Research Administrators Community

ADVISORY BOARD

Academic Executive Advisory Board Meeting

In order to improve our understanding of the needs of university leadership and the researchers they represent, in 2009 we founded an Academic Executive Advisory Board made up of international senior university administrators from the top research-focussed institutions. The board, made up of approximately 30 members from around the world, is made up of vice presidents for research, and (vice) provosts, They meet annually over two locations.

Through these interactions we hope to gain

A better understanding of academic community workflow and needs
Fundamental understanding of the future directions of academic endeavor, including education and research drivers
Potential partnership and collaborative research opportunities

Membership: by invitation only

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

APAC Research Administrators Conference

Held yearly, the APAC Research Administrators Conference is attended by senior Academic Executives to discuss the future of research management and research valorization. Contact your SciVal consultant for details on the next conference.

Attendance: Open

Elsevier specialists also present at meetings such as the Global University Summit, NORDP and the World University Summit

Attendance: Open

WORKSHOPS

Project Snowball http://www.projectsnowball.info/:

Project Snowball is a public service project that aims to help universities benchmark their performance across a broad range of research activities. The project, developed among eight UK institutions and scientific publisher Elsevier, aims to determine a standard set of common metrics for external benchmarking and to share the methodology behind those metrics publically.

Attending: Contact the Project Snowball project administrators to discuss pilot programs in your region.

http://www.projectsnowball.info/contact-form/

ONLINE

Innovation Explorers™ is Elsevier’s set of three online communities consisting of researchers, librarians and research administrators from around the world. Made up of more than 600 members, the groups provide feedback on our products through surveys, polls, interviews and relevant discussion topics. Through Innovation Explorers we hope to learn more about the communities’ concerns and challenges, so that we can help make the forum a valuable experience and help shape the future of Elsevier products and services.

Membership: invitation only. Contact http://mayweask.com/elsevier_ra for details

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Keep up to Date

Academic Executive Brief

The Academic Executive Brief (ISSN 2212-0424) is designed for higher education executives tasked with critical decisions concerning academic and research management. The Academic Executive Brief is a new publication from Elsevier published twice a year and available in print and online.

Curious about some of our community projects?

Studies using Scopus Data

	BIS report: International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base at http://www.bis.gov.uk/policies/science/science-innovation-analysis/uk-research-base

	1994 Group Report Mapping Research Excellence: exploring the links between research excellence and research funding policy http://www.1994group.ac.uk/documents/110915_MappingResearchExcellence_1.pdf

	Royal Society report Knowledge Networks and Nations http://royalsociety.org/policy/projects/knowledge-networks-nations/report/