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Research center analysis

Enhance your stakeholder engagement strategy by identifying and evaluating leading research centers worldwide.

A VISFO "intelligence board" displaying elements of the "Research center analysis" offering displayed on both a desktop and mobile screen. The desktop view includes visualizations of "Research hotspots", "Collaboration networks" and "Research over time", while the mobile screen view provides center metrics and top activity summaries.

Definition

Criteria

Power your decision-making

with bespoke and intuitive intelligence boards

VISFO combines cutting-edge technology and deep subject matter expertise to de-silo data and enable confident decision-making. With all outputs housed in an agile, always-on delivery portal, you can quickly:

Visualize

Identify

Interrogate integrated and enriched data to identify research centers, including universities, dedicated research institutes and hospitals, in your therapy area and markets of interest.

A VISFO "intelligence board" displaying elements of the "Research center analysis" offering displayed on both a desktop and mobile screen. The desktop view includes visualizations of "Research hotspots", "Collaboration networks" and "Research over time", while the mobile screen view provides center metrics and top activity summaries.

Analyze

Confidently inform your engagement strategy by using sophisticated data analytics tools to:

Evaluate research hotspots and target engagement

  • Utilize bibliometrics to discern the research focus of different institutions.
  • Track publication output, including the number of publications and citations, as well as the average Key Opinion Leader (KOL) impact factor, to gain a quantitative measure of research productivity and quality over time.

Map KOL geolocation and professional networks

  • Understand information flow and locate hubs of expertise by identifying publication co-authors and mapping collaboration networks across specialties and locations (at institute, city, state, country and global level).

Understand KOL mobility

  • Monitor the movement of KOLs between institutions to follow the emergence of new research hubs or identify declining activity in established centers.
Use cases

Identify potential partners for generating real-world evidence to support your reimbursement submissions

Uncover research centers with expertise in health technology assessments and payer engagement

Work with influential research centers to enhance your therapy’s credibility and strengthen its value proposition

Select high-quality institutes with the potential to support efficient recruitment and reliable data generation

Build valuable relationships with leading institutions to increase the scientific impact of your trials

Identify and evaluate research centers with deep therapy area specialization

Define medical science liaison (MSL) territories based on research center density and strategic influence

Collaborate with respected research centers to increase the impact and credibility of your publications

Work with specialized centers to gather meaningful data that can guide best practices and address gaps in existing knowledge

Delivered through Helix

Modular knowledge base

  • Interactive data visualizations for easy self-serve analysis and insight surfacing

  • Comprehensive opinion leader profiles for effective interaction planning and engagement

  • Multiple data export options for rapid insight sharing across your business

  • Customizable, modular knowledge bases with no user limits

A VISFO "Key Opinion Leader (KOL) intelligence board" displayed on both a desktop and mobile screen. The board includes an interactive KOL map, as well as the results of a KOL influence analysis."