Ranking authors in academic social networks: a survey
ISSN: 0737-8831
Article publication date: 5 January 2018
Issue publication date: 7 February 2018
Abstract
Purpose
This study reviews the methods found in the literature for the ranking of authors, identifies the pros and cons of these methods, discusses and compares these methods. The purpose of this paper is to study is to find the challenges and future directions of ranking of academic objects, especially authors, for future researchers.
Design/methodology/approach
This study reviews the methods found in the literature for the ranking of authors, classifies them into subcategories by studying and analyzing their way of achieving the objectives, discusses and compares them. The data sets used in the literature and the evaluation measures applicable in the domain are also presented.
Findings
The survey identifies the challenges involved in the field of ranking of authors and future directions.
Originality/value
To the best of the knowledge, this is the first survey that studies the author ranking problem in detail and classifies them according to their key functionalities, features and way of achieving the objective according to the requirement of the problem.
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Acknowledgements
The work is supported by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan startup research grant under Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs program 2011, and the Indigenous Ph.D. Fellowship Program.
Citation
Amjad, T., Daud, A. and Aljohani, N.R. (2018), "Ranking authors in academic social networks: a survey", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 97-128. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-05-2017-0090
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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