Determine "seminal" papers

[davclark]

A graph appeared in today's slides, though it's not clear where it came from! (where did it come from?)

Either from existing research or novel work, it seems you want to identify a small collection of seminal (i.e., highly cited) papers in the CCT area.

[manjiangjie]

The graph is from: http://iv.slis.indiana.edu/ref/iv04contest/

[davclark]

These resources might be useful:

• http://www.researchgate.net/post/Google_scholar_for_systematic_reviews_what_limit_on_search_returns
• http://academic.research.microsoft.com/About/Help.htm

[tmadon]

Immediate Next Steps:
+Collectively identify (in Google?) the keywords for a more "systematic" review of the academic literature: a) methods (like regression discontinuity, randomized trial, difference-in-difference); b) content (CCTs in developing countries; look sectors/outcomes like health, education, social counseling, vocational training, etc.)
+Define the search combinations/restrictions -- e.g. {CCT, methods(*)}
+Speak with UCB Library Data Lab about the databases to search
+For now, carry out WebofKnowledge search; download hits for keywords identified in systematic review (text files)
+As searches are carried out, create Google Sheet for sharing results-- with checkpointing (Google -> CSV -> Git)

[renai33]

Please review the attached documents on CCT by the WB. Overview (pp. 1-28) and Review of CCT Impact Evaluations (pp297-314) sections are particularly useful. I highlighted studies we might want to search.
Fiszbein et al. - 2009 - Conditional cash transfers reducing present and f.pdf

[davclark]

Given this google sheet, we can now start to create short lists of the:

1. Papers, and
2. Authors

That are cited most, and perhaps over different time periods.

Already, this is a nice finding, and perhaps even a nice info-graphic (showing citations over time).

I assigned @nwingin to be the lead on this for now, as she's corralled the raw data (linked above).