Thomson Reuters Launches Metrics Mania to Crown Collegiate Research Champion

Competition will determine which American university competing in the national college basketball championships leads in scientific research

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Mar 12, 2015, 06:00 ET

PHILADELPHIA, March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the launch of the third annual Metrics Mania, a unique competition that measures the research impact of American universities participating in the national college basketball championships. The competition will begin Monday, March 16, and close with the naming of the champion on Tuesday, April 7. Follow Metrics Mania on Twitter @InCites_TR.

Thomson Reuters Metrics Mania will align the 68 institutions in the national college basketball tournament in six rounds of weekly competition to determine the final winner of the Research Crown. Winners will be identified by reports pulled from Thomson Reuters InCites^™, the leading web-based research analytics platform enabling institutions to measure research output and impact, monitor trends, and benchmark its performance against peers at the individual, departmental and global levels.

Fans are invited to submit brackets with their predictions of the winners beginning March 16. Participants will be awarded one point for each correct guess. At the conclusion of the contest, the 10 entrants with the most points will each be awarded a $100 American Express Gift Card. The final deadline for submission is 3:00 p.m. ET, Thursday, March 19. Early bird bonus points will be awarded to any participants submitting by 3:00 p.m. ET, Tuesday, March 17.

"We are pleased to again host Metrics Mania," said Jessica Turner, global head of Government & Academia at Thomson Reuters. "This is a fun program for the scholarly community that also highlights the stellar academic research programs within the competing schools. As an industry leader in evaluating the performance and impact of an institution's research programs, InCites offers a unique perspective of each school's efforts."

Metrics Mania fans can follow the game with the latest updates on the InCites_TR Twitter feed and hashtag #metricsmania. View the official Metrics Mania bracket.

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