AuthorSynth: a collaboration network and behaviorally-based visualization tool of activation reports from the neuroscience literature

Abstract

Neuroimaging has provided huge insight to the underpinnings of the human brain, with roughly 10,000 papers in PubMed in 2013, each associated with multiple authors spanning across the globe (ISI Web of Knowledge, ). Essential to the generation of this knowledge is collaboration, which allows for the efficient and intelligent synthesis of resources, time, and expertise. However for imaging scientists-already challenged with simultaneously conducting research, writing and reviewing papers, and securing funding-staying on top of the social and networking aspect of the field may not take priority.