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ReviewJournal of biomedical semantics2021

Why and how to engage expert stakeholders in ontology development: insights from social and behavioural sciences.

Emma Norris, Janna Hastings, Marta M Marques, Ailbhe N Finnerty Mutlu, Silje Zink, Susan Michie

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Review in Journal of biomedical semantics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Emma NorrisHealth Behaviour Change Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK. Emma.Norris@brunel.ac.uk.
Janna HastingsCentre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, UK.
Marta M MarquesCentre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, UK.
Ailbhe N Finnerty MutluCentre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, UK.
Silje ZinkCentre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, UK.
Susan MichieCentre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, UK.
University College London · GBBrunel University of London · GBDiakonhjemmet Hospital · NO

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/L011115/1Wellcome Trust 201,524/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 201524/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIncorporating the feedback of expert stakeholders in ontology development is important to ensure content is appropriate, comprehensive, meets community needs and is interoperable with other ontologies and classification systems. However, domain experts are often not formally engaged in ontology development, and there is little available guidance on how this involvement should best be conducted and managed. Social and behavioural science studies often involve expert feedback in the development of tools and classification systems but have had little engagement with ontology development. This paper aims to (i) demonstrate how expert feedback can enhance ontology development, and (ii) provide practical recommendations on how to conduct expert feedback in ontology development using methodologies from the social and behavioural sciences. MAIN BODY: Considerations for selecting methods for engaging stakeholders are presented. Mailing lists and issue trackers as existing methods used frequently in ontology development are discussed. Advisory boards and working groups, feedback tasks, consensus exercises, discussions and workshops are presented as potential methods from social and behavioural sciences to incorporate in ontology development.

conclusionsA variety of methods from the social and behavioural sciences exist to enable feedback from expert stakeholders in ontology development. Engaging domain experts in ontology development enables depth and clarity in ontology development, whilst also establishing advocates for an ontology upon its completion.

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Behavioral SciencesFeedbackOntology developmentSocial sciencesStakeholders

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PMID33757593
PMCPMC7985588
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