Benchmarking Tools for Department Chairs, Deans, & Assessment Officers
| Database | InCites | Essential Science Indicators |
| Audience |
Best for individual and departmental reports. Institutional Profile good for institutional research officers. |
Best for administrators and institutional research officers |
| Best for | Provides quick reports on research performance, collaborations, and researchers | Provides Highly Cited Papers & Hot Papers lists and notes emerging research areas |
| Subjects | Covers over 200 research areas | Covers 22 broad disciplines |
| Customization | Can create and share dashboard(s) | Dashboard not available |
| Content | Includes Web of Science data from 1980 to present for journal articles, proceedings, and books | Includes Web of Science data from the latest 10 years for journal articles and proceedings that are in the top 1% |
| Downside | Department-level reports are not available | Author names are not disambiguated. |
Note: To access these tools you must login first using your Emory ID and then login to your personal Web of Science account. If you do not already have a personal login for Web of Science or EndNote, then you will need to create one.
Collaborating Institutions with Emory
Image: InCites Systems Reports: Institution Profiles.
Learning the Tools
Take 10 minutes, learn how to best use these tools, and the pros/cons of each.
| InCites | Essential Science Indicators (ESI) | |
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| Brochures |
InCites PDF |
ESI PDF |
| Introductory videos |
ESI |
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| Finding Researchers videos |
ESI Authors (2-minutes) |
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| University Data videos |
InCites Universities |
ESI Universities |
For additional training resources, see the Help link in either tool. Or, for assistance in generating reports contact your librarian.
InCites Institutional Comparisons
Example data showing productivity (number of publications) and impact (number of citations) of research on organic chemistry at Emory University and two comparison universities.
