| Session Title: Measuring Interdisciplinary and Mapping Research Emphases From Research Publications |
| Demonstration Session 134 to be held in Wekiwa 6 on Wednesday, Nov 11, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Alan Porter, Georgia Institute of Technology, alan.porter@isye.gatech.edu |
| Abstract: Research evaluation frequently addresses research outputs - e.g., papers deriving from programmatic funding, or comparison of multiple research centers. Over the past several years we have developed two useful empirical tools: * Integration and Specialization scores to characterize the degree of interdisciplinary * Science overlay maps to depict which research fields are engaged. This demonstration takes you through the process of generating these: 1. Extracting journal titles (e.g., from database searches or proposal references) 2. Associating those with Web of Science Subject Categories 3. Calculating several, comparative interdisciplinarity metrics [especially Integration, Specialization, Shannon and Herfindahl Diversity, coherence, team size] 4. Generating overlays on base science maps (that can incorporate social sciences) 5. Tracking multi-stage research knowledge flows: a) integration of knowledge (reflected by cited references) b) dissemination of findings (via publications) c) diffusion of findings (indicated by citing of those publications). |