How Institutional Research is applied to University Governance

1. How Institutional Research is applied to University Governance AEAAIR 2019 Taipei, September 26th 2019 Alexander van Servellen Senior Consultant, Research Intelligence Elsevier, Singapore Research Intelligence

3. Map inputs process and outputs, and link them so that funding and researchers are linked to activities, the resulting datasets, publications, partnerships with business, readership, citations, patents etc. The metrics are an ‘evidence-base’ to feed into institutional decision making and governance.

4. PolyU Hong Kong use SciVal + other inputs to create a Balanced Score Card per org unit Drive excellence in research and teaching Measure progress and improvement Performance-based culture Internal benchmarking Quantify progress of strategic plan Dashboard/ Balanced Scorecard Appraisal of Department Heads Align operations with strategy Inform strategic decision making External benchmarking Understand research performance more holistically

5. NUS data-driven strategy uses SciVal.

6. How much world class research do we publish and what is the quality and trend?

7. Mahidol University produced 14,468 papers between 2013-2018 which received 115,338 citations, which is equal to 14% more citations than world average. Mahidol’s papers were cited 16% more than world average

8. Mahidol’s publications output is growing while notably its Citation Impact shows a decreasing trend since 2016.

9. How do we compare to others?

10. Mahidol surpassed Chulalongkorn and is catching up to Universiti Malaya while University of Indonesia shows explosive growth. Scholarly Output (all)

11. UM leads in terms of outputs in top Quartile journals. Mahidol (and Chula) are catching up. Outputs in top Quartile journals

12. UM leads way in terms of FWCI but Mahidol shows steady gains and above average citation levels World average = 1.00 Field-Weighted Citation Impact

13. What are our Research Strengths and Weaknesses?

14. Mahidol key strengths include Medicine, Immunology & Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Pharmacology. Mahidol shows below world average FWCI in a number of smaller subjects including Materials Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science and Social Sciences High growth Low Impact High growth High Impact Low growth High Impact Low growth Low Impact X-axis = Field-Weighted Citation Impact Y-axis = Publication Growth Bubble size = Publication volume

15. Pockets of excellence in Mahidol research include General Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Immunology, Microbiology and other high impact disciplines

16. Is our Research aligned with National Strategic Themes?

17. Example of Strategic Research Themes mapped to sub-topics • Food Security • Precision agriculture • Molecular biology • Genome science • Synchraton Science • Earth system science • Ageing Society & Health Care • Regenerative medicine • Precision medicine • Biopharma • Bio photosynthesis • Bioimaging • Epigenomics • Health informatics • Medical robotics • Climate Change • Air Pollution • Biodiversity & Climate change • Insect disturbance • Landscape analysis • New Forms National Security Threats • Quantum computing • Terahertz • AI – Big Data • Earth system science • Astronomy & space science • Atmospheric science & Oceanography • Geoscience • Small satellites • Unmanned technologies

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20. Who should we hire to strengthen Stem Cell research?

22. What types of Innovation are based on our research?

23. 119 Mahidol research papers are cited by Patents. Many of the papers are related to vaccines and topical diseases like Dengue and Malaria.

24. A Patent filed by MIT cites a Mahidol research paper

25. Questions? Contact me at: a.vanservellen@Elsevier.com