Topic based research competitiveness evaluation

Tingcan Ma, Ruinan Li, Guiyan Ou and Mingliang Yue ()
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Tingcan Ma: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ruinan Li: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guiyan Ou: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mingliang Yue: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientometrics, 2018, vol. 117, issue 2, No 7, 789-803

Abstract: Abstract Research competitiveness analysis refers to the measurement, comparison and analysis of the research status (i.e., strength and/or weakness) of different scientific research bodies (e.g., institutions, researchers, etc.) in different research fields. Improving research competitiveness analysis method can be conducive to accurately obtaining the research status of research fields and research bodies. This paper presents a method of evaluating the competitiveness of research institutions based on research topic distribution. The method uses the LDA topic model to obtain a paper-topic distribution matrix to objectively assign the academic impact of papers (such as number of citations) to research topics. Then the method calculates the competitiveness of each research institution on each research topic with the help of an institution-paper matrix. Finally, the competitiveness and the research strength and/or weakness of the institutions are defined and characterized. A case study shows that the method can lead to an objective and effective evaluation of the research competitiveness of research institutions in a given research field.

Keywords: Research competitiveness; Topic model; Evaluation method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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