Elsevier Releases Results of Alternative Energy...
AMSTERDAM, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --
- Over 1000 Members of the Research Community View Webcast to Learn About
Findings and New Performance Measurement Method
AMSTERDAM, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --
Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services, today announced results of its SciVal
Spotlight Alternative Energy Research Leadership study. Analyzing the work of
3,000 research institutions from across the globe, the study identifies the
top 25, using a new method for determining leadership.
Highlights of the findings were shared in a recent webcast, "Research
Leadership Redefined... Measuring Performance in a Multidisciplinary
Landscape." Over 1000 academic and government executives, researchers and
librarians joined live or viewed the recorded version to learn more about the
methodology behind the study which illustrates a new way to identify research
leaders based on output in "distinctive competencies".
Distinctive competencies (DCs) represent expertise in specific research
areas. They reveal the degree to which institutions have constructed
multidisciplinary networks within their organization focused on achieving
specific breakthroughs. Indicating that research within the university is not
being done in isolated silos, examining output in distinctive competencies
offers a more accurate way of determining leadership in a given area than
traditional measurement methods.
Following are the top ranked institutions in the study based on the
number of alternative energy research papers produced in distinctive
competencies (DCs):
Institution Country Total
Papers in
DCs
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center United States 309
National Renewable Energy Laboratory United States 271
Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy Germany 240
Forschungszentrum Julich Germany 234
Pennsylvania State University United States 168
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration United States 121
University of California at Irvine United States 101
Osaka University Japan 97
California Institute of Technology United States 97
Harvard University United States 84
Tsinghua University China 83
Shanghai Jiaotong University China 81
University of Colorado United States 80
Imperial College London Great Britain 79
Tohoku University Japan 71
Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 69
National Research Council of Canada Canada 66
Nanyang Technological University Singapore 64
National Cheng Kung University Taiwan 61
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States 61
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Korea 54
University of Science and Technology of China China 54
Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 53
Los Alamos National Laboratory United States 52
Kyoto University Japan 52
"As research becomes more multidisciplinary in nature, it is increasingly
difficult to find actionable information with respect to output," said Jay
Katzen, Managing Director Academic & Government Products at Elsevier and one
of the webcast presenters. "In today's uncertain economic times, it is even
more critical that academic executives get the right insight to make
strategic decisions on everything from funding allocations to hiring."
"There is a common misperception that the most significant research is
being conducted at only a handful of top-ranked universities," added Dick
Klavans, Senior Development Advisor for Elsevier A&G and also a presenter at
the webcast. "There is a need to look beyond total paper counts as leaders in
specific sub-topics exist within all levels of the university rankings.
Examining distinctive competencies shines a light on overlooked output and
unrecognized leaders."
Based on the top 50 institutions globally, the study also analyzes
country output in the three main alternative energy sub-topics or topic
groups including solar/photovoltaic, fuel cells and environmentally-related
areas (such as efficiency, renewable energy, biomass, wind, etc.).
Following is a country-specific breakdown of each topic group by total
published papers, total papers in DCs and the percent of papers in DCs. Total
papers indicate the breadth of research conducted by an institution whereas
the percent of papers in DCs demonstrates the depth of research.
Solar/Photovoltaic Research*
Country Total Papers Papers in DCs % in DCs
United States 893 454 51%
Japan 455 149 33%
Germany 370 335 91%
China 246 58 24%
Taiwan 135 61 46%
Great Britain 117 53 46%
Netherlands 79 44 56%
So. Korea 76 0%
Italy 68 21 31%
Switzerland 53 46 85%
Singapore 38 32 85%
Canada 20 0%
Hong Kong 13 0%
Fuel Cell Research*
Country Total Papers Papers in DCs % in DCs
United States 1006 377 38%
China 574 157 27%
Japan 531 94 18%
So. Korea 296 76 26%
Canada 220 66 30%
Germany 145 110 76%
Great Britain 95 25 27%
Netherlands 88 25 29%
Taiwan 86 0%
Singapore 76 31 41%
Italy 57 0%
Switzerland 49 0%
Hong Kong 18 0%
Environmentally-Related Energy Research*
Country Total Papers Papers in DCs % in DCs
United States 1997 797 40%
China 425 75 18%
Japan 216 0%
So. Korea 164 0%
Canada 130 0%
Hong Kong 94 25 27%
Switzerland 84 0%
Taiwan 72 0%
Netherlands 69 0%
Singapore 45 0%
Italy 44 0%
Great Britain 44 0%
Germany 23 23 100.0%
* Please note that when a country has 0% of its papers in DCs it does not
indicate they are not publishing papers in the area but that they are being
developed as isolated pieces rather than part of a larger effort.
"Although the United States is the most prolific across all of the topic
groups, Germany is a formidable competitor in solar/photovoltaic," explained
Kevin Boyack, Senior Development Advisor for Elsevier A&G, study analyst and
webcast presenter. "Not only is Germany not far behind in terms of the number
of papers in this topic group, it is ahead of the United States when it comes
to the percentage of papers in distinctive competencies. What this indicates
is that there is significant depth to the work being conducted in
solar/photovoltaic in Germany and that the country has built a meaningful
network focused on achieving breakthroughs in this area."
For more information on the study or a copy of the findings report, which
will be available in August, please contact Amanda Sham. To access the
recorded version of the "Research Leadership Redefined... Measuring
Performance in a Multidisciplinary Landscape" webcast please log on to:
http://www.scival.com/webcast.
SciVal Spotlight Alternative Energy Research Leadership Study Methodology
The study analyzes the alternative energy work of 3,000 research
institutions (primary universities) using SciVal Spotlight, Elsevier's new
research performance measurement tool which will be released later this
summer. Moving beyond the traditional method of measuring research output by
journal count, the SciVal Spotlight tool is built on a more detailed model of
the current structure of science. The model, covering almost all of the
science being conducted across the globe, was developed using co-citation
analysis of a comprehensive database including 5.6 million separate papers
published between 2003 and 2007 and another 2 million of the heavily cited
reference works within these papers.
About the Elsevier SciVal Suite
The SciVal suite of services delivers intelligence solutions to help the
academic and government research communities evaluate, establish and execute
their research strategies more effectively. The suite currently includes
SciVal Spotlight and SciVal Funding.
With traditional research performance measurement options unable to
capture the reality of today's multidisciplinary scientific landscape, the
SciVal Spotlight tool is designed to provide research managers with a more
accurate picture of any institution's unique research strengths and
opportunities.
SciVal Funding is an online funding intelligence solution that enables
researchers and research administrators to better compete for research
funding. The tool provides access to over 5,000 funding sources and includes
targeted recommendations based on pre-populated research profiles as well as
an extensive history of awarded grants.
For more information on the SciVal Suite, please visit
http://www.scival.com.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the
global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70
offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such
as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult (
http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.
Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of
Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing
emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker
symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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