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The emergent integrated network structure of scientific research
Scientific research is often thought of as being conducted by individuals and small teams striving for disciplinary advances. Yet as a whole, this endeavor more closely... -
Mapping the evolution of entrepreneurship as a field of research (1990-2013):...
This article applies scientometric techniques to study the evolution of the field of entrepreneurship between 1990 and 2013. Using a combination of topic mapping, author and... -
The perceived feasibility of methods to reduce publication bias
Publication bias is prevalent within the scientific literature. Whilst there are multiple ideas on how to reduce publication bias, only a minority of journals have made... -
Characteristics of Retractions from Korean Medical Journals in the KoreaMed D...
Background Flawed or misleading articles may be retracted because of either honest scientific errors or scientific misconduct. This study explored the characteristics of... -
Women are underrepresented in computational biology: An analysis of the schol...
While women are generally underrepresented in STEM fields, there are noticeable differences between fields. For instance, the gender ratio in biology is more balanced than in... -
Exploring the role of interdisciplinarity in physics: Success, talent and luck
Although interdisciplinarity is often touted as a necessity for modern research, the evidence on the relative impact of sectorial versus to interdisciplinary science is... -
Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Revi...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest source of funding for biomedical research in the world. This funding is largely effected through a competitive grants... -
Vicious circles of gender bias, lower positions, and lower performance: Gende...
It is often argued that female researchers publish on average less than male researchers do, but male and female authored papers have an equal impact. In this paper we try to... -
A case study exploring associations between popular media attention of scient...
The association between mention of scientific research in popular media (e.g., the mainstream media or social media platforms) and scientific impact (e.g., citations) has yet to... -
Effects of research complexity and competition on the incidence and growth of...
Background Investigations into the factors behind coauthorship growth in biomedical research have mostly focused on specific disciplines or journals, and have rarely... -
Scientific productivity: An exploratory study of metrics and incentives.
Competitive pressure to maximize the current bibliometric measures of productivity is jeopardizing the integrity of the scientific literature. Efforts are underway to address... -
A citation study of earth science projects in citizen science.
A citation study of a sample of earth science projects in citizen science from the FedCats Catalog was undertaken to assess whether citizen science projects are as productive... -
Dissemination of novel biostatistics methods: Impact of programming code avai...
Background As statisticians develop new methodological approaches, there are many factors that influence whether others will utilize their work. This paper is a bibliometric... -
BraX-Ray: an X-ray of the Brazilian computer science graduate programs.
Research productivity assessment is increasingly relevant for allocation of research funds. On one hand, this assessment is challenging because it involves both qualitative and... -
Scientific misconduct and accountability in teams
Increasing complexity and multidisciplinarity make collaboration essential for modern science. This, however, raises the question of how to assign accountability for scientific... -
Comparison of researchers’ impact indices
Researchers contribute to the frontiers of knowledge by establishing facts and reaching new conclusions through systematic investigations, and by subsequently publishing the... -
Relative Citation Ratio (RCR): A new metric that uses citation rates to measu...
Despite their recognized limitations, bibliometric assessments of scientific productivity have been widely adopted. We describe here an improved method to quantify the influence... -
Contest models highlight inherent inefficiencies of scientific funding compet...
Scientific research funding is allocated largely through a system of soliciting and ranking competitive grant proposals. In these competitions, the proposals themselves are not... -
Fair ranking of researchers and research teams
The main drawback of ranking of researchers by the number of papers, citations or by the Hirsch index is ignoring the problem of distributing authorship among authors in... -
Consolidation in a crisis: Patterns of international collaboration in early C...
This paper seeks to understand whether a catastrophic and urgent event, such as the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerates or reverses trends in international...
