Solving the cold-start problem in scientific credit allocation

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Highlights:

• We introduce an algorithm that can allocate credit to authors in newly published papers.

• We validate the method by identifying the laureates of Nobel-winning papers.

• Our method has a significantly higher accuracy and robustness than existing algorithms for papers with few citations.

• We test the agreed-on rule on authorship and contribution and find distinguishable relation in past and recent publications in physics.

摘要

•We introduce an algorithm that can allocate credit to authors in newly published papers.•We validate the method by identifying the laureates of Nobel-winning papers.•Our method has a significantly higher accuracy and robustness than existing algorithms for papers with few citations.•We test the agreed-on rule on authorship and contribution and find distinguishable relation in past and recent publications in physics.

论文关键词:Credit allocation,Co-citing network,Authorship byline,Scientific impact

论文评审过程:Received 24 June 2020, Revised 7 March 2021, Accepted 9 March 2021, Available online 27 March 2021, Version of Record 27 March 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101157