Webinar: SciVal and Scopus User Meeting 2022, UK & Ireland by Elsevier

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SciVal and Scopus User Meeting 2022, UK & Ireland

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The SciVal and Scopus User Meeting takes place virtually between 10am and 4pm on Tuesday 18th October 2022, and is free to attend for all UK and Ireland users. The programme will feature use cases from customers across Academia, Government, and Corporate institutions, as well as future Scopus and SciVal product releases and enhancements. Hosted by Elsevier’s UK and Ireland Research Intelligence team, there will be a focus on topics which are key to the region. Following registration, delegates will receive a unique log in detail each, that allows access to all sessions which will run consecutively.

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Agenda

10h00 Welcome & introductions Maxim Khan, SVP Scopus and Engineering Village Product Management, Elsevier
10h10 How is Research Intelligence supporting the University of Alexandria international strategy Dr Boshra Salem, Head of International and Ranking office, University of Alexandria, Egypt
10h30 Using SciVal and Scopus to support our Healthy Futures SDG John Hynes, University of Manchester, UK
10h50 How impactful are the Scopus & SciVal Certification programs Tania Marsh, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Republic of Ireland
11h10 Morning break
11h15 Scopus Roadmap Isabel Butt, Senior Product Manager, Elsevier
12h00 Lunch
13h00 SciVal Roadmap Chris James, Senior Product Manager, SciVal, Elsevier
14h10 Afternoon break
14h20 My Journey and Experience of the SciVal & Scopus Certification Programme Dr Sally Zhou, Research Management and Administration Training and Development Manager, University of Nottingham, UK
14h30 SciVal and Scopus Certification programmes – what is next Sahar Abuelbashar, Customer Consultant Research Intelligence, Elsevier
14h40 Evidencing OA Citation Advantage at University of Hertfordshire Dr Bill Worthington, Research and Scholarly Communications Manager, University of Hertfordshire, UK
15h00 Developing the Research Intelligence service at Lancaster University Library Nicola Wylie, Research Intelligence Manager, Lancaster University, UK Tom Morley, Open Research Officer, Lancaster University, UK
15h20 Summary and thanks Maxim Khan, SVP Scopus and Engineering Village Product Management, Elsevier

Presenters

Bill Worthington

Research and Scholarly Communications Manager, Library and Computing Services, University of Hertfordshire

Bill has been Research and Scholarly Communications (RSC) Team Manager, Library and Computing Services, University of Hertfordshire, since forming the team in 2016.

The RSC team manages the University’s research systems; curates research information; advocates good practice including Open Access; and delivers practical interventions for researchers in order to get the most from their published work. Bill leads the RSC team and works with other providers in the university to deliver a co-ordinated service catalogue of research support. Bill had the responsibility for assuring data quality and compliance for research outputs for both REF2014 and REF2021.

Bill was formerly Group Leader in the Enterprise Application Consultants team, and has a wide experience of information systems, web technologies, coding, and data processing. He is only lately, almost a librarian.

Bill uses Scopus and SciVal to deliver insight and advocacy with regard to publication practice, mostly at research group level.

Boshra Salem

Deputy President of the International Relations Office of Alexandria University

Professor Boshra Salem is currently Deputy President of the International Relations Office of Alexandria University and Assistant to the President for International University Ranking , Alexandra University. She is an Emeritus Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences with former roles including: Former VP Postgraduate Studies and Research at Pharos University in Alexandria; Former-Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Alexandria; and Former Director, International Relations office, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University.

She obtained her Ph.D. jointly from the Imperial College London, in 1989 in remote sensing and GIS applications in sustainable development of Egyptian deserts, and two post doctor studies in 1994 and 1996 from the University of London, UK and University of Maryland , USA in GIS applications to arid lands and Biodiversity electronic databases respectively.

On the international level she was elected in 2010 as the first woman Chairperson of the Man and the Biosphere programme (MAB), International Coordination Council (MAB-ICC), UNESCO . She joined the Woman in Science, Hall of Fame in 2013 for North Africa and the Middle East declared by the U.S. Embassy- Cairo.

John Hynes

Research Services Co-ordinator: University of Manchester Library

John works as part of the Research Services team at the University of Manchester Library, with a focus on Research Metrics. He joined the team in 2021 and has completed both the SciVal and Scopus certification programmes. John’s remit has been to look at different ways the team can help researchers to understand impact in various contexts, and to support responsible, data-driven decision-making. He has recently been involved with two large university-wide strategic projects focused on the University of Manchester’s Sustainable Development Goals. Before joining the team John worked as a Teaching and Learning Librarian at Manchester and is interested in finding practical ways to promote the responsible metrics movement, and the Library’s potential to help foster better research collaboration both within the University and beyond.

Nicola Wylie

Research Intelligence Manager, Lancaster University

Nicola has driven the development of the Research Intelligence (RI) Service at Lancaster since 2020, leading both the strategic and operational elements of RI. She enables academics and the University to understand the impact of research globally.

Sally Zhou

Research Management and Administration Training and Development Manager, University of Nottingham

Sally Zhou is dedicated to providing high-quality training and development activities/resources for colleagues involved in all stages of the research lifecycle at Researcher Academy, University of Nottingham. Sally has extensive prior experience of establishing partnerships in Asia for the University of Nottingham, spanning various sectors such as engineering, pharmacy, medicine, and education. Previously, she worked as a business consultant for UK firms wishing to break into the Chinese market.
As a research associate at the University of Nottingham, she was involved in a range of projects, such as dental knowledge education for pre-school children, promoting active lifestyle among NHS staff, factors affecting career choices of university students and individuals in their early careers. Sally studied Psychology at the University of Wolverhampton and holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology and PhD in Applied Psychology from the University of Nottingham.
Sociology and Social Policy and a residential hall tutor providing pastoral care to undergraduate students. Sally Zhou studied Psychology at the University of Wolverhampton and holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology and PhD in Applied Psychology from the University of Nottingham.

Tania Marsh

Scholarly Communications Librarian, Technological University of the Shannon (TUS)

Tania Marsh is the Scholarly Communications Librarian in TUS Library with over twenty years’ experience in a range of library roles. Since this role of Scholarly Communications Librarian was established in 2019, Tania has lead library engagement with research and researchers, developed training, research guides and provided individual, research group and faculty supports in academic publishing, open access, bibliometrics, alternative metrics, research impact and scholarly identity. This role is the direct library link to the Research Office and research activities across TUS and a key contributor to TUS research supports and culture. Tania is an Open Science Ambassador for the RUN-EU+ Project, a member of the Library Association of Ireland Open Scholarship Group and an Altmetrics Ambassador.

Tom Morley

Open Research Officer, Lancaster University

Tom Morley is an Open Research Officer at Lancaster University Library. He works across the areas of Open Access, Research Intelligence and Research Data Management to coordinate and deliver a range of projects, services and strategic initiatives. Prior to joining the library, Tom worked in serval roles at Lancaster University and the University of Manchester including as a REF Project Officer, Research Ethics Officer and Ambitious Futures Graduate Trainee.

Sahar Abuelbashar

Research Intelligence Customer Consultant

Sahar Abuelbashar is a Research Intelligence Customer Consultant, supporting customers in the UK South on the responsible use of Elsevier’s solutions. Prior to this, Sahar spent over four years at the University of Sussex’s Research Office, as the Research Metrics Analyst. She supported the University by producing reports and advising on the responsible use of bibliometrics and altmetrics indicators for research evaluation. She was successful in rolling out and promoting Research Intelligence tools such as SciVal to support the University’s research strategy. Between 2016 to 2018, Sahar was a member of the JISC Lis-Bibliometrics Committee. In 2019, Sahar collaborated in a small research study looking at the impact of the Africa’s Scholarly Ecosystem.

Isabel Butt

Senior Product Manager II

Isabel is a Senior Product Manager for Scopus, who works with teams of designers, researchers, and software developers to create data and analytics solutions. Isabel joined Elsevier after a career in strategy consulting. She is a graduate of University of Cambridge and recently relocated to Amsterdam. Isabel loves learning from the research community about what they need and how we can support them through our solutions.

Chris James

Senior Product Manager, SciVal

Chris is Senior Product Manager for SciVal, part of the team responsible for the design and development of new features to help their global customer base meet their research strategy challenges. He was responsible for the launch of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) in SciVal and is currently working with his customers to deliver new data and metrics, to help provide evidence of societal impact.

Max Khan

SVP Scopus and Engineering Village Product Management

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