Paper Info
Title
Social Networks of Researchers and Educators on nanoHUB.org
Abstract
The science gateway nanoHUB.org is the world's largest nanotechnology user facility, serving 167, 196 users in 2010 with over 2,300 resources including 189 simulation programs. Surveys of nanoHUB users and automated usage analysis find widespread simulation use in formal classroom education, thereby connecting recent research more rapidly and closely to education. Analysis of 719 citations in the scientific literature by over 1,300 authors to nanoHUB.org resources documents use of simulation programs by new research collaborations, by researchers outside of the community originating the program, and by experimentalists. The publication and author networks reveal research collaborations and capacity building through knowledge transfer. Analysis of secondary citations documents the quality of the conducted research with an h-index of 30 after just 10 years of operation. Our analysis proves with quantitative metrics that impactful research can be conducted by an ever growing research community. We argue that HUBzeroTM technology and the user-focused design and operation of nanoHUB.org are keys to success that can be transferred to other science gateways.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/CCGrid.2011.33
CCGrid
Keywords
Field
DocType
research community,automated usage analysis,new research collaboration,simulation program,research collaboration,social networks,widespread simulation use,impactful research,recent research,science gateway nanohub,nanohub user,social network,citation analysis,collaboration,computational modeling,simulation,cloud computing,nanotechnology,grid computing
Data science,Scientific literature,World Wide Web,Social network,Grid computing,Computer science,Knowledge transfer,Citation analysis,Capacity building,Science gateway,Cloud computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-0-7695-4395-6
1
0.38
References 
Authors
5
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gerhard Klimeck112926.11
George B. Adams III222523.23
Krishna P. C. Madhavan3276.84
Nathan Denny410.38
Michael G. Zentner510.38
Swaroop Shivarajapura671.20
Lynn K. Zentner7102.64
Diane L. Beaudoin810.38
Adams, G.B.97011.27