Citation Distance: Measuring Knowledge Translation, Integration, Diffusion & Scope

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Whalen ◽  
Noshir Contractor
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Semantic Similarity ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
Transfert Des Connaissances ◽  
Similarity Measuring ◽  
Citation Measures

We propose citation measures that weight the relationships between publications based on their semantic similarity. Measuring the semantic similarity between over 5 million patents and over 52 million citations, we define and demonstrate four distinct metrics that measure: knowledge translation, knowledge integration, knowledge diffusion, and knowledge scope. Applying these measures provides novel empirical demonstrations of how the research environment has changed in recent decades, showing that researchers have drawn from increasingly distant knowledge sources, and that knowledge diffusion has occurred at an ever-accelerating pace. These citation distance measures show substantial promise in furthering our understanding of the research process and improving our assessment of scientific impact. Nous proposons des mesures de citation capables de mesurer les relations entre les publications en fonction de leur similarité sémantique. En mesurant la similarité sémantique entre plus de 5 millions de brevets et plus de 52 millions de citations, nous définissons et démontrons quatre métriques qui permettent de mesurer le transfert des connaissances, l'intégration de connaissances, la diffusion des connaissances, et la portée des connaissances. L'application de ces mesures démontre de façon empirique la façon dont l'environnement de recherche a changé au cours des dernières décennies, montrant que les chercheurs utilisent des sources de connaissances de plus en plus éloignées sémantiquement, et que la diffusion des connaissances se produit à un rythme toujours plus rapide. Ces mesures de distance de citation contribuent à meilleure compréhension du processus de recherche et à l'amélioration de notre évaluation de l'impact scientifique.

A study of practice based design research models from knowledge integration perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Honghai LI ◽  
Jun CAI
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Design Knowledge ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Design Innovation

The transformation of China's design innovation industry has highlighted the importance of design research. The design research process in practice can be regarded as the process of knowledge production. The design 3.0 mode based on knowledge production MODE2 has been shown in the Chinese design innovation industry. On this cognition, this paper establishes a map with two dimensions of how knowledge integration occurs in practice based design research, which are the design knowledge transfer and contextual transformation of design knowledge. We use this map to carry out the analysis of design research cases. Through the analysis, we define four typical practice based design research models from the viewpoint of knowledge integration. This method and the proposed model can provide a theoretical basis and a path for better management design research projects.

Intelligent recognition of semantic relationships based on antonymy

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-290
Author(s):  
Hui Guan ◽  
Chengzhen Jia ◽  
Hongji Yang
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Similarity ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Word Similarity ◽  
Semantic Relationships ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Path Distance ◽  
The Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Similarity Measuring ◽  
Intelligent Recognition

Since computing semantic similarity tends to simulate the thinking process of humans, semantic dissimilarity must play a part in this process. In this paper, we present a new approach for semantic similarity measuring by taking consideration of dissimilarity into the process of computation. Specifically, the proposed measures explore the potential antonymy in the hierarchical structure of WordNet to represent the dissimilarity between concepts and then combine the dissimilarity with the results of existing methods to achieve semantic similarity results. The relation between parameters and the correlation value is discussed in detail. The proposed model is then applied to different text granularity levels to validate the correctness on similarity measurement. Experimental results show that the proposed approach not only achieves high correlation value against human ratings but also has effective improvement to existing path-distance based methods on the word similarity level, in the meanwhile effectively correct existing sentence similarity method in some cases in Microsoft Research Paraphrase Corpus and SemEval-2014 date set.

Knowledge translation activity of a domestic violence research network: a scoping survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqui Cameron ◽  
Cathy Humphreys ◽  
Kelsey Hegarty
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Translation Strategies ◽  
Research Findings

Introduction: Research networks undertake work collaboratively on complex areas of research. Few studies examine how these networks develop their knowledge translation activity. Focusing on a domestic violence research network (DVRN), the aim of this study was to answer the question: What is the shared understanding of knowledge translation and activity in a domestic violence research network?Methods: A sample of DVRN members undertook an anonymous online survey about their knowledge translation activity.Results: Completed by 49 of a potential 65 DVRN members (75% completion rate), findings suggested members use multiple knowledge translation definitions, and that different stages of the research process engage people with lived-experience and policymakers undertaking lower levels of engagement than practitioners. Innovative engagement mechanisms to communicate research findings were limited, and knowledge translation barriers included budget, time, capacity, limitation of models, organisational emphasis and support. Finally, there was inadequate knowledge translation evaluation.Conclusion: Overcoming knowledge translation barriers is essential to ensure meaningful collaboration particularly with survivors who are often the missing voice of knowledge translation. Future studies could determine what impact, if any, increasing engagement of survivors and policymakers during all stages of the research process has on knowledge translation.<br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>This study has identified the need for meaningful collaboration with survivors and policymakers during all stages of the research process.</li><br /><li>Innovative engagement mechanisms are essential to engage end-users.</li><br /><li>A focus on evaluation of knowledge translation strategies is warranted.</li></ul>

scholarly journals Scenario-Based Approaches to Change Management in Fisheries Can Address Challenges With Scale and Support the Implementation of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Carin Gammage ◽  
Astrid Jarre
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Structured Decision Making ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Biogeographical Region

