Identifying Research-Active Specialists at an Academic Medical Center: A Case Study
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2022-02-28
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Roy Rada (2022) Identifying Research-Active Specialists at an Academic Medical Center: A Case Study, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 41:1, 67-79, DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2022.2021035
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Medical Reference Services Quarterly on 28 Feb 2022, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763869.2022.2021035
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Abstract
How might one identify, via publicly accessible web sites, research-active specialists at an
academic medical center? As a case study, health informatics specialists were identified at two
academic medical centers: University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus and University of
Maryland, Baltimore. Four types of data about researchers were sought: frequency of
publication, frequency of citations, money from grants, and patents. Based on frequency of
published papers, one center favored bioinformatics and cardiology, whereas the other produced
more results in nursing and radiology. Interestingly, different patterns were found across
different datasets. This bibliometric method was contrasted with the method of searching for
active researchers via a web portal showing board certified specialists at a particular institution.
This alternative approach was tried for informatics and sleep medicine, and the bibliometric
method seemed to produce better recall and precision.