This presentation was provided by Vincent Cassidy of The IET during the NISO event "Researcher Behaviors and the Impact of Technology," held on March 25, 2020.
Cassidy "Case Study: Supporting Researcher Impact and Efficiency"
1. Upcycling an A&I database
Insights and analysis ‘beyond discovery’
NISO Research Behaviors and the Impact of
Technology – March 25th
Vincent Cassidy
Director of Research and Academic
7. Value of research tools and services used in last 5 years?
71%
57%
49%
39%
16%
9%
9%
7%
5%
3%
3%
75%
78%
52%
70%
77%
61%
48%
57%
82%
85%
55%
Journal Impact Factor
Abstracting & Indexing Services
ORCID
Article submission guide / wizard
Collaboration tools
Publons peer review
Kudos
Preprint server for pre-submission feedback
Co-author finders
Reproducibility tools
Altmetrics/Impact
Research Tools Used in Last 5 Years
Tools found most useful Tools used in last 5 years IET/IEEE research 2018
Traditional services highly used and highly valued, however new workflow tools and services are more
highly valued where they have been adopted.
8. How might you use Inspec Analytics?
78.6%
72.4%
57.6%
53.3%
38.6%
38.6%
29.5%
27.6%
3.3%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
To discover articles connected to my search query
To discover topics, subjects or concepts that may be of interest to
my research
To understand who the leading authors/researchers are in my
field
To view research trends by concept over time
To compare the research output of my institution with other
institutions
To view the areas of research being carried out in particular
countries
To review research output by institution to support applications
for research postings
To view the research output of my institution
Other
Percent
More detailed overlaps
Link to other Vendors/
IDv2
Need citations
Compare CTs/authors
etc
Aggregated
scores/totals
Funding data
Need citations
9. Project to
improve
value and
usage of
Inspec
Working with library contacts to identify
opportunities to improve our
engagement with scholarly
17. UT San Antonio is 1st
place in ‘Image
recognition’…
But why?
Inspec Analytics
shows that UTSA is
#2 in the USA in
‘image enhancement’
But output is
declining – may need
to recruit and/or find
corporate partners