The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) management, recognising complexity, aims for the holistic, sustainable management of fisheries to promote healthy marine ecosystems and sustainable livelihoods. Effective implementation of the EAF has been problematic as we continue to grapple with issues of scale, knowledge integration and meaningful stakeholder engagement. Scenario-planning approaches in marine social ecological systems (SES) can address some of these challenges. Using systems-thinking, scenario-planning presents the opportunity to address challenges simultaneously at different scales of interaction by addressing the needs at smaller and larger decision-making scales. We here present a prototype scenario-based approach in which we used structured decision-making tools (SDMTs) in an iterative and interactive research process with marginalised stakeholders in a small-scale fishery in South Africa’s southern Cape. Using this approach presented an opportunity for fishers to consider pathways for future responses to change while enhancing personal and local adaptive capacity. At the same time, these marginalised fishers were provided with an important opportunity to freely air their views while engaging with tools new to them. The process did not only benefit fishers, but also provided valuable insights into how they view and experience their marine SES. The use of these tools has provided a means to integrate different knowledge streams, identifying ways in which challenges presented by scale in SES is better addressed. As a next step in the prototype development, expansion to more diverse stakeholders in the biogeographical region relevant for this fishery is recommended. We highlight how this approach can contribute to multi-level governance. When considering EAF implementation, we highlight how engaging marginalised stakeholders need not mean losing the reproducible, transparent processes required for modern management. Lastly, we discuss how multi-scalar flow of information could improve the implementation of an EAF in a developing society, such as that of South Africa.

scholarly journals Bridging Theories and Practices: Boundary Objects and Constellation Analysis as Vehicles for Interdisciplinary Knowledge Integration

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feldhoff ◽  
Stockmann ◽  
Fanderl ◽  
Gahle ◽  
Graf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Boundary Object ◽  
Object Concept ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Constellation Analysis ◽  
Interdisciplinary Knowledge ◽  
Core Concepts

Knowledge integration is a major challenge of interdisciplinary research. Substantially different stocks of knowledge based on different scientific backgrounds, uses of language, methodologies, and epistemologies must be integrated into the research process. Addressing this challenge, this paper exemplifies the process of interdisciplinary knowledge integration drawing on the example of the junior research group DynaMo—Mobility-Energy Dynamics in Urban Areas that deals with the sustainable transformation of urban mobility systems. This paper shows how we apply the boundary object concept in combination with the method of Constellation Analysis as vehicles for interdisciplinary knowledge integration. By innovatively combining the boundary object concept with Constellation Analysis we a) suggest a self-reflective tool for structuring the process of knowledge integration and b) further operationalize the boundary object with the help of core concepts. The approach is illustrated with the boundary object sustainable transformation of urban passenger mobility used by DynaMo. In doing so, the paper aims to add an instrument to the toolkit of inter- and transdisciplinary research and offers practical knowledge for its application.

scholarly journals A Tripartite Knowledge Translation Program: Innovative Patient-Centered Approach to Clinical Research Participation for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Aman Saini ◽  
Colleen Cochran ◽  
Audrey Zucker-Levin ◽  
Sarah J. Donkers ◽  
Pawan Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Experiential Research

Background. Knowledge translation (KT) models that represent an individual’s perspective are a sign of effective KT. Some common challenges in KT include participant engagement, organization of the team, and time demands of the participants. We implemented a unique tripartite KT program to (1) share current research, (2) inform persons living with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) about the clinical research process, and (3) invite pwMS to immediately participate in clinical research. The primary aim was to determine participants’ perspectives on the value and acceptability of an experiential research program offered at a patient and family educational conference. Methods. A team of researchers identified factors that would impact the logistics of hosting an experiential research program at a conference and designed a unique tripartite KT program. The local multiple sclerosis (MS) society was engaged to select an appropriate location and invite stakeholders to the conference. A survey to determine participants’ perspectives on the value and acceptability of the experiential research program was developed and analyzed. Results. 65 pwMS attended the conference, and 44 (67.7%) participated in the on-site experiential research program. 72.7% of the participants completed the survey, of which 93.8% stated that they strongly agree or agree with the following statements: “Did you feel like participating in research today was a valuable experience to you?” and “Did you feel like you were contributing to MS research?” 100% of the participants agreed or strongly agreed when asked “would you like to see more research activities taking place at these kinds of events?” Conclusions. This paper describes the logistics and challenges of conducting an experiential KT program, which proved to be rewarding for pwMS. The majority of pwMS attending the conference agreed to participate in the on-site experiential research program and an overwhelming majority of participants felt the experience was valuable.

