The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a commitment between TU Dresden (one of the 11 German Universities of Excellence) 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 TU Dresden supports the university's plans to develop new research strategies, retain talent, pinpoint emerging trends and identify new opportunities for collaboration through InCites indicators. InCites' objective benchmarks and metrics will also enable TU Dresden to make more informed investment decisions and reports, which in turn will help ensure it is allocating funding to people and projects that will yield the highest return on investment and increase its global research impact and ranking.
InCites is a customised, web-based evaluation tool that enables universities, funding bodies and policy makers to analyse 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.
