Research & Insights

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed research from the team in scientometrics, research evaluation, and portfolio analysis.

An improved practical approach to forecasting exceptional growth in research
2022

An improved practical approach to forecasting exceptional growth in research

The confirmation of scientific theories using Bayesian causal networks and citation sentiments
2022

The confirmation of scientific theories using Bayesian causal networks and citation sentiments

Understanding the structure, characteristics, and future of collective intelligence using local and global bibliometric analyses
2022

Understanding the structure, characteristics, and future of collective intelligence using local and global bibliometric analyses

Investigating disagreement in the scientific literature
2021

Investigating disagreement in the scientific literature

A comparison of large-scale science models based on textual, direct citation and hybrid relatedness
2020

A comparison of large-scale science models based on textual, direct citation and hybrid relatedness

A detailed open access model of the PubMed literature
2020

A detailed open access model of the PubMed literature

A novel approach to predicting exceptional growth in research
2020

A novel approach to predicting exceptional growth in research

Work honored by Nobel prizes clusters heavily in a few scientific fields
2020

Work honored by Nobel prizes clusters heavily in a few scientific fields

A principled methodology for comparing relatedness measures for clustering publications
2020

A principled methodology for comparing relatedness measures for clustering publications

Citations and certainty: a new interpretation of citation counts
2019

Citations and certainty: a new interpretation of citation counts

Creation and Analysis of Large-Scale Bibliometric Networks
2019

Creation and Analysis of Large-Scale Bibliometric Networks

Characterizing highly cited method and non-method papers using citation contexts: The role of uncertainty
2018

Characterizing highly cited method and non-method papers using citation contexts: The role of uncertainty

Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five days
2018

Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five days

Toward predicting research proposal success
2018

Toward predicting research proposal success

Characterizing in-text citations in scientific articles: A large-scale analysis
2018

Characterizing in-text citations in scientific articles: A large-scale analysis

Research portfolio analysis and topic prominence
2017

Research portfolio analysis and topic prominence

Comparison of topic extraction approaches and their results
2017

Comparison of topic extraction approaches and their results

Thesaurus-based methods for mapping contents of publication sets
2017

Thesaurus-based methods for mapping contents of publication sets

Discovering discoveries: Identifying biomedical discoveries using citation contexts
2017

Discovering discoveries: Identifying biomedical discoveries using citation contexts

Investigating the effect of global data on topic detection
2017

Investigating the effect of global data on topic detection

The Research Focus of Nations: Economic vs. Altruistic Motivations
2017

The Research Focus of Nations: Economic vs. Altruistic Motivations

Which Type of Citation Analysis Generates the Most Accurate Taxonomy of Scientific and Technical Knowledge?
2017

Which Type of Citation Analysis Generates the Most Accurate Taxonomy of Scientific and Technical Knowledge?

Identifying emerging topics in science and technology
2014

Identifying emerging topics in science and technology

Toward a consensus map of science
2009

Toward a consensus map of science