BibRank Internals

This page summarizes all the information suitable to dig inside BibRank and it's different ranking methods.

Single tag rank method

Ex. of use: Journal Impact Factor. Explains what this ranking method
does to create the ranking data for use when ranking based on
Journal Impact Factor or similar methods.

Word Similarity/Similar Records methods

Ex. of use: Ranking based on the importance of words in the whole
collection and in a single record. Explains how the ranking data is calculated.

Time-dependent Citation Counts

Explains the algorithm behind the time-dependent citation counts ranking method.

Link-based Ranking with/without External Citations

Explains the algorithm behind the link-based ranking method.

Time-dependent Link-based Ranking Method

Explains the algorithm behind the time-dependent link-based ranking method.

Bibrank Record Sorter API

How to call the Bibrank Record Sorter library from your python programs if necessary.

Create knowledgebase files (bibrankgkb)

Explains how to create knowledgebase files using the bibrankgkb tool