Elsevier Acquires Atira, a Provider of Research Management Solutions

Elsevier Acquires Atira, a Provider of Research Management Solutions PR Newswire AMSTERDAM, August 15, 2012 AMSTERDAM, August 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Acquisition deepens SciVal's ability to help academic institutions manage and improve research outcomes Elsevier, the leading global provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of Atira, a provider of software and tools that help academic institutions and researchers manage and improve their research outcomes. Atira complements Elsevier's SciVal by expanding the scope of data to report on research activities across an academic institution, and by broadening the range of tools and dashboards to analyse those data. "Universities, research institutes and funding bodies increasingly want to have a clear and holistic view of their research inputs, throughputs and outputs" said Nick Fowler, Elsevier's Managing Director, Academic and Government Institutions. "Atira's software and tools help these institutions get an up-to-date and dynamic picture of their funding sources, research groups, collaborations, publications, citations, and commercial activities. This information helps them to focus and manage resources in order to achieve their desired research outcomes." Atira's main product, Pure, is a flexible research information system that enables the planning, evaluation and reporting of research activities.