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Validating science’s power players: scientometric mixed methods for data verification in identifying influential scientists in a genetics collaboration community

Bratt, Sarah Elaine; Qin, Jian; Hemsley, Jeffrey Joe; Costa, Mark Raymond; Wang, Jun

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Title
Validating science’s power players: scientometric mixed methods for data verification in identifying influential scientists in a genetics collaboration community
Author(s)
Bratt, Sarah Elaine; Qin, Jian; Hemsley, Jeffrey Joe; Costa, Mark Raymond; Wang, Jun
Issue Date
2016-03-15
Keyword(s)
  • cyber-infrastructure-enabled science
  • Scientometric data analytics
  • science of science policy
  • trace data validity
Abstract
The emergence of large international scientific data repositories has allowed cyber-enabled science a reflective look at itself through the lens of big scientometric analytics. Yet the drawbacks of using digital trace data from large social networks are well-documented. This poster reports the iterative process of interpreting complex network analysis (CNA) metrics of an international protein sequence data repository’s metadata (GenBank) to identify influential “power players” in the genomics community. We describe preliminary work in developing approaches for operationalizing the mapping of CNA measures to establish a gold standard for node influence, arguing for the necessity of a confirmatory feedback loop in informing data interpretation and science funding- and submission- policy. Concrete examples and network visualizations are presented to illustrate the challenges in identifying influential scientists using GenBank metadata.
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iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
IConference 2016 Proceedings
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89338
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9776/16541
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