Research impact & bibliometrics · Elsevier

SciVal

Research analytics platform built on Scopus data for benchmarking institutions, researchers and topics.

SciVal is Elsevier's analytics layer on top of Scopus, aimed less at literature search and more at answering management questions: how does our institution's output compare with named peers, which topics are gaining momentum, and who are potential collaborators in a given field. It packages Scopus's citation data into benchmarking reports, collaboration-network maps and topic-prominence trends that research offices use for strategic planning and funding-body reporting. Because it draws on Scopus rather than an independent index, its coverage and citation counts inherit Scopus's scope and any of its blind spots. It's sold alongside Scopus and Pure as part of Elsevier's research-management suite, with pricing set by quote per institution rather than published.

At a glance

Vendor Elsevier
Pricing model Quote only
Free tier No
Deployment Cloud
Open source No
Best for Research offices needing management-facing benchmarking reports rather than literature search.

Pricing

Sold as an institutional subscription bundled with or alongside Scopus; Elsevier does not publish list prices.

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Features

  • Institutional and researcher benchmarking against named peers
  • Topic-prominence and trend detection
  • Collaboration-network analysis
  • Funding-body report generation
  • Researcher-level metrics dashboards
  • Integration with Scopus and Pure

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Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

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