Identifying prize-winning scientists by a competition-aware ranking

作者:

Highlights:

• We propose a method to evaluate the overall achievement of scientists.

• We measure the achievement of a scientist by comparing him with other scholars active in the same period.

• We assess the resulting ranking method using the American Physical Society citation data and four prestigious physics awards.

• Our results show that the new method significantly outperforms other ranking methods in identifying the prize laureates.

摘要

•We propose a method to evaluate the overall achievement of scientists.•We measure the achievement of a scientist by comparing him with other scholars active in the same period.•We assess the resulting ranking method using the American Physical Society citation data and four prestigious physics awards.•Our results show that the new method significantly outperforms other ranking methods in identifying the prize laureates.

论文关键词:Scholar evaluation,Time bias,Nobel Prize

论文评审过程:Received 28 November 2019, Revised 13 March 2020, Accepted 20 March 2020, Available online 20 April 2020, Version of Record 20 April 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101038