Using bibliometrics for mapping

research collaboration

FREDRIK ÅSTRÖM

Bibliometrics @ Lund University Library

Department of Scholarly Communication

• Consultation, Advice & Education

– Librarians

– Scientists/Scholars and research groups

– Faculty/University Management

• Analyses

– Performance indicators

– Research field mapping» Literature reviews

– Research collaboration analyses

Why collaboration analyses?

• Evaluation of research groups

• Evaluation of collaboration with regions/nations

• Evaluation of collaboration with other universities

– Often in preparation for management visiting/

being visited by another university

How collaboration analyses?

• Co-authorship

• Data sources containing

searchable address data

– Database limitations

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LT-TUM co-authored publications/year (n=571)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DOE

SKANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

RUPRECHT KARL UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG

UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH

LUND UNIVERSITY

Collaborating organizations in LU-TUM co-authored articles (n=571/25,895)

• 2,983 organizations

• Average: 8.7

organizations/

publications

• Removing publications

with +15 authors: 264

publications remaining

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What kind of collaboration?

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SWEDISH SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL

SWEDISH RESEARCH COUNCIL SWEDEN

SWEDISH RESARCH COUNCIL

GERMAN RESEARCH COUNCIL DFG

DFG GERMAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION

DFG DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT

DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT GRANT

DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT DFG…

VETENSKAPSRADET

GERMAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION DFG

GERMAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SWEDISH SCIENCE COUNCIL

GERMAN RESEARCH COUNCIL

DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT DFG

DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT

DFG

SWEDISH RESEARCH COUNCIL

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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND YOUTH OF THE…

IAEA INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF…

DANISH NATURAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

CARLSBERG FOUNDATION

SWEDISH RESEARCH COUNCIL VR

HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION

RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR BASIC RESEARCH

DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

ACADEMY OF FINLAND

Funding bodies

Options for bibliometric analyses

• ’Built-in’ options & commercial

tools, e.g. ”Analyze results” in

Web of Science

SciVal & InCites– Black box solutions

– Control over quality/standardization

of data?

– Options for fractionalized analyses

or exclusion of ’mega-authored’

publications

• Downloading data– Availabilty?

– Cleaning/standardizing data

– Tools?

Thank you for your attention!