Piloting Topic-Aware Research Impact Assessment Features in BIP! Services

Serafeim Chatzopoulos, Kleanthis Vichos, Ilias Kanellos, Thanasis Vergoulis

Abstract: Various research activities rely on citation-based impact indicators. However these indicators are usually globally computed, hindering their proper interpretation in applications like research assessment and knowledge discovery. In this work, we advocate for the use of topic-aware categorical impact indicators, to alleviate the aforementioned problem. In addition, we extend BIP! Services to support those indicators and showcase their benefits in real-world research activities.