Introducing the world’s first online tool to identify and aggregate an organization’s research output
portfolio.
The
Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 facilitates
faster decision-making
Amsterdam, The Netherlands December 13,
2007 – Scopus®,
the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed
literature, today
announced that a sought after literature research tool, the Scopus Affiliation
Identifier Phase 1 will be launched in January. This new
feature will speed up the search process by enabling users to find all the
documents belonging to a specific organization. Doing so will save users valuable
time which can be better invested in performing the actual research analysis.
The Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 is a
unique tool which automatically identifies and matches an organization with all
its research output. Scopus is the first to offer its customers this organizational
matching functionality across its entire database of over 15,000 peer reviewed
journals. This will be welcome news for deans, faculty heads, researchers
and funding bodies who understand just how difficult and time-consuming this
task has been up to now.
Using a combination of sophisticated algorithms and a
comprehensive knowledge base, the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 will quicken the rate
at which data can be collated for research performance measurement at the
institutional level. The feature automatically matches the multiple name
variants attributed to an organization. This is extremely useful where
several name variants of an organization may exist or may be recorded
differently by publishing authors. One such an example is the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology where articles found in Scopus and published
by authors belonging to this institute carry more than 1,700 name variants. Other
reasons for these numbers of variations can be attributed to organizations
changing their name, having similar names, or they may merge or separate.
This can make it challenging to clearly identify a single organization’s complete
body of work.
“Up until now we have had to
employ personnel to carry out this mammoth task. It is both a slow and
expensive process. The Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1
produces the same results in significantly less time. This not only helps us to
reduce the number of staff needed but also allows us to focus on research
analysis rather than data collection and filtering activities.” says David
Clay is Deputy Head of Academic Liaison and Finance at the
Users will benefit immediately from the initial version of
the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1, available in January. The
next phase, scheduled for release in the first half of 2008, will offer users enhanced
functionalities. Scopus is actively soliciting feedback from individual
organizations in order to enhance the data clarity.
“We are delighted to be able to introduce the Scopus
Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 to the market,” says Niels
Weertman, Director Product Management Scopus. “We’ve invested
heavily in developing a feature that will deliver significant time and cost
benefits to our users. Ultimately it will help deans, chancellors and faculty
heads make resource allocation and strategic planning decisions more
efficiently.”
For
further information on Scopus or the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1, please visit: www.info.scopus.com/affiliationidentifier.
For feedback on the Scopus Affiliation Identifier, please
contact: affiliationfeedback@scopus.com.
About Scopus
Covering the world’s research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources with
smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus is designed and
developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from over 15,000 peer-reviewed
journals from 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information about
the articles covered, but also integrates Web and patent searches directly from
its clean and simple interface. Direct links to full-text articles, library
resources and other applications like reference management software, make
Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use than any other literature
research tool. For more information about Scopus please visit www.info.scopus.com.