The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership with Drexel University, an institution widely recognised for its focus on experiential learning, to provide an innovative solution to help the university make informed decisions about its productivity and benchmark status, scholarship and performance.
Thomson Reuters and Drexel University will collaborate to launch the Faculty Portfolios project using two offerings from the Thomson Reuters Research Analytics suite - Research In View and InCites. These solutions allow Drexel University to access comprehensive data related to scholarly research and subsequently identify, manage and promote faculty research and academic work.
Faculty can build and maintain profiles of their service, teaching, and research expertise, giving administrators a complete picture of the university's intellectual assets and enabling them to highlight the full scope of their scholarly contributions. These tools will also allow administrators to compare research output – at the individual, department or school level with that of other universities using comparative benchmarks.
The Faculty Portfolios system will be launched in early 2013.
The relationship leverages the unique expertise of Thomson Reuters with Drexel's evidence-based assessment approach and Drexel Libraries' innovative services to support university research activities and performance. The Drexel Provost's Office will utilise purpose-generated reports in reviews of academic programmes, as well as in annual faculty reviews.
Thomson Reuters Research Analytics helps organisations better understand their research activities, enabling programs to attract top researchers, secure funding, facilitate collaborations, benchmark against peers and allocate resources. The most relevant data points, indicators and technology are available through the services developed by Research Analytics, with a scalable, global team of experts able to provide meaningful interpretations and recommendations.
