Faculty Information System (FIS)

Academic Analytics provides powerful data and analysis tools that help universities reach their research potential. USF has adopted Academic Analytics to allow faculty to find each other, form research networks and compare our programs to our peer list of institutions. The Academic Analytics Database contains scholarly data on over 275,000 faculty members at over 400 US-based research universities. The data includes research grants, honorific awards, articles, books, conference proceedings, and more. Two product suites, the Discovery Suite and the Benchmarking Suite, make the data available to users.

Benchmarking Suite

The Benchmarking Suite is a set of tools used to perform benchmarking of research metrics against other universities.

Modules

Academic Analytics benchmarking portal containing data for over 400 research universities in the U.S., organized by institution and discipline, with standardized, aggregated metrics of comparison

Used for

• Benchmark research strengths vs. peers

• Perform department program reviews

• Explore funding, publication, and honorific award profiles

• Identify vulnerabilities, strengths, and weaknesses for strategic planning

• See graduates working in academia and gauge their progress

Audience

High-level administrators: Provost and applicable Vice Provosts, Deans, Associate Deans for Research, Department Chairs

Discovery Suite

The Discovery Suite is a set of software tools that help users identify subject matter experts across disciplines and institutions, build collaborative teams and networks, and identify relevant funding opportunities.

Modules

Faculty Insight Portal, Research Insight Portal, External Discovery Site

Used for

• Finding subject matter experts within the university or at another institution

• Building interdisciplinary research teams

• Showcasing faculty scholarly activity with curated faculty profiles

• Identifying federal funding and honorific award opportunities

Audience

Faculty Insight Portal: USF faculty

Research Insight Portal: USF research administrators and analysts; department chairs

External Discovery Site: The public

1. Run AA SQL job against GEMS/FAIR to produce report. This is run anytime in the new year (usually spring). The data being reported on is frozen the previous November. The resulting data is output into a spreadsheet.
2. The resulting data is copied into individual tabs for each college. Each college gets the entire spreadsheet but has their piece highlighted.
3. The spreadsheet then gets sent via email to the Dean/Associate Dean from each college based on the contacts file in the Academic Analytics (AA) Box folder.
4. The spreadsheets then come back from the colleges with their edits. Along with editing the spreadsheet the colleges should also be making any needed corrections in the system of source. A copy of this spreadsheet is saved in the Box folder and the master file spreadsheet is updated.
5. A consolidated file, minus the individual college tabs, is then sent to AA.
6. AA will come back to USF with any questions on the data provided. Adam will usually be the one answering questions on the data.
7. USF also sends a list of users and Net ID's for all faculty to AA to get them access to AA.