DECEMBER 2012LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

VISUALISING THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

HOW ACADEMICS ARE CITED FOR THEIR WORK IN ACADEMIA AND SOCIETY

4790CITATIONS

HOW MANY CITATIONS DOES EACH SUBJECT AREA ACHIEVE?

3273CITATIONS

656CITATIONS

1384CITATIONS

ECONOMICS

HUMANGEOGRAPHY

SOCIOLOGY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

LAW 240

TOTAL NUMBER OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR* CITATIONS ACROSS ALL 5 SUBJECT AREAS*GOOGLE SCHOLAR: INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ACADEMIC HAS PRODUCED AND HOW MANY CITATIONS THOSE OUTPUTS HAVE RECEIVED

HUMANGEOGRAPHY

SOCIOLOGYECONOMICS LAW POLITICAL SCIENCE

INTRODUCING THE DATA

THE CITATIONS

THE ACADEMICSWE RANDOMLY SAMPLED 24 ACADEMICS FROM EACH SUBJECT

WE LOOKED AT THEIR PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN 2004 AND 2009THE PUBLICATIONS

THEN WE TRACKED THE CITATIONS TO THEIR WORK

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

OR PAPER

DISCUSSION OR COMMENTARY ARTICLE

OR WORKING PAPER

RESEARCH REPORTFOR COMMISSIONING BODY OR

INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC

83 605 73

10

0

12

40

21 510

8

37

3

47

4

4

6

22

37

ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLE

BOOKACADEMIC AS BOOK AUTHOR / EDITOR

ACADEMIC AS CHAPTER AUTHOR

TOTAL

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

SOCIOLOGY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

LAW

ECONOMICS

8149

4046

2867

500

148

588

1398

713

84

130

295

176

ONE BOOK : 100 CITATIONS

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

HOW MANY CITATIONS DOES EACH OUTPUT TYPE ACHIEVE?

TOTAL NUMBER OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR* CITATIONS FOR EACH OUTPUT TYPE, ACROSS ALL 5 SUBJECT AREAS*GOOGLE SCHOLAR: INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ACADEMIC HAS PRODUCED AND HOW MANY CITATIONS THOSE OUTPUTS HAVE RECEIVED

PUBLISHER

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

PRIVATE SECTOR

UK UNI

VERSITY

LIBRARY

INT’L UNIVERSITY

THINK

TANK OR RESEARCH INSTITUTE

THIRD SEC

TOR OR CIVIL SOCIETY

PERSONAL

/ GROUP WEB PAGE OR BLOG

UK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

MEDIA AND PRESS

UK LOCAL GOVERNMENT

INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT

ACADEMICSITE

NUMBER OF CITATIONS

*

*

*

*

*

EXTERNAL

351

0

ACADEMIA

* HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 163 - PUBLISHER

* ECONOMICS 351 - ACADEMIC WEBSITE

* LAW 115 - PUBLISHER

* POLITICAL SCIENCE 106 - INT’L UNIVERSITY

* SOCIOLOGY 269 - PUBLISHER

HIGHEST NUMBER OF CITATIONS

HOW FAR OUTSIDE OF ACADEMIA, DOES EACH SUBJECT HAVE IMPACT?

TOTAL NUMBER OF FULL GOOGLE SEARCH* REFERENCES FOR EACH SECTOR, ACROSS ALL 5 SUBJECT AREAS*FULL GOOGLE SEARCH: INFORMATION ON REFERENCES TO THE ACADEMIC FROM THE WORLD OUTSIDE ACADEMIA LAW

CITED BY

SOCIOLOGY

ECONOMICS

POLITICAL SCIENCE

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

52

6

LATIN

AMERICA

MIDDLE EAST

18

AFRICA

129

ASIA

EUROPE

988

1029

NORTH

AMERICA

95

OCEANIA

1620

UK

POLITICAL SCIENCE

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

SOCIOLOGY

LAWECONOMICS

SUBJECT AREAS

WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE CITATIONS COMING FROM?

