Impact and Metrics: Library Tools and Services

Institution, Department, and Group Metrics Overview

The following links and resources include general and detailed impact and academic metrics information for institutions, organizations, individuals, and more. Many of these tools also provide comparative and benchmarking statistics on these topics. To get started, please contact Matt Torrence, Associate Librarian for the Sciences, or Allison Symulevich, Associate Librarian for topics in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

InCites at USF for Institution, Department, and Group Metrics

InCites (Use, or create your individual account to sign in, both on and off campus)
InCites is a customized, web-based research evaluation tool that allows users to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark their output against peers worldwide. All users must create a personal account and sign in, both on- and off-campus

InCites Basics - Overview Slides
A brief set of slides with screenshots and basic instructions on accessing and getting started with InCites at the USF Libraries.

SciVal at USF for Institution, Department, and Group Metrics

SciVal (requires creation of profile for full functionality)
SciVal offers access to the research performance of over 7,600 research institutions and 220 countries worldwide. It enables users to visualize research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyze research trends.

SciVal Basics - Overview Slides
A brief set of slides with screenshots and basic instructions on accessing and getting started with SciVal at the USF Libraries.

For More Information on Using InCites and SciVal

For more on how to use these resources, or to request subject, author, or departmental reports, please contact Matt Torrence, Associate Librarian for the Sciences, or Allison Symulevich, Associate Librarian for topics in the Social Sciences and Humanities. We can help you get comfortable with using these advanced tools, as well as produce reports for your needs. Here are some links to basic vendor training information:

Academic Analytics: Faculty Insights at USF

Academic Analytics: Faculty Insights
USF uses Academic Analytics to allow faculty to find each other, form research networks and compare our programs to our peer list of institutions. The Academic Analytics Database contains scholarly data on over 275,000 faculty members at over 400 US-based research universities. The data includes research grants, honorific awards, articles, books, conference proceedings, and more.

You can find out more information on the effective use of this resource by contacting us, or going to the USF Office of Decision Support site on this resource: https://www.usf.edu/ods/data-tools/faculty_insight.aspx
More Information on Academic Analytics from the USF Office of Decision Support (ODS)
Academic Analytics (AcA) provides data for research/scholarly activity bench marking and discovery by collecting publicly available scholarly data (including publications, citations, and external funding) on individual faculty members, combining the data by Ph.D. program or medical specialty, and comparing it to equivalent information from similar programs in the same disciplines at other universities.