Elsevier
Dr.
Peter Darroch is an expert in the practical use of research metrics to provide
complementary insights into the research performance of Countries,
universities, researchers, journals or individual research outputs. His
knowledge has developed ‘on the job’, working closely with higher education
institutions, funders and other research organisations to help them use metrics
appropriately to support research assessment and management. He was part
of the Elsevier Research intelligence group for over 4 years, working with
tools such as SciVal that provide information and metrics to support research
assessment and benchmarking globally. He then moved into the Research Metrics
team, developing the research metrics strategy at Elsevier as well as products
to facilitate the visualization and responsible use of data and metrics before
moving to his current position within Marketing. Prior to joining Elsevier,
Peter conducted Postdoctoral research in both the United States and the United
Kingdom and held several positions over a 5 year period in the healthcare
industry. He holds a first degree from the University of St. Andrews where he
was awarded the Physiological Society Undergraduate prize and a PhD from the
University of Strathclyde.