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SOME THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW . ISRAEL LEDERHENDLER, PH.D NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH EVALUATION 2009 NOVEMBER 12, 2009. It’s Almost Always About Innovation. Managing information overload Outputs and Outcomes Exploiting knowledge; Finding disruptive ideas Scientist are entrepreneurs
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SOME THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW ISRAEL LEDERHENDLER, PH.D NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH EVALUATION 2009 NOVEMBER 12, 2009
It’s Almost Always About Innovation Lederhendler, Nov 2009 Managing information overload Outputs and Outcomes Exploiting knowledge; Finding disruptive ideas Scientist are entrepreneurs Making ideas count Measuring Innovation
Factors Driving NIH Decisions Public Interest and Societal Demands Funding Priorities of Institutes and Centers NIH Funding Priorities Scientific Opportunities Public Health Requirements Lederhendler, Nov 2009
NIH Data is Mostly Generated from the Grants Business Process Structured Data Documents and Decisions Unstructured Data Lederhendler, Nov 2009
Additional Data from Analysis and Other sources Data External to Grants Database Outputs and Outcomes Lederhendler, Nov 2009
DIMENSIONS OF INNOVATION Publications & Citations Data Adoption and diffusion of academic ideas History and structure of scientific communities Identification of disruptive ideas Lederhendler, Nov 2009
PUBLICATION AND CITATION DATA Can’t live without it Validity Data quality New communication media Lederhendler, Nov 2009
Describe the evolution and structure of scientific communities History and Structure of a Field Lederhendler, Nov 2009
IDENTIFYING DISRUPTIVE IDEAS EVALUATING IMPACT This visualization tracing citations shows that two seminal papers in 2002 and 2003 are widely cited in the community. Visual Overviews for Discovering Key Papers and Influences Across Research Fronts. Aleks Aris1, Ben Shneiderman1, Vahed Qazvinian2, and Dragomir Radev2 – thanks to Ping Want Lederhendler, Nov 2009