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Finding rising stars in bibliometric networks

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Finding rising stars (FRS) is a hot research topic investigated recently for diverse application domains. These days, people are more interested in finding people who will become experts shortly to fill junior positions than finding existing experts who can immediately fill senior positions. FRS can increase productivity wherever they join due to their vibrant and energetic behavior. In this paper, we assess the methods to find FRS. The existing methods are classified into ranking-, prediction-, clustering-, and analysis-based methods, and the pros and cons of these methods are discussed. Details of standard datasets and performance-evaluation measures are also provided for this growing area of research. We conclude by discussing open challenges and future directions in this prosperous area of research.

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  1. http://dblp.uni-trier.de/.

  2. http://dblp.uni-trier.de/xml/.

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  5. https://www.scopus.com/.

  6. https://archive.org/details/stackexchange.

  7. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html.

  8. http://snap.stanford.edu/.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF- 2019S1A5C2A03083499).

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Ali Daud

  2. Department of Library and Information Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

    Min Song

  3. Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, IIU, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Malik Khizar Hayat, Tehmina Amjad & Anwar Ghani

  4. Department of Computer Science, QAU, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Rabeeh Ayaz Abbasi

  5. Department of Software Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Texila, Pakistan

    Hassan Dawood

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Daud, A., Song, M., Hayat, M.K. et al. Finding rising stars in bibliometric networks. Scientometrics 124, 633–661 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03466-w

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