these metrics help you make better policy, economic

development, and investment decisions?

• What other data and perspectives could Elsevier provide that would

help strengthen your city’s competitive position?