What is a specialized consulting?
Support for informed decision-making
SCImago offers its analytical expertise to support informed decision-making processes. Whether strategic or tactical, it is not always easy to fully understand all aspects of data, indicators and methodologies. Our experience allows us to connect diagnostics with proven solutions, identify international and local best practices and focus on critical success factors
We understand that it can be challenging to interpret data, metrics and procedures, particularly for non-experts. SCImago Lab provides consulting, advisory and training services so that your staff can leverage analytical information and evaluation data in a way that will improve their research outcomes, give them greater visibility and enhance the organization’s reputation
Goals
The specialized consulting service is designed to:
- Consolidate the Organization’s research capabilities
- Improve the organization’s scientific ranking
- Enhance research journals by advancing their internationalization.
- Develop a Research Library
Features and Functionalities
of a specialized consulting
- Consulting that addresses multiple dimensions of the organization
- Tailored strategies for each stakeholder
- Checkpoints over time to determine the degree of progress and adoption
- Delivered by experts in each field (PhDs)
Consulting focus areas
- Training and strengthening the capabilities of the institution’s research support team and researchers, with a focus on scientific quality and international visibility.
- Knowledge transfer to support the establishment of research management services and promote the development of an institutional research culture.
- Analysis, interpretation, and visualization of scientific developments, including the generation and presentation of scientometric reports
- Enhance research journals by advancing their internationalization.
- Alignment of research support services
- Preparation and analysis of scientometric reports
Advantages of a specialized consulting
We provide solutions and added value to our users
Publishers / Scientific Journals
- Overall scientific publishing strategy
- Training for editorial teams
- Definition of international indexing plans
- Best practices to improve visibility, content access and institutional reputation
- Increased prestige and visibility
- Improving research metrics to increase the chances of international indexing
Libraries
- Design and development of service offerings for a Research Library
- Best practices for implementing Institutional Repositories
- Training for library teams
- Increased prestige and visibility
- Offering advanced collections and services to support research
Governments
- National strategy for scientific publications
- Training for editorial teams
- Defining of international indexing plans
- Adoption of recommendations that require increased budget allocations
- Increased prestige and visibility
- Improved ranking positions
- Facilitate informed decisions using global analytical variables and meaningful comparisons
- Provide data and analysis of scientific outputs at a country level
Researcher
- Training in management, scientific writing and impact
- Increased prestige and visibility
- Research impact, enhancement of metrics, and advancement in national and international rankings
University
- Updating/developing institutional policies to promote and strengthen research
- Institutional scientometric analysis
- Adoption of best practices in scientific output and communication
- Training for executives and researchers
- Institutional strategy for scientific publications
- Training for editorial teams
- Definition of international indexing plans
- Analysis and recognition of institutional web positioning
- Best practices to improve visibility, content access and institutional reputation
- Services design and offerings for a Research Library
- Best practices for implementing Institutional Repositories
- Training for library teams
- Increased prestige and visibility
- Increased enrollment numbers
- Expanded national and international partnerships
- Enhance attractiveness for investment and resource allocation
- Improved position in international rankings
- Facilitate informed decisions using global analytical variables and meaningful comparisons
- Increase the impact of research at the national level
Research center
- Updating/developing institutional policies
- Institutional scientometric analysis
- Adoption of best practices in scientific output and communication
- Training for executives and researchers
- Definition of research focus and core areas
- Increased prestige and visibility
- Better opportunities for national and international funding grants
- Improved ranking positions
- Facilitate informed decisions using global analytical variables and meaningful comparisons
- Increase the impact of research at the national level
