{"id":15395,"date":"2023-05-12T12:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T12:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dimensions.ai\/?post_type=news&p=15395"},"modified":"2024-10-31T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:03:22","slug":"mapping-equity-with-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.dimensions.ai\/news\/mapping-equity-with-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping equity with Dimensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) recently published a blog article highlighting how a team working for Cambridge Global Challenges <\/a>used Dimensions to map 7,416 publications co-authored by the University of Cambridge and researchers based in low- and lower-middle income countries (LIC\/LMICs). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post titled A new Dimension for understanding international collaboration: Mapping as a tool for assessing equitable partnerships<\/a> provides insights and predicts trends in the collaborative partnerships between researchers from the University of Cambridge and those from LIC\/LMICs. The aim was to find a means to address power imbalances, which the authors write, have been characteristic of such collaborations in recent decades. The authors state that mapping the publications will help identify the nature of engagement across countries and subject areas and be a valuable tool for measuring a partnership\u2019s extent. The team used data from Dimensions to gain insights into centers of expertise at a global and in-country level and identify potential future partners in LICs\/LMICs. \u201cUnderstanding these trends could also help facilitate rapid coordinated responses to funding bids as well as other forms of engagement,\u201d the authors write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seen here an example of how collaborations among institutions can be viewed using Dimensions VOSviewer. This visualisation shows collaborations among African universities. The VOSviewr enables research institutes to visulaize co-authorship and citation analyses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The team also leveraged Dimensions\u2019 unique Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) filter, which has tagged more than 13 million publications by using a machine learning algorithm trained on almost 700 academic-reviewed keywords<\/a> and phrases. The Dimensions database was also used to get funding insights with valuable information regarding funding sources. Although the authors state that they identified several instances where Dimensions lacks complete funder data, Christian Herzog, Chief Product Officer at Digital Science and co-Founder of Dimensions, points out that Dimensions adds funder portfolios continuously. The funding data available expands month over month. \u201cTo cast a net as wide as possible, we mine the mentions of funders from the acknowledgment section, and the grant information does not need to be in Dimensions,\u201d he says. \u201cWe also link publications and specific grants in the Dimensions grant data. For this, however, we depend on funders providing their data to make the link between a grant and a publication,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the ultimate goal is to ensure equitable research partnerships between the Global North and South, the authors expressed some concern that paying for access to Dimensions could be restrictive to universities in LICs\/LMICs. They acknowledge that much of Dimensions data is freely available. Still, they write that some analytical features are available only for paid subscribers, and this might deter some Universities in LICs\/LMICs, which often face significant funding constraints, from accessing the database. \u201cSome of the additional filters and functionalities are indeed only available for subscribers, and these subscriptions are required to operate, maintain, and continually develop Dimensions, a large data infrastructure and application landscape,\u201d explains Herzog. \u201cHowever, we are committed to equitable access to data, and Dimensions has been part of the Research4Life initiative <\/a>since 2019. We are proud to say that Dimensions is available to all registered Research4Life users in more than 9000 institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n