FAQ

How can I change the max number of clusters or the max keywords emphasis of PeopleMap?

If you would like to tinker with the hyperparameters of the NLP analysis, you can open up the GeneratePeopleMapFiles.py file and change either of the following two parameters at the bottom of the file:

• maxClusters: This parameter simply sets the max cluster you can select in the PeopleMap graph visualization.

• maxKeywordsEmphasis: This parameters selects the maximum possible keywords weight you can select in the PeopleMap visualization. The keywords weight is the emphasis you can place on a researcher's Google Scholar keywords when characterizing the researcher's work. The higher the value is, the greater the emphasis that is place on a researcher's self-ascribed keywords when describing their work. However, if you change this value, you need to enter the Toggle.svelte file in the components folder and manipulate the dropdown menu component for the keywords emphasis to allow more options.

My scraped CSVs are full of errors. What should I do?

There are a few possible problems with the scraping process. The first likely one is that the Google Scholar names that were placed in the list are incorrect. This can be fixed by verifying the names using Google Scholar to make sure the individual has a Google Scholar profile.

Another issue could be scraping from Google Scholar itself. If you have scraped for too long, Google Scholar will prevent you from scraping anymore (i.e., too many requests coming from your computer), sending an error message back which is caught by the scraper and turned into errors in the CSVs. Possible ways to solve this issue including restarting your computer (which may reset your web sessions), or waiting for a few hours before resuming.

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