At the recent American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in Chicago, we organized a panel titled:\u00a0Hacking the Web of Science data?- From bibliometric projects to researcher portals. \u00a0The session explored uses of Web of Science data outside of our traditional platform via APIs and raw data.<\/p>\n
The panelists included:<\/p>\n
Ann Beynon (moderator)<\/strong> Eamon Duede<\/strong> Junming Huang<\/strong> Anita Foster<\/strong> Gene Springs<\/strong> In this unique session, we brought together researchers and librarians to talk about using Web of Science Core Collection data for research projects. The researchers, Eamon Duede and Junming Huang, discussed how their labs at University of Chicago and Northeastern University respectively, use the WoS Core Collection\u00a0XML raw data to explore the complexities of the scientific enterprise.\u00a0 The audience was captivated by the range of questions they are helping to answer.<\/p>\n Some examples include: Then Anita Foster and Gene Springs provided the library perspective. The Ohio State University recently licensed Web of Science Core Collection raw data (XML) for the use of researchers across their campus. Anita and Gene told the story of why Ohio State University pursued this acquisition as part of a campus-wide initiative around data science. As data science and network science programs grow along with the rise of big data, the library\u2019s role is evolving to accommodate this type of research. They also gave their librarian colleagues some tips on pursuing a data license like this and implementing it smoothly.<\/p>\n During the Q&A portion, we had a lively discussion about what surprised the researchers about the data, and the policy implications of their findings. In one case, the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored a workshop to further discuss their findings.<\/p>\n This session enlightened the librarians in the audience about the various, interesting types of research that can be done with our extensive citation data, and how the library can support this type of research through an institution-wide license.<\/p>\n
\nClarivate Analytics<\/p>\n
\nExecutive Director | Knowledge Lab & Metaknowledge Research Network
\nUniversity of Chicago<\/p>\n
\nPostdoctoral Research Associate
\nNortheastern University<\/p>\n
\nElectronic Resources Officer
\nThe Ohio State University<\/p>\n
\nAssistant Professor \/ Collections Strategist
\nThe Ohio State University<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 What is the relationship between team size and innovation?\u00a0 Are we funding the right types of research to get the most return?
\n\u2022 How can we use the citation network to identify researchers aligned with a new funding opportunity?
\n\u2022 How do you define a research field and how do fields evolve over time?
\n\u2022 Can we predict the future citation behavior of a paper based on its characteristics?
\n\u2022 Can we allocate credit to authors based on the citation network?
\n\u2022 Is there a gender gap in science and how can we understand it better?
\n\u2022 Do researchers in a given country tend to cite mainly research from their country?<\/p>\n