Hughes, ME; Peeler, J; Hogenesch, JB. 2010. Network Dynamics to Evaluate Performance of an Academic Institution. SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2 (53): art. no.-53ps49

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Hughes, ME; Peeler, J; Hogenesch, JB. 2010. Network Dynamics to Evaluate 
Performance of an Academic Institution. SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2 
(53): art. no.-53ps49.

Author Full Name(s): Hughes, Michael E.; Peeler, John; Hogenesch, John B.
Language: English
Document Type: Article

KeyWords Plus: INDEX; SCIENCE
Abstract: Statistical assessments of performance are common in industry and 
for individual scientists, but the use of such measures to assess productivity in 
scientific organizations has lagged behind. The need for defined performance 
measures has grown as team science has begun to play a larger role in 
biomedical research, such as in the area of translational medicine. We used a 
metric, node degree over time, to measure the change in the rate of 
collaboration over the past five years within an organization, the University of 
Pennsylvania's Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT). 
The number of collaborative papers and grants roughly doubled over the past 
five years among investigators within but not outside of ITMAT. Also, 
collaborations within institutions and departments were more frequent than 
those between them-an actionable area of improvement.

Addresses: [Peeler, John; Hogenesch, John B.] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Dept 
Pharmacol, Inst Translat Med & Therapeut, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA; 
[Hughes, Michael E.] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Cellular & Mol Physiol, New 
Haven, CT 06520 USA
Reprint Address: Hogenesch, JB, Univ Penn, Sch Med, Dept Pharmacol, Inst 
Translat Med & Therapeut, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.

E-mail Address: hogenesc at mail.med.upenn.edu
ISSN: 1946-6234
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001580
fulltext: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/2/53/53ps49.full