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ArticleJournal of clinical and translational science2020

Bibliometrics approach to evaluating the research impact of CTSAs: A pilot study.

Fei Yu, Allison Alicia Van, Tanha Patel, Nandita Mani, Andrea Carnegie, Giselle M Corbie-Smith, Timothy Carey, John Buse, Gaurav Dave

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Article in Journal of clinical and translational science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Fei YuHealth Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1079-1590
Allison Alicia VanNorth Carolina Translational and Clinical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Tanha PatelNorth Carolina Translational and Clinical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4432-1469
Nandita ManiHealth Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Andrea CarnegieNorth Carolina Translational and Clinical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Giselle M Corbie-SmithNorth Carolina Translational and Clinical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Timothy CareyNorth Carolina Translational and Clinical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
John BuseNorth Carolina Translational and Clinical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Gaurav DaveNorth Carolina Translational and Clinical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Funding

Re-Entry Supplement: Investigation of Oral Microbial Enzymes for the Detection and Treatment of Periodontal DiseaseUL1TR002489 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, SHAHEEN, NICHOLAS J · 2018 to 2022
$48.6M
Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK124723 · NIDDK · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Nicholette D. Allred · 2020 to 2026
$11.0M
Mentoring in community influences on CVD riskK24HL105493 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CORBIE, GISELLE · 2010 to 2019
$1.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002489NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL105493NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK124723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTo enhance the performance evaluation of Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs, we examined the utility of advanced bibliometric measures that go beyond simple publication counts to demonstrate the impact of translational research output.

methodsThe sampled data included North Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute (NC TraCS)-supported publications produced between September 2008 and March 2017. We adopted advanced bibliometric measures and a state-of-the-art bibliometric network analysis tool to assess research productivity, citation impact, the scope of research collaboration, and the clusters of research topics.

resultsTotally, 754 NC TraCS-supported publications generated over 24,000 citation counts by April 2017 with an average of 33 cites per article. NC TraCS-supported research papers received more than twice as many cites per year as the average National Institute of Health-funded research publications from the same field and time. We identified the top productive researchers and their networks within the CTSA hub. Findings demonstrated the impact of NC TraCS in facilitating interdisciplinary collaborations within the CTSA hub and across the CTSA consortium and connecting researchers with right peers and organizations.

conclusionBoth improved bibliometrics measures and bibliometric network analysis can bring new perspectives to CTSA evaluation via citation influence and the scope of research collaborations.

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bibliometricsCTSA evaluationnetwork analysisresearch impact measurementtranslational research

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PMID33244415
PMCPMC7681148

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