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The Benchmarking module allows you to view and compare the research performance of different entities based on a variety of metrics.
In the Benchmarking module, you can select any entities of interest from the entity selection panel to evaluate their research performance based on a broad range of metrics. Click the buttons below to learn about how to set up the Benchmarking module:
An entity is "anything that can be viewed in SciVal in terms of academic performance". You can use the entity selection panel on the left to select your entity of interest from:
Institutions and Groups
For Lingnan users, "Lingnan University" is the default institution to be shown
Researchers and Groups
Researchers can export their author profiles from Scopus to SciVal to evaluate their author metrics in SciVal
Publication Sets
Countries, Regions and Groups
Topics and Topic Clusters
Research Areas
Scopus Sources
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If the entity you want is not listed, click on the search bar (with the |
In SciVal, there are thousands of pre-defined entities e.g. countries, institutions, and research topics, etc. However, some entities such as researchers, research teams and publication sets are not pre-defined, you will need to define you own entities in order to view the metrics for them. You can define your own entity for:
Researchers / groups of researchers
Publication sets
Groups of institutions
Groups of countries
Using the entity selection panel...
Click on the "Add new" 
button at the bottom left corner
Click "Define a new..."
Using My SciVal...
Choose the type of entity you would like to define
Click on the "Add new" button at the top right corner
Search for the entity you would like to add
If you would like to verify author's publications when you are defining a researcher profile, you can click on "Validate publications". If not, click on "Directly go to Save Researcher"
Click on "Save and Finish" and the selected entity will added into the selection panel
You can limit the publication data to a specific time period. Click on the date period under the entity name to select the year range.
You can also select a specific subject area to narrow the results to a specific discipline. If you cannot find a suitable one from the suggested list, you can define a new Research Area and use it as a subject area filter.
There are over 30 different metrics available in SciVal. Selection of appropriate metrics is essential to a successful benchmarking. When determining metrics to be analyzed, you need to be clear on your particular question and be aware of the influencing factors that affect metric value, i.e. size, discipline, publication-type, database coverage, manipulation and time.
Here are some commonly used metrics in SciVal:
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The ratio of citations received relative to the expected world average for the subject field, publication type and publication year. |
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A measure of both the productivity and citation impact of an entity, based on the number of publications as well as the number of citations they have received. h5-index is h-index for the past 5 years. g-index emphasizes the most highly cited publications. m-index is h-index per year. |
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The number of publications of a selected entity that are highly cited, having reached a threshold of citations received. |
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The number of publications of a selected entity that have been published in the selected journal quartiles. |
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The number of publications of a selected entity that have been published in the world's top journals. |
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Is a ratio between the “Raw Impact per Paper” compared to the expected Citations per Publication, of that journal’s field. It’s a field-normalized metric. The average SNIP value for all journals in Scopus is 1.000. |
From Find a metric and related information by SciVal Support Center
Read the official guide to learn more about how to choose appropriate metrics in SciVal.
By default, Scholarly Output and Publication Year are shown in chart view in the benchmarking module. To view a different metric, you can click on the “y-axis”/ “x-axis”/“Bubble size” button to change the metrics shown on the chart. You can select and view up to three metrics at a time in the chart view.
The metric value will be prompted if you place your cursor over a data point on the chart.
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You can also use the timeline motion chart when you have multiple metrics in the chart view. It allows you to view cumulative development of metrics over time.
From The Benchmarking module: Using the timeline motion chart and cumulative options by SciVal Support Center
The table view allows you to view more metrics at a time. You can add multiple metrics in one go by clicking the "Add multiple / manage metrics" button 
at the top right corner of the table. Drag the desired metrics from the left panel to the right, and then click "Update metrics" to update the table.
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icon) to search for your desired entity, and then click on it to add it onto your panel.