| Session Title: Third Generation Research Knowledge Tracking: Citation Analyses |
| Demonstration Session 311 to be held in Texas D on Thursday, Nov 11, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM |
| Sponsored by the Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Alan Porter, Georgia Institute of Technology, alan.porter@isye.gatech.edu |
| Stephen Carley, Georgia Institute of Technology, stephen.carley@innovate.gatech.edu |
| Abstract: Tracking the “citation trails” of research publications provides the strongest empirical evidence of research influence. This workshop demonstrates how desktop bibliometric/text mining software tools can facilitate analyses of Web of Science (WOS) data for three generations of data. We start at the “second generation” – research publications reflecting a body of research (e.g., papers deriving from a particular program or the work of a given research center). From these data, we process the cited references to extract author information and to derive subject category information, thus providing “first generation” data. Via new, openly available i-macros, we separately capture the citing paper abstracts from WOS – the “third generation” data. We then consolidate the data and prepare research profiles for each generation. We identify and visualize the generation-spanning networks. Science overlay and science citation maps further elucidate the transfer of knowledge among researchers, and across disciplines, institutions, and countries. |