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VIVO Utilizing Scopus Custom Data
AMSTERDAM, June 24, 2010--
- Exploring Opportunity to Enhance Bibliographic Profiles in National
Network of Scientists
Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services, announced today that VIVO has begun a
pilot project to evaluate the process by which Scopus Custom Data can be used
to populate institutional VIVO instances. The pilot project, carried out by
the VIVO development team at the University of Florida, utilizes a Scopus
Custom Data dataset and will serve as a proof of concept with respect to
integrating Scopus Custom Data into individual VIVO instances for discovery
across the VIVO network.
VIVO is a NIH-funded national initiative aimed at connecting scientists
and fostering collaboration across academic institutions. The VIVO project
enables national networking of scientists through institutional-based
installations of its open source semantic web application. VIVO partner
institutions currently include Cornell University, where VIVO was first
developed; the University of Florida, which is leading the program expansion;
Weill Cornell Medical College; Indiana University; Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis; The Scripps Research Institute and Ponce
School of Medicine, Puerto Rico.
Leveraging the breadth and depth of the raw publication content provided
by Scopus Custom Data, an institution will be able to generate more complete
bibliographic researcher profiles for display in VIVO. These profiles are the
backbone of the VIVO project as they allow scientists to easily and quickly
identify peers at institutions across the country with whom they can
collaborate based on similar or complimentary research work. It is planned
that institutions that choose to utilize Scopus Custom Data datasets to
populate their VIVO installations will have the opportunity to purchase a
discrete set of bibliographic elements related to the publications of the
institution's authors. The installation at the University of Florida will
serve as a proof of concept with respect to integrating Scopus Custom Data
into an individual VIVO instance.
"As we know, gathering bibliographic data from faculty can be
challenging, so incorporating Scopus Custom Data will cut back the time it
takes to search and gather institutional publications for VIVO," said Dr.
Michael Conlon, Ph.D., principal investigator of the VIVO project and
director of data infrastructure at the University of Florida. "By working
with Elsevier in this proof of concept, we can validate the implementation of
Scopus Custom Data within our system. We believe using Scopus Custom Data
will add great value to VIVO installations as it is one of the premier
literature and citation sources in the world today."
"We strongly support VIVO's mission to connect scientists and support
collaboration across disciplines," said Niels Weertman, vice-president of
product management for Scopus. "The breadth of our Scopus Custom Data will
allow VIVO to comprehensively capture faculty research activity from a single
source. We are excited to be a part of this significant initiative and to
work with the University of Florida and other VIVO institutions as they
continue to play a critical role in building and developing the VIVO
network."
About VIVO
VIVO is an open source semantic web application that enables the
discovery of research and scholarship across disciplinary and administrative
boundaries in an institution through interlinked profiles of people and other
research-related information. VIVO, originally developed at Cornell
University, is being expanded through a $12.2m stimulus grant from the
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) to the University of Florida and six partner institutions
(Cornell University; Indiana University; Ponce School of Medicine, Puerto
Rico; The Scripps Research Institute; Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis; and Weill Cornell Medical College). VIVO uses data
ingested from institutional sources of record and external sources,
supplemented with manual entry to populate detailed profiles of scholars and
researchers with information related to publications, grants, educational
background, research interests, outreach activities, teaching, awards,
professional affiliations, and more. Data in VIVO conform to a public
ontology of types and relationships that can be extended for local needs via
the ontology editor included with the VIVO application. VIVO's ontology
supports faceted searching for quick retrieval of people, organizations,
events, and research-related information. Institutional VIVOs and other
compatible profiling applications are producing data to form a rich network
of information which can be searched to foster collaboration across
institutions and enable open sharing of research discovery. For more
information about VIVO, please visit: http://vivoweb.org.
About Scopus.com and Scopus Custom Data
Covering the world's research literature, Scopus.com is the largest
abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web
sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from 18,000 peer-reviewed journals
from more than 5,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information
about the articles covered, but also integrates web and patent searches
directly from its clean and simple interface. Direct links to full-text
articles, library resources and other applications like reference management
software, make Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use than any
other literature research tool. For more information about Scopus please
visit http://www.info.scopus.com . Scopus Custom Data provides research
agencies, institutions and government bodies with customized datasets in XML
format for large-scale research performance analysis. Scopus Custom Data
extracts Scopus core records in accordance to each customer's individual
specifications, such as date range, subject categories and geographic
location. The XML data can then be loaded by customers into their proprietary
in-house systems, making it possible for them to run their specific search
queries and execute their own analytical techniques; providing the analyst
with the freedom to formulate their own reports. It empowers them to make
well-informed, unbiased resource allocation and policy making decisions.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. The company works in partnership
with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000
journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com) and Cell
(http://www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com),
Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com) and
Nursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the
productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite
(http://www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com),
which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes
more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier
(http://www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is
part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com), a
world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by
Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN
(Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York
Stock Exchange).
