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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Associations between author-level metrics in subsequent time periods

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Author(s):
Brito, Ana C. M. [1] ; Silva, Filipi N. [2] ; Amancio, Diego R. [1]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Math & Comp Sci, Sao Carlos - Brazil
[2] Indiana Univ, Network Sci Inst, Bloomington, IN 47408 - USA
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Informetrics; v. 15, n. 4 NOV 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Understanding the dynamics of authors is relevant to predict and quantify performance in science. While the relationship between recent and future citation counts is well-known, many relationships between scholarly metrics at the author-level remain unknown. In this context, we performed an analysis of author-level metrics extracted from subsequent periods, focusing on visibility, productivity and interdisciplinarity. First, we investigated how metrics controlled by the authors (such as references diversity and productivity) affect their visibility and citation diversity. We also explore the relationship between authors' interdisciplinarity and citation counts. The analysis on a subset of Physics papers revealed that there is no strong correlation between authors' productivity and future visibility for most of the authors. A higher fraction of strong positive correlations though was found for those with a lower number of publications. We also found that reference diversity computed at the author-level may impact positively authors' future visibility. The analysis of metrics impacting future interdisciplinarity suggests that productivity may play a role only for low-productivity authors. We also found a surprisingly strong positive correlation between references diversity and interdisciplinarity, suggesting that an increase in diverse citing behavior may be related to a future increase in authors interdisciplinarity. Finally, interdisciplinarity and visibility were found to be positively associated, with moderate correlations. Significant positive correlations were observed for 24% of authors with lower productivity. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 20/06271-0 - Combining complex networks and word embeddings in text classification tasks
Grantee:Diego Raphael Amancio
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 20/14817-2 - Using complex networks and natural language processing to characterize and predict academic success
Grantee:Ana Caroline Medeiros Brito
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate