Developing an Open-Source Bibliometric Ranking Website Using Google Scholar Citation Profiles for Researchers in the Field of Biomedical Informatics.
We developed the Biomedical Informatics Researchers ranking website (rank.informatics-review.com) to overcome many of the limitations of previous scientific productivity ranking strategies. The website is composed of four key components that work together to create an automatically updating ranking website: (1) list of biomedical informatics researchers, (2) Google Scholar scraper, (3) display page, and (4) updater. The site has been useful to other groups in evaluating researchers, such as tenure and promotions committees in interpreting the various citation statistics reported by candidates. Creation of the Biomedical Informatics Researchers ranking website highlights the vast differences in scholarly productivity among members of the biomedical informatics research community.
The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston, Houston, TX.
Dean F
DF
Sittig
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Allison B
AB
McCoy
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Adam
A
Wright
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Jimmy
J
Lin
D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057386:Search Engine / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface