{"id":25349,"date":"2025-07-15T09:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=25349"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:05:01","slug":"databases-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/databases-on-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Databases on Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25349\" class=\"elementor elementor-25349\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067076a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"067076a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d60640 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d60640\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec172b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec172b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Databases on Trial<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a85694d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a85694d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>SciVal<\/strong> is a research performance and analytics tool developed by Elsevier, powered by Scopus data<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4a0d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce4a0d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23c4686 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23c4686\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad5d8e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad5d8e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab067c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab067c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Databases on Trial\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-238d064 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"238d064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c8a7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52c8a7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>SciVal<\/strong> is a research performance and analytics tool developed by Elsevier, powered by Scopus data. 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