Genealogical index: A metric to analyze advisor–advisee relationships

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Highlights：

• We present a new metric to quantify the impact of mentoring in academic community.

• The genealogical index allows mentoring to be carried out at several generations to quantify the propagation of scientific knowledge.

• The Mathematics Genealogy Project dataset is exploited, including Fields medalists and Wolf prize winners.

• Possible connection is established between scientific production and academic orientation.

摘要

•We present a new metric to quantify the impact of mentoring in academic community.•The genealogical index allows mentoring to be carried out at several generations to quantify the propagation of scientific knowledge.•The Mathematics Genealogy Project dataset is exploited, including Fields medalists and Wolf prize winners.•Possible connection is established between scientific production and academic orientation.

论文关键词：Genealogical index,Academic genealogy,Advisor–advisee relationship,Genealogical graph

论文评审过程：Received 14 October 2016, Revised 1 April 2017, Accepted 2 April 2017, Available online 22 April 2017, Version of Record 22 April 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.04.001