1. INFORMATION SOLUTIONS University Science Indicators 1981-2006

2. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 2 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Main Menu You can select one or more institutions in the list

3. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 3 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Select field The standard version holds 24 fields. The deluxe version holds 106 fields that you can chose from.

4. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 4 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Specify Analysis: level

5. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 5 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Select time period

6. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 6 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Select type of analysis

7. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 7 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Type of analysis In the first example, we are selecting: Level of Analysis: Overall Institution Time Period: Cumulative 26* year period Type of Analysis: Number of Papers *Note: The USI offers a Cumulative 26 year period in the 2007 version

8. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 8 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Number of papers overall, 1981-2006

9. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 9 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Number of papers overall, 2002-2006. This shows the most recent 5 years timing option, ranked.

10. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 10 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Trend analysis Select “Overall Institution” in “5-year overlapping periods” to obtain a 26- year trend in growth of papers. The “5-year overlapping periods” option allows you to normalize the trend line and remove unusual highs or lows.

11. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 11 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS 26-year growth in papers

12. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 12 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Citation impact Similarly, If we choose to analyze Citation Impact, we can do so using the 5-year overlapping periods. Citation impact = Cites/papers.

13. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 13 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Citation impact for the 2001-2006 period (Citation Impact = Cites/papers)

14. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 14 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Impact relative to the world We compare average cites per paper for each of the institutions (Impact) against the average Cites per paper worldwide (Imp Base) If the Relative Impact (Rel Imp) is over 1.0, the institution’s impact is higher than average. Citation impact is more meaningful when compared to world averages.

15. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 15 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Analysis of fields

16. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 16 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Analysis of fields

17. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 17 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Field with institution: # papers Use the “Rank” toggle button to sort the institutions by paper *Note: Only 4 institutions (CMU, BGSU, BSU, & MTSU) and 2 fields (Physics & Performing Arts) included here due to amount of information.

18. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 18 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Field within institution as % of papers within the institution Where is the research emphasis at CMU? How does it compare with your peer schools?

19. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 19 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Trend analysis of papers by field, 1981-2006

20. Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific 20 INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Questions?