TOTAL NUMBER OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR INWARD* CITATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, ACROSS ALL 5 SUBJECT AREAS*GOOGLE SCHOLAR INWARD: INFORMATION ABOUT REFERENCES/MENTIONS TO THE ACADEMIC FROM OTHER ACADEMICS

PROFILE: ACADEMICS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF OUTPUTS

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY253CITATIONS

1549CITATIONS

71CITATIONS

516CITATIONS

34CITATIONS

PROFESSOR

ECONOMICSPROFESSOR

LAWPROFESSOR

POLITICAL SCIENCEPROFESSOR

SOCIOLOGYPROFESSOR

NUMBER OF OUTPUTS: 35

NUMBER OF OUTPUTS: 41

NUMBER OF OUTPUTS: 28

NUMBER OF OUTPUTS: 27

NUMBER OF OUTPUTS: 26 CO-AUTHORED:

14

CITATIONS:

263

SINGLE AUTHORED:

12

CITATIONS:

271

CO-AUTHORED:

5

CITATIONS:

10

SINGLE AUTHORED:

32

CITATIONS:

40

CO-AUTHORED:

11

CITATIONS:

34

SINGLE AUTHORED:

21

CITATIONS:

38

CO-AUTHORED:

34

CITATIONS:

357

SINGLE AUTHORED:

4

CITATIONS:

46

CITATIONS:

247

SINGLE AUTHORED: CITATIONS:

4 7

CO-AUTHORED:

28

PROFILES OF THOSE ACADEMICS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF OUTPUTS, ACROSS ALL 5 SUBJECT AREAS

426OUTPUTS WITH1 AUTHOR

345OUTPUTS WITH2 AUTHORS

205OUTPUTS WITH3 AUTHORS

91OUTPUTS WITH4 AUTHORS

97OUTPUTS WITH5+ AUTHORS

5.3CITATIONSPER OUTPUT

12CITATIONSPER OUTPUT

10.5CITATIONSPER OUTPUT

10.5CITATIONSPER OUTPUT

8.7CITATIONSPER OUTPUT

RECEIVEDRECEIVEDRECEIVED RECEIVED RECEIVED

HOW DOES THE NUMBER OF AUTHORS AFFECT THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS?

TOTAL NUMBER OF AUTHORS FOR EACH OUPUT, COMPARED WITH TOTAL NUMBER OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR* CITATIONS*GOOGLE SCHOLAR: INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ACADEMIC HAS PRODUCED AND HOW MANY CITATIONS THOSE OUTPUTS HAVE RECEIVED

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450

LINKS

MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT CAN BE FOUND ON THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES BLOG AT:

WWW.BLOGS.LSE.AC.UK/IMPACTOFSOCIALSCIENCES

WWW.AMYRICKETTS.CO.UK

CREDITS

DESIGNAMY RICKETTSALISON PRENDIVILLE

PROJECT TEAMPROFESSOR PATRICK DUNLEAVYDR SIMON BASTOWJANE TINKLERDR JOAN WILSONDANIELLE MORANELLEN HARRIESSIERRA WILLIAMS

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES PROJECT IS FUNDED BY HEFCE

ABOUT

THE PAPER

THIS DATA NEWSPAPER WAS PRODUCED BY AMY RICKETTS, A GRAPHIC AND SERVICE DESIGNER, IN COLLABORATION WITH ALISON PRENDIVILLE FROM THE LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS.

OUT OF THE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT DATA SETS FROM LSE’S RESEARCH (IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH), SELECTIVE DATA WAS EXTRACTED AND VISUALISED TO PROVIDE A DIGESTIBLE NARRATIVE OF SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS.

THE DATA PRESENTED IS A SNAPSHOT OF A POINT IN TIME OF WHAT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS OF CALCULATIONS AND VISUALISATION. WITH RESPECT TO THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION IN THIS NEWSPAPER, THE DATA PRESENTED HAS ALREADY BEEN RE-CRUNCHED AND RECALCULATED.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY ‘VISUALISING THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH’ AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS INCREDIBLY RICH AND DETAILED RESEARCH PROJECT.

THE PROJECT

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES PROJECT AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES ACHIEVES PUBLIC POLICY IMPACTS, CONTRIBUTES TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND INFORMS PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY ISSUES AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES.

THE TEAM ARE DEVELOPING QUANTITATIVE METRICS FOR MEASURING IMPACT AND HAVE PERFORMED COMPARATIVE ANALYSES BASED ON A PILOT STUDY OF 120 ACADEMICS PULLED FROM A VARIETY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES.