The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a commitment between Masaryk University and Thomson Reuters to demonstrate the efficiency and global impact of the university’s scientific research. The trusted indicators of Thomson Reuters InCites, the company’s flagship, web-based research evaluation tool, will enable the institution to measure research output and impact, monitor trends and benchmark its performance against peers at the individual, departmental and global levels.
The strategic relationship between Thomson Reuters and Masaryk University supports the university’s plans to develop new research strategies, retain talent and identify new opportunities for collaboration through InCites indicators. InCites’ objective benchmarks and metrics also enable the University to establish more informed investment decisions and standardise reporting processes, which help ensure it is allocating funding to the people and projects that yield the highest returns.
Built on content from Thomson Reuters Web of Science, the industry’s premier collection of citation information in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, InCites provides analytics on authors, journals and fields, as well as connections to the proprietary university research management and profiling systems for full workflow integration.
InCites is a customised, web-based evaluation tool that enables universities, funding bodies and policy makers to analyze their research productivity and compare their output against that of their peers. The solution provides normalized metrics for repeatable analysis of outcomes, cross-regional impacts, discipline comparisons and standardised, accurate reviews for promotion and tenure processes. InCites can also serve as a support solution in ongoing quality assurance activities.
