Multidisciplinarity in research at UCT

1. UCT Research Competencies Assessed Using Elsevier’s SciVal Spotlight

2. How are competencies created in SciVal® Spotlight? Competencies are created in three steps: Step 1. Identify article clusters: SciVal Spotlight performs a co-citation analysis on all the articles published in a specific year, such as 2010. This groups the references into "article clusters" Step 2. Determine which article clusters are strengths: Spotlight determines which article clusters represent your individual institution's or country's strengths. These are the clusters where your institution/country as a whole is highly ranked in article contribution Step 3. Group article clusters Article clusters are then grouped together based on articles they share from your institution/country. These “competencies” represent research areas where your entire institution or country is a leader.

3. Clusters: Distinct Competency 1

4. All 79 competencies:colours denote different disciplines; clusters nearest middle are most multidisciplinary Eg: malaria drug development

5. Largest competency:

6. Number 2:

7. Number 3:

9. Multidisciplinarity:

10. How to assess leadership?

11. Differential measures…. Citation Leaders Publication Leaders Innovation Leaders

12. Citation Leaders

13. Author Published articles Articles in competencies Wood R. 111 89 Noakes T.D. 88 61 Myer L. 80 59 Flisher A.J. 75 40 Williamson A.L. 74 43 Stein D.J. 63 35 Lawn S.D. 61 54 Bateman E.D. 59 16 Reason C.J.C. 56 42 Opie L.H. 55 26 Smith P.J.D. 52 35 Maartens G. 49 41 Ventura N. 48 2 Martin D.P. 47 42 Wilkinson R.J. 47 37 Brombacher F. 46 28 Lambert E.V. 46 26 Levitt N.s. 46 17 Millar R.P. 46 27 2005-2009 Top 19 Authors at UCT