Today’s R&D landscape requires research managers to devise better ways to measure the quality and impact of their institution’s research projects. This need extends to researchers and young researchers, so that they can better position themselves in their scientific landscape, by constantly monitoring their performance and aiming for continuous improvement. Using advanced data analytics super-computer technology, Elsevier’s SciVal Solution, currently available at Politecnico di Milano, allows researchers to instantly process an enormous amount of data to generate powerful analyses and visualizations on-demand, in seconds. The talk is an opportunity to discuss the state of the art in Research Management and Research Intelligence solutions, as well as to have a practical view on the use of SciVal and Scopus.

Luigi Rucco is Customer Consultant for Elsevier’s Research Management Solutions in the area of Southern Europe, France and Israel. Luigi serves major Government and Academic institutions in this area. Luigi holds a Master’s in Management of Digital Innovation from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Information Technology from Politecnico di Milano, where he also received a Bachelor’s in Management and Production Engineering and a Master’s in Computing Systems Engineering.