Discovering author impact: A PageRank perspective

This article provides an alternative perspective for measuring author impact by applying PageRank algorithm to a coauthorship network. A weighted PageRank algorithm considering citation and coauthorship network topology is proposed. We test this algorithm under different damping factors by evaluatin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Information processing & management 2011, Vol.47 (1), p.125-134
Hauptverfasser:	Yan, Erjia, Ding, Ying
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algorithms Authoring Bibliometrics Bibliometrics. Scientometrics Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation Co authorship Coauthorship Communities Comparative analysis Conferences Damping Data processing Exact sciences and technology Impact analysis Information and communication sciences Information science. Documentation Informetrics Library and information science. General aspects Management Network Network topologies Networks PageRank Sciences and techniques of general use Scientometrics Studies Writers
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Zusammenfassung:	This article provides an alternative perspective for measuring author impact by applying PageRank algorithm to a coauthorship network. A weighted PageRank algorithm considering citation and coauthorship network topology is proposed. We test this algorithm under different damping factors by evaluating author impact in the informetrics research community. In addition, we also compare this weighted PageRank with the h-index, citation, and program committee (PC) membership of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI) conferences. Findings show that this weighted PageRank algorithm provides reliable results in measuring author impact.
ISSN:	0306-4573 1873-5371
DOI:	10.1016/j.ipm.2010.05.002