Assessing research network and disciplinary engagement changes induced by an NSF program

Autor:	Jon Garner, Todd A. Crowl, Alan L. Porter, Nils C. Newman
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Computer science Information sharing Control (management) Coordination network Library science Library and Information Sciences Public administration Set (psychology) Discipline Education Diversity (business)
Zdroj:	Research Evaluation. 21:89-104
ISSN:	1471-5449 0958-2029
Popis:	To assess the success of the National Science Foundation's Research Coordination Network (RCN) program, a set of publication measures and visualization tools were used to determine how effective the program is in enhancing interdisciplinary publication and information sharing. The publication patterns of a set of researchers were compared before and after receiving RCN awards. These analyses show significant increases in basic collaboration measures--authors per paper and institutions per paper--following RCN support. Various indications suggest increased linkage among the RCN researchers in terms of extent of co-authoring and of cross-citing each other's work. RCN support appears to foster more interdisciplinary research. Diffusion scores (a new metric) showed that the diversity of articles citing RCN-related articles was similar to those citing control group research. Finally, the articles generated by the project activities showed as especially influential; they appear in high impact journals and are more highly cited. Copyright The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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