Institute for Scientific Information proposes new
Collaborative CNCI indicator
LONDON, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate
Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted
information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation,
today released a new report from the company's Institute for
Scientific Information™ which proposes a new method for
analyzing the credit authors of academic papers receive via
citations.
Across the research landscape, receipt of credit via the
citation of sources influences motivation and
reputation. Credit for publishing academic research often
affects employment, promotion and funding at the individual level,
as well as funding and decision making for academic research
institutions and nations.
In an increasingly global and collaborative world, where the
number of articles naming dozens or even hundreds of researchers as
authors is rapidly increasing, the need for informed, data-driven
analysis on credit that works across research disciplines and
regions is essential. However, existing methods for analyzing
credit can become distorted by exceptionally high author
counts.
Making it count: Research credit management in a
collaborative world proposes a new indicator, the
'Collaborative CNCI' (Collab-CNCI) as one possible solution.
Jonathan Adams, Chief Scientist
at the Institute for Scientific Information said: "This new
indicator is a vital innovation for the 21st
Century, as international collaboration becomes a
dominant feature of global research. In
studying existing and innovative analytical methods we aim to help
the global research community deliver more, better research, and we
believe that improving the system of credit with an indicator such
as Collab-CNCI would help accurately acknowledge research
achievement and excellence- to accelerate the pace of
innovation."
The report not only confirms that highly collaborative papers
can distort summary results at a national and institutional level -
but also shows how that happens. It highlights key aspects of
achievement and shows where institutions generate significant
academic credit from citations to their more domestic papers.
Collab-CNCI complements the already existing Category Normalized
Citation Impact indicator created by CWTS at Leiden University. But
the accumulated citation count for each paper is normalized against
other papers of the same publication year, the same subject
category, the same document type and – critically – the same
collaboration type.
Ludo Waltman, Professor of Quantitative Science Studies at the
Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University
said: "The increasing level of collaboration in global science
raises challenging questions concerning the design and
interpretation of bibliometric indicators. Developing a better
understanding of the complex interplay between scientific
collaboration and citation impact is absolutely essential. I
welcome the contribution from the Institute for Scientific
Information, part of Clarivate to address this difficult
issue."
The Institute for Scientific Information invites research
users and managers to comment on the relative benefits of
the Collab-CNCI in comparison and as a complement
to other methods for enabling balanced and timely decisions at
the individual, institutional and national levels. Please send
all feedback to ISI@clarivate.com.
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