Co-Authorship Maps to Support Leadership Selection

Authors

Robert HC Chen, University Health Network, TorontoFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Abstract

VOSViewer co-authorship mapping is a powerful tool typically used for analyzing research collaboration. Users provide publication data and VOSViewer produces a map where authors are plotted on a 2-dimensional map based on how often they are in the author lists of the same publication.

In this presentation, I propose a series of tweaks to the input data that can leverage co-authorship maps to support leadership selection based on how often candidates co-author papers with their institutional peers and some of the attributes of these papers. I will suggest how best to interpret the resulting maps and address the major assumptions that must be kept in mind when using these maps for this purpose. Lastly, I will discuss the lessons learned when we offered such maps to support a series of internal leadership selections for Canada’s largest research hospital.

Publication Date

2024

Recommended Citation

Chen, Robert HC, "Co-Authorship Maps to Support Leadership Selection" (2024). Research Analytics Summit 2024. 14.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/research_events2/14