Do-it-yourself Bibliometrics

Bibliometrics, as I mention in an earlier post, can help pinpoint centers of research in a particular technical area. True bibliometrics requires vast bibliographic databases and sophisticated algorithms for analysis.

Sometimes, though, you can do seat of the pants bibliometrics that will suit your purposes just fine. For example, “Basic Research Needs: Catalysis for Energy (http://www.er.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html),” a report from the U.S. Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Workshop, August 6-8, 2007, lists a number of “Workshop Participants,” each of whom is a significant figure in search for energy solutions. It also lists the organization each participant represents. By putting these two bits of information into a spreadsheet, I was able to sort and resort to reveal a number of possible avenues of research.

For example, although the bulk of participants represent the U.S. Government, it helps me to know which particular government organizations are most represented. Ditto for the university representatives.

Further, although the corporate participants typically only had one or two representatives, the fact that a corporate entity had any interest at all make it worth a second look.

If you would like a clean spreadsheet copy of the table below, send me an email request at: desulf@jeansteinhardt.com


ORGANIZATION NO. OF REPRESENTATIVES TYPE (Governmnet, University, Corporate)
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
University of California, Berkeley 6 U
Argonne National Laboratory 5 G
Oak Ridge Institute for Science 4 G
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 U
Northwestern University 4 U
UOP, LLC 3 C
Brookhaven National Laboratory 3 G
Los Alamos National Laboratory 3 G
The Dow Chemical Company 2 C
Ames Laboratory 2 G
Idaho National Laboratory 2 G
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2 G
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2 G
National Research Council, National Academy 2 G
National Science Foundation 2 G
Sandia National Laboratories 2 G
Savannah River National Laboratory 2 G
University of Delaware 2 U
University of Michigan 2 U
University of Notre Dame 2 U
University of Pennsylvania 2 U
University of Virginia 2 U
University of Washington 2 U
ABB Lummus Global 1 C
BP Group Technology 1 C
Brigham Young University 1 U
California Institute of Technology 1 U
Cornell University 1 U
Eindhoven University of Technology 1 U
Georgia Institute of Technology 1 U
Harvard University 1 U
Iowa State University 1 U
Pennsylvania State University 1 U
Purdue University 1 U
Rutgers, The State University of 1 U
SRI 1 U
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory 1 U
Texas A&M University 1 U
Tufts University School of Engineering 1 U
Universität München 1 U
University of Alabama 1 U
University of California, Davis 1 U
University of California, San Diego 1 U
University of Colorado at Boulder 1 U
University of Kentucky Center for 1 U
University of Massachusetts at Amherst 1 U
University of Minnesota 1 U
University of Oklahoma 1 U
University of Rochester 1 U
University of Southern California 1 U
University of Texas 1 U
University of Texas at Austin 1 U
University of Wisconsin–Madison 1 U
University of Wyoming 1 U
Yale Universtiy 1 U
Catalytic Insights, LLC 1 C
Chemical & Engineering News 1 C
Eastman Chemical Company 1 C
ExxonMobil 1 C
Phillips Petroleum Company 1 C
RDS–Shell Global Solutions 1 C
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy 16 G
U.S Department of Energy National 16 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 G
University of California, Berkeley 6 U
University of California, Berkeley 6 U
University of California, Berkeley 6 U
University of California, Berkeley 6 U
University of California, Berkeley 6 U
Argonne National Laboratory 5 G
Argonne National Laboratory 5 G
Argonne National Laboratory 5 G
Argonne National Laboratory 5 G
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 4 G
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 4 G
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 4 G
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 U
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 U
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 U
Northwestern University 4 U
Northwestern University 4 U
Northwestern University 4 U
UOP, LLC 3 C
UOP, LLC 3 C
Brookhaven National Laboratory 3 G
Brookhaven National Laboratory 3 G
Los Alamos National Laboratory 3 G
Los Alamos National Laboratory 3 G
The Dow Chemical Company 2 C
Ames Laboratory 2 G
Idaho National Laboratory 2 G
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2 G
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2 G
National Research Council, National Academy 2 G
National Science Foundation 2 G
Sandia National Laboratories 2 G
Savannah River National Laboratory 2 G
University of Delaware 2 U
University of Michigan 2 U
University of Notre Dame 2 U
University of Pennsylvania 2 U
University of Virginia 2 U
University of Washington 2 U