Hands on session - Worksheet
Global Comparisons- Institutional Comparisons
Articles, Reviews and Notes included.
Select Global Comparisons > Institutional Comparisons
1. A Top-Level Summary Comparison of Overall Research Output and
Performance for Select Universities
 Select Group United Kingdom
 Select your university and 3 other peer UK institutions
 Do not select a subject area
 Select Time Span All Years (Cumulative)
a) Run the Impact Relative to World Graph. Which institution has an impact that is better
than the average for the world? (% of documents that have been cited relative to the
total number of documents cited in the world)
b) Run the Aggregate Performance Indicator graph. Which institution has an impact that is
better than expected for that institution? (This indicator normalizes for field differences,
size and time period. In a given time period, the total citations accrued for all papers, in
all fields, is divided by the sum of the average citation rates for each paper, respective to
fields and time periods)
c) Run the % documents in World. Which institution has the highest %?
2. A Multi-University Comparison of Overall and Trended Research Output
and Performance in a Particular Field
 Select Group United Kingdom
 Select your university and 3 other peer institutions
 Select a one core subject area
 Select Time Span All Years (Cumulative)
a) Run the Impact Relative to Subject Area Graph. Is there an institution that has an
Above Average Impact relative to that field?
b) Return to Create Report page. Now select Times Span 1981-2009 in 5 year
groupings. Run the Web of Science documents graph. What does the graph show
you?
c) Run the graph % documents in institution. What does the graph show you?
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3. A Single University trended comparison of Research Output and
Performance For Multiple Fields
 Select Group United Kingdom
 Select your institution
 Select four core areas of research
 Select Time Span 1981-2009 in 5 year groupings
a) Run the Web of Science documents graph. What is the publication activity for each
area of research over time?
b) Run the % documents in institution graph. How has the % for each subject area
changed over time?
c) Run the Impact Relative to Subject Area graph. How has the impact changed over
time for each subject area? Do the papers maintain above average (greater than 1)
1981 through 2009?
Global Comparisons- National Comparisons: England
Select Global Comparisons > National Comparison for ENGLAND in various fields
 Select Group EU 27. Select country England’.
 Select two ESI subject areas
 Select Time Span 1981-2009
a) Run the Impact Relative to Subject Area graph. What is represented by the graph?
b) Run the Impact Relative to Country/Territory graph? What do you interpret from the
lines?
c) Run the % Documents in Country/ Territory graph. Does the % increase/ decrease or
remain the same over the period 1981-2009?
Select Global Comparisons > National Comparison for England and a selection of
Countries
 Select Scotland and two other countries of interest
 Select one ESI subject area
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 Select Time Span 1981-2009
a) Run the Web of Science documents graph. What do you see?
b) Run the % documents in Subject area graph. Which country has the highest % in
2009?
c) Run the Impact Relative to Subject Area graph. Which country has the highest
impact in that subject area in 2009?
Select Global Comparisons > National Comparison for a selection of Country
Groupings
 Select 3 country groupings (Asia Pacific, UK and Latin America)
 Do not select a subject area
 Select Time Span 1981-2009
a) Run the Web of Science documents graph. Which grouping has the highest number
of WOS records in 2009?
b) Run the graph % documents in World. Which grouping has the highest % of world
documents in 2009?
Select Global Comparisons > National Comparison for a selection of Country
Groupings in a Subject Area
 Select 3 country groupings (Asia Pacific, UK and Latin America)
 Select a Subject Area (ESI Clinical Medicine)
 Select Time Span 1981-2009
a) Run the Web of Science documents graph. Which grouping has the most number of
WOS records in this subject area in 2009?
b) Run the Impact Relative to Subject Area Graph. Which grouping has the highest impact
in this subject area in 2009?
c) Run the % documents in Country/Territory graph. Which grouping has the highest% of
documents in this subject area in 2009?
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