SciVal Accessibility Statement

We are committed to ensuring that SciVal is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. We strive to provide an inclusive experience that enables everyone to effectively access and utilize our research analytics tools. 

We continuously work to improve the accessibility of SciVal by adhering to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Levels A and AA and the U.S. Section 508 Standards of the Federal Rehabilitation Act.  

For a detailed review of how SciVal supports each of the WCAG 2.1 and Section 508 Success Criteria, please refer to our Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). This document was produced by the Elsevier Digital Accessibility Team and most recently updated in April 2025. 

If you experience any accessibility issues while using SciVal or have recommendations for improvements, please contact: [email protected] 

For general Customer Service support for SciVal, please contact the helpdesk. 

Accessibility features of SciVal.com 

• Pages are uniquely and descriptively titled. 
• Pages include visible skip navigation links to skip repetitive elements. 
• Many images or icons have descriptive text alternatives provided, and data visualizations often have accessible table alternatives with a global setting to default to table presentation. Some charts lack long descriptions but are interactive with each data point reachable by assistive technologies and keyboard operation. 
• Text generally has a high level of color contrast except for a small number of areas where hover or focus states reduce the ratio to under the required threshold. 
• Colors used in data visualizations typically contrast well with each other, when adjacent, and with their background color, with a small number of exceptions. 
• Most standard content and functionality is keyboard operable, with most interactive elements providing high contrast visible focus indicators. 
• Clear and descriptive headings are used to help distinguish content, with appropriate heading levels defined to aid assistive technology navigation. 
• Links have clear names or can be understood in combination with their surrounding context. 
• Text can typically be resized to 200% without losing content or functionality. In some areas parts of words may be pushed off-screen or be overlayed with other content, though this is rare. 
• Pages use landmarks and named regions to provide structural overviews and additional navigational methods for users of assistive technologies. 

How we are improving the accessibility of SciVal

While we develop our features and enhancements with accessibility in mind, SciVal has some known limitations which we are actively working to improve. One of the ways in which we will mitigate these limitations is with a completely rebuilt front-end for SciVal, which we will start migrating to from 2025 onwards. We anticipate the migration will bring improvements in the following areas: 

• When viewed at high levels of browser zoom or on smaller screens, most interfaces are not fully usable. 
• Some fields do not have persistent text labels and instead use the current field value or a placeholder as a labelling device. 
• Some interactive elements may not have an accessible name and may not expose a correct role or state to assistive technologies. 

Other Accessibility incentives: 

• Read more about Elsevier’s Accessibility Policy 
• Read more about RELX Group’s Accessibility Policy 
• Read how we are preparing for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II amendment 
• In 2010, Elsevier was awarded the first ever Jisc TechDis award to highlight publishers that improve their business processes to make resources more accessible to people with disabilities 
• In 2016, Elsevier was awarded the Accessible Books Consortium Award for Accessible Publishing.