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A Novel and Objective Measure of Scientific Impact
Introducing “The Meme Metric” – a revolutionary way to measure scientific influence beyond traditional citations. Inspired by Richard Dawkins’ concept of memes, this new method tracks the uptake of ideas and keywords in research publications.
World Schizophrenia Awareness Day, 2024
In honor of World Schizophrenia Awareness Day we directed the IQuant Engine to generate an overview of the schizophrenia research landscape.
The Impact Problem
Unveiling the True Impact of Science: Dive into the pressing need to transcend outdated impact metrics that undervalue pioneering research like Katalin Kariko’s, which contributed to COVID-19 vaccines. Our blog discusses the urgent reform required for evaluating scientific contributions, advocating for a novel, integrity-focused approach.
Challenges in Authorship Attribution: The “Name Problem”
Are Jane Doe and J. Doe the same person? That’s a tougher question than you’d think. Correct authorship attribution is an intriguingly difficult nut to crack.
NIH Grant Funding Across CNS Diseases
What guides NIH in distributing grants funds across diseases? A mix of medical need, scientific opportunity, and potential societal benefit are likely the primary drivers behind those decisions. However, I wouldn’t be surprised to see influences from patient advocate groups and federal politics creeping into
The Publisher Problem
Why do we rely solely on publicly available data at Iquant? As Iquant’s senior data scientist, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on the source of the information that’s available to us. The choice to use only publicly available data isn’t one that we