Exploring Citation and Author Collaboration Network with Graph Database

Exploring Citation and Author Collaboration Network with Graph Database | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Exploring Citation and Author Collaboration Network with Graph Database Jyoti Yadav, Mayuri Bhandari, Punam Nikam This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4378237/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract There are several research papers available online that span a wide range of disciplines. Researchers are using this data through search engines, digital libraries and professional networks. To make effective use of this data we propose building a citation network consisting of papers, authors and citations. Complex queries based on connections can be best handled by graph databases like Neo4j. Neo4j is a graph database that is specially designed for interconnected data. Neo4j represents data in the form of nodes and relationships and uses Cypher query language for CRUD (CREATE, READ, UPDATE and DELETE) operations. The proposed study, uses DBLP citation dataset to model citation and author collaboration networks using Neo4j. The expressiveness of Cypher query language in extracting insights from vast bibliographic data has been explored. The citation and author collaboration networks are analyzed to identify influential papers, influential authors, co-author networks, and to compute researcher’s impact metrics. Graph database Neo4j Citation Network Author collaboration network Citation analysis Cypher query language Connected data Data visualization Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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