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How are the ANZSRC 2020 Fields of Research (FoR) classification mapped in SciVal?
Last updated on November 15, 2024
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With the Jog release (14 March 2023), we have expanded the ANZSRC FoR mapping to most of the journals covered in SciVal (expanded from the initial mapping to 18,000 journals is available in SciVal).
Since 26 April 2022, SciVal has the ANZSRC 2020 Fields of Research (FoR) classification as a selectable subject classification. This has replaced the ANZSCR 2008 mappings.
How are articles in SciVal mapped to the 2020 FoR classification?
Unlike the 2008 mappings, there is no ASJC to FoR mapping. Instead the FoR categories are mapped to individual journals. A journal can have up to 3 FoR codes (4 digit) mapped to it and there are journals that have two or only one of the 4 digit codes. We have mapped the classification to most of the journals in SciVal.
Does this have any affect on the journal metric (CiteScore and SJR) percentile values?
Yes it does!
As the 2020 FoR mapping is no longer linked to ASJCs, we have recalculated the CiteScore and SJR percentile values to be based on the FoR mapping. As a result, a journal can have a different percentile value when looking at it with the FoR classification turned on, vs using the ASJC.
What are the differences between the 2008 (v1) FoR classification and the 2020 (v2)?
There have been significant updates across all components of ANZSRC between the 2008 and 2020 iterations of the classification. This includes:
- addition and splitting of FoR categories (including at Division level to create new Divisions such as Biomedical and clinical sciences);
- deletion and merging of FoR categories (including at Division level to remove Divisions such as Technology);
- the alphabetisation of Divisions, Groups, Fields/Objectives; and
- the introduction of a new code pattern for FoR (to avoid user confusion between ANZSRC 2008 and ANZSRC 2020).
How have you converted reports with the 2008 mapping to the 2020 mapping?
We have mapped the 2008 FoR codes to the 2020 codes as best as possible. SciVal only allows for a 1-2-1 mapping and In most cases that works perfectly well. A handful fo the old areas have been split into multiple areas in the new mapping, but SciVal maps to only one of those.
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How are the 2020 FoR codes mapped to awarded grants in SciVal?
The Awarded Grants metrics (found for example in Overview), can be filtered by different subject classifications, letting you focus on areas of interest. Each grant is linked to multiple ASJCs in SciVal. As the 2020 FoR classification no longer uses ASJCs, we have manually mapped an ASJC to an FoR code. We've done this by identifying the most dominant ASJC per FoR code and linking the two together, which allows you to filter the grant data by FoR subject areas you care about.
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