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? 1 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 2 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? 3