STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has selected Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation (A&C) database, for its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. The ERA initiative will assess research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprised of experienced, internationally-recognised experts.
Scopus Custom Data will be the sole provider used to assess the country's higher education research output for the ERA's first group of science disciplines - Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences (PCE). By leveraging the content available in Scopus the ARC's ERA initiative will evaluate 41 Higher Education Providers (HEPs) using international and national benchmarks.
Scopus Custom Data provides research agencies, institutions and government bodies with customised datasets in XML format for large-scale research performance analysis. 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.
