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Autor*innen: Sie, Rory L. L.; Drachsler, Hendrik; Bitter-Rijpkema, Marlies; Sloep, Peter
Titel: To whom and why should I connect? Co-author recommendation based on powerful and similar peers
In: International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 4 (2012) 1/2, S. 121-137
DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2012.048314
Dokumenttyp: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Sprache: Englisch
Abstract: The present paper offers preliminary outcomes of a user study that investigated the acceptance of a recommender system that suggests future co-authors for scientific article writing. The recommendation approach is twofold: network information (betweenness centrality) and author (keyword) similarity are used to compute the utility of peers in a network of co-authors. Two sets of recommendations were provided to the participants: Set one focused on all candidate authors, including co-authors of a target user to strengthen current bonds and strive for acceptance of a certain research topic. Set two focused on solely new co-authors of a target user to foster creativity, excluding current co-authors. A small-scale evaluation suggests that the utility-based recommendation approach is promising, but to maximise outcome, we need to (a) compensate for researchers' interests that change over time and (b) account for multi-person co-authored papers. (Orig.)