Sandra Plasse/Jennifer Saunders
Phone: +1-212-752-8338
E-mail:splasse@psbpr.com / jsaunders@psbpr.com
Source: Elsevier
Sandra Plasse/Jennifer Saunders, Phone: +1-212-752-8338, E-mail: splasse@psbpr.com / jsaunders@psbpr.com
VIVO Utilizing Scopus Custom Data
AMSTERDAM, June 24, 2010--
- Exploring Opportunity to Enhance Bibliographic Profiles in National
Network of Scientists
Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services, announced today that VIVO has begun a
pilot project to evaluate the process by which Scopus Custom Data can be used
to populate institutional VIVO instances. The pilot project, carried out by
the VIVO development team at the University of Florida, utilizes a Scopus
Custom Data dataset and will serve as a proof of concept with respect to
integrating Scopus Custom Data into individual VIVO instances for discovery
across the VIVO network.
VIVO is a NIH-funded national initiative aimed at connecting scientists
and fostering collaboration across academic institutions. The VIVO project
enables national networking of scientists through institutional-based
installations of its open source semantic web application. VIVO partner
institutions currently include Cornell University, where VIVO was first
developed; the University of Florida, which is leading the program expansion;
Weill Cornell Medical College; Indiana University; Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis; The Scripps Research Institute and Ponce
School of Medicine, Puerto Rico.
Leveraging the breadth and depth of the raw publication content provided
by Scopus Custom Data, an institution will be able to generate more complete
bibliographic researcher profiles for display in VIVO. These profiles are the
backbone of the VIVO project as they allow scientists to easily and quickly
identify peers at institutions across the country with whom they can
collaborate based on similar or complimentary research work. It is planned
that institutions that choose to utilize Scopus Custom Data datasets to
populate their VIVO installations will have the opportunity to purchase a
discrete set of bibliographic elements related to the publications of the
institution's authors. The installation at the University of Florida will
serve as a proof of concept with respect to integrating Scopus Custom Data
into an individual VIVO instance.
"As we know, gathering bibliographic data from faculty can be
challenging, so incorporating Scopus Custom Data will cut back the time it
takes to search and gather institutional publications for VIVO," said Dr.
Michael Conlon, Ph.D., principal investigator of the VIVO project and
director of data infrastructure at the University of Florida. "By working
with Elsevier in this proof of concept, we can validate the implementation of
Scopus Custom Data within our system. We believe using Scopus Custom Data
will add great value to VIVO installations as it is one of the premier
literature and citation sources in the world today."
"We strongly support VIVO's mission to connect scientists and support
collaboration across disciplines," said Niels Weertman, vice-president of
product management for Scopus. "The breadth of our Scopus Custom Data will
allow VIVO to comprehensively capture faculty research activity from a single
source. We are excited to be a part of this significant initiative and to
work with the University of Florida and other VIVO institutions as they
continue to play a critical role in building and developing the VIVO
network."
About VIVO
VIVO is an open source semantic web application that enables the
discovery of research and scholarship across disciplinary and administrative
boundaries in an institution through interlinked profiles of people and other
research-related information. VIVO, originally developed at Cornell
University, is being expanded through a $12.2m stimulus grant from the
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) to the University of Florida and six partner institutions
(Cornell University; Indiana University; Ponce School of Medicine, Puerto
Rico; The Scripps Research Institute; Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis; and Weill Cornell Medical College). VIVO uses data
ingested from institutional sources of record and external sources,
supplemented with manual entry to populate detailed profiles of scholars and
researchers with information related to publications, grants, educational
background, research interests, outreach activities, teaching, awards,
professional affiliations, and more. Data in VIVO conform to a public
ontology of types and relationships that can be extended for local needs via
the ontology editor included with the VIVO application. VIVO's ontology
supports faceted searching for quick retrieval of people, organizations,
events, and research-related information. Institutional VIVOs and other
compatible profiling applications are producing data to form a rich network
of information which can be searched to foster collaboration across
institutions and enable open sharing of research discovery. For more
information about VIVO, please visit: http://vivoweb.org.
About Scopus.com and Scopus Custom Data
Covering the world's research literature, Scopus.com is the largest
abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web
sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from 18,000 peer-reviewed journals
from more than 5,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information
about the articles covered, but also integrates web and patent searches
directly from its clean and simple interface. Direct links to full-text
articles, library resources and other applications like reference management
software, make Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use than any
other literature research tool. For more information about Scopus please
visit http://www.info.scopus.com . Scopus Custom Data provides research
agencies, institutions and government bodies with customized datasets in XML
format for large-scale research performance analysis. Scopus Custom Data
extracts Scopus core records in accordance to each customer's individual
specifications, such as date range, subject categories and geographic
location. The XML data can then be loaded by customers into their proprietary
in-house systems, making it possible for them to run their specific search
queries and execute their own analytical techniques; providing the analyst
with the freedom to formulate their own reports. It empowers them to make
well-informed, unbiased resource allocation and policy making decisions.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. The company works in partnership
with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000
journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com) and Cell
(http://www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com),
Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com) and
Nursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the
productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite
(http://www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com),
which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes
more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier
(http://www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is
part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com), a
world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by
Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN
(Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York
Stock Exchange).
Sandra Plasse/Jennifer Saunders
Phone: +1-212-752-8338
E-mail:splasse@psbpr.com / jsaunders@psbpr.com
Source: Elsevier
Sandra Plasse/Jennifer Saunders, Phone: +1-212-752-8338, E-mail: splasse@psbpr.com / jsaunders@psbpr.com