scholarly journals Mixed Method Evaluation of the CEBHA+ Integrated Knowledge Translation Approach: A Protocol

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Pfadenhauer ◽  
Tanja Grath ◽  
Peter Delobelle ◽  
Nasreen Jessani ◽  
Joerg J Meerpohl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Complex Intervention ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Integrated Knowledge Translation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Integrated Knowledge

Abstract BackgroundThe Collaboration for Evidence-based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa (CEBHA+) is a research consortium concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of non-communicable diseases. CEBHA+ seeks to engage policymakers and practitioners throughout the research process in order to build lasting relationships, enhance evidence uptake, and create long-term capacity among partner institutions in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda in collaboration with two German universities. This integrated knowledge translation (IKT) approach includes the formal development, implementation and evaluation of country specific IKT strategies.MethodsWe have conceptualised the CEBHA+ IKT approach as a complex intervention in a complex system. We will employ a comparative case study (CCS) design and mixed methods to facilitate an in-depth evaluation. We will use quantitative surveys, qualitative interviews, quarterly updates, and a policy document analysis to capture the process and outcomes of IKT across the African CEBHA+ partner sites. We will conduct an early stage (early 2020) and a late-stage evaluation (early 2022), triangulate the data collected with various methods at each site and subsequently compare our findings across the five sites.Discussion Evaluating a complex intervention such as the CEBHA+ IKT approach is complicated, even more so when undertaken across five diverse countries. Despite conceptual, methodological and practical challenges, our comparative case study addresses important evidence gaps: While involving decision-makers in the research process is gaining traction worldwide, we still know very little regarding (i) whether this approach really makes a difference to evidence uptake, (ii) the mechanisms that make IKT successful, and (iii) relevant differences across socio-cultural contexts. The evaluation described here is intended to provide relevant insights on all of these aspects, notably in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is expected to contribute to the science of IKT overall.

scholarly journals The bounds of suicide talk: Implications for qualitative suicide research

2021 ◽  
pp. 136345932110607
Author(s):  
Patti Ranahan ◽  
Veronica Keefe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Training Initiative

Following the implementation of a provincial suicide prevention gatekeeper training initiative in western Canada between 2015 and 2018, we conducted a focused ethnography designed to capture the post-initiative context within one small community. Analyses of our field observations and interviews with community members suggest suicide prevention work is represented in multiple informal or coordinated actions to generate innovative pathways to provoke open conversations about suicide. Simultaneously, suicide talk is constrained and managed to limit vulnerability and exposure and adhere to community privacy norms. Further, parameters around suicide talk may be employed in efforts to construct the community and mental health care in livable ways. As the research process paralleled existing representations of suicide prevention work in the community, this paper explores our entanglement in the bounds of suicide talk during phases of recruitment, data collection and knowledge translation activities.

Collaborative strategies for knowledge translation: the African-German CEBHA+ research network

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Sell ◽  
L M Pfadenhauer ◽  
N Jessani ◽  
B M Schmidt ◽  
N Levitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Programme Theory ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Country Specific ◽  
Integrated Knowledge

Abstract Background The Collaboration for Evidence-based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa (CEBHA+) is an NCD research consortium that seeks to engage policy-makers and practitioners throughout the research process in order to build lasting relationships, enhance evidence uptake and build long-term capacity among partner institutions in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda. This integrated knowledge translation (IKT) approach includes the formal development and implementation of country-specific engagement strategies. Methods An early-stage evaluation is taking place in Mid-2020. Online surveys and qualitative interviews with researchers and policy-and-practice partners will inform adaptation of country-specific strategies, advance the initial programme theory and contribute to the science of IKT. Results We present three pertinent observations based on the development and implementation of an overarching CEBHA+ IKT approach and five country-specific strategies over the last two years: Despite being informed by an overarching IKT programme theory, the site-specific strategies and resulting partnerships vary markedly, representing the whole continuum of integrated knowledge translation.The diversity of approaches is due to different understandings of IKT, discontinuity of staff, lack of IKT training, and perceptions of usefulness (compared to ongoing research activities) among CEBHA+ researchers.The individual, dynamic and often pre-existing relationships of researchers and partners from policy and practice are central to IKT, but capturing these within the programme theory and monitoring them remains challenging. Conclusions These observations are useful to guide further evaluation and cross-country comparison. Close examination of relationships and conceptualisation of IKT as a continuum may provide valuable insights into the circumstances that make IKT efforts worthwhile. Key messages Translating evidence into policy and practice is reliant on partnerships between researchers and policy-and-practice partners. These can be formalised but the relationships remain complex and dynamic.

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