SciVal is a Research Intelligence Solution which allows users to view and analyse the publication and citation data within the Scopus database. Scopus citation and publication data underpins the QS and THE World Rankings. You can use SciVal to:
Durham University is a signatory of DORA (San Francisco Declaration On Research Assessment) and has a Responsible Metrics Statement and Policy, which states that the University:
"recognises that improperly used metrics can reinforce existing biases that impinge on the University’s mission to enhance diversity and equality amongst its academic staff, and it is important that they are used with due awareness of their limitations"
SciVal provides a tool to view and analyse publication and citation data for individual articles and authors. It is essential that all users of SciVal use the data and tools it provides appropriately and in line with University policy.
Please see our Responsible Metrics and Overview of Research indicator guides for more information:
The following professional support departments provide assistance on use of SciVal and Scopus for publication and citation data:
You may also find the guides below of use:
You can access SciVal via https://www.scival.com/landing
If using SciVal for the first time, you can click to check access and you will then be able to find University of Durham (Durham University) in the list of organisations provided. From here, you will be prompted to sign in using your Durham University Username and Password.
SciVal uses publication and citation data from the Scopus database. SciVal is used by universities, recruitment agencies, funders and other research organisations as part of research assessment, recruitment and management processes.
It is important that authors to ensure the data held in the Scopus database and linked to their automatically generated author profile is accurate and up to date. For guidance on how you can claim your author profile, keep up to date with new publications and ensure the accuracy of the data it contains visit Scopus Author Profiles | Elsevier.
Durham Staff and Students have access to all four SciVal modules (Overview, Benchmarking, Collaboration, Trends), and the reporting tool which allows you to create, export and share custom reports.
The Overview module provides a high-level overview of the research performance of an institution, country, research group or individual author, with a range of predefined metrics over a set of pre-defined and limited time periods (e.g. the most recent 7 years).
The Benchmarking module allows you to compare 1 or more research entities (institutions, custom research groups, authors etc.), over an extended time period (back to 1996) and using any metrics available within the SciVal service.
The Collaboration module allows institutions and authors to identify existing and potential collaborations (based on co-authorship or publication strengths).
