Citation Count Prediction Using Abstracts

Authors

  • Takahiro Baba Kyushu University, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Kensuke Baba Fujitsu Laboratories, Kawasaki, 211-8588, Japan
  • Daisuke Ikeda Kyushu University, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan

Keywords:

Citation count prediction, Document classification, Text analysis, Machine learning

Abstract

Researchers are expected to find previous literature that is related to their research and potentially has a scientific impact from among a large number of publications. This paper addresses the problem of predicting the citation count of each research paper, that is, the number of citations from other papers to that paper. Previous literature related to the problem claims that the textual data of papers do not deeply affect the prediction compared with data about the authors and venues of publication. In contrast, the authors of this paper detected the citation counts of papers using only the paper abstracts. Additionally, they investigated the effect of technical terms used in the abstracts on the detection. They classified abstracts of papers with high and low citation counts and applied the classification to the abstracts modified by hiding the technical terms used in them. The results of their experiments indicate that the high and low of citation counts of research papers can be detected using their abstracts, and the effective features used in the prediction are related to the trend of research topics.

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Author Biographies

Takahiro Baba, Kyushu University, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan

Takahiro Baba received the BSc and MSc degrees from Kyushu University in 2004 and 2011. From 2011 to 2016 he was a employee in the Lafla Inc. Currently, he is a doctoral student in Kyushu University.

Kensuke Baba, Fujitsu Laboratories, Kawasaki, 211-8588, Japan

Kensuke Baba received the BSc, MSc, and DSc degrees from Kyushu University in 1996, 1998, and 2002. From 2002 to 2003 he was a Research Fellow and from 2003 to 2009 an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University. From 2009 to 2015 he was an Associate Professor in the library of Kyushu University. Currently, he is a Research Fellow in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories. His research interests include data mining, natural language processing, and machine learning. Dr. Baba is a member of the IEEE and IPSJ.

Daisuke Ikeda, Kyushu University, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan

Daisuke Ikeda received his BSc, MSc, and DSc degree in science from Kyushu University in 1994, 1996, and 2004, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics, Kyushu University. Formerly, he worked at Computer Center, Kyushu University, and Kyushu University Library. His research interests include data analysis, such as data mining and machine learning, and data infrastructure, such as database and information retrieval.

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Published

2019-01-01

How to Cite

Takahiro Baba, Kensuke Baba, & Daisuke Ikeda. (2019). Citation Count Prediction Using Abstracts. Journal of Web Engineering, 18(1-3). Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/JWE/article/view/3181

Issue

2019: Vol 18 Iss 1-3

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Articles