{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2892923641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3240323.3240347","title":"On the robustness and discriminative power of information retrieval metrics for top-N recommendation","display_name":"On the robustness and discriminative power of information retrieval metrics for top-N recommendation","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-09-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2892923641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3240323.3240347","mag":"2892923641"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3240323.3240347","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3240323.3240347","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 12th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049394629","display_name":"Daniel Valcarce","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7543-9964"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I11019714","display_name":"Universidade da Coru\u00f1a","ror":"https://ror.org/01qckj285","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I11019714"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Daniel Valcarce","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of A Coru\u00f1a, A Coru\u00f1a, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of A Coru\u00f1a, A Coru\u00f1a, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I11019714"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029757626","display_name":"Alejandro Bellog\u00edn","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6368-2510"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63634437","display_name":"Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid","ror":"https://ror.org/01cby8j38","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63634437"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alejandro Bellog\u00edn","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidad Aut\u00f3ma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidad Aut\u00f3ma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63634437"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046723532","display_name":"Javier Parapar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5997-8252"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I11019714","display_name":"Universidade da Coru\u00f1a","ror":"https://ror.org/01qckj285","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I11019714"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Javier Parapar","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of A Coru\u00f1a, A Coru\u00f1a, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of A Coru\u00f1a, A Coru\u00f1a, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I11019714"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052940596","display_name":"Pablo Castells","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0668-6317"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63634437","display_name":"Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid","ror":"https://ror.org/01cby8j38","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63634437"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pablo Castells","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidad Aut\u00f3ma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidad Aut\u00f3ma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63634437"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.0941,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":77,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98124505,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"260","last_page":"268"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10203","display_name":"Recommender Systems and Techniques","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10203","display_name":"Recommender Systems and Techniques","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12101","display_name":"Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research","score":0.9973999857902527,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10286","display_name":"Information Retrieval and Search Behavior","score":0.9914000034332275,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/discriminative-model","display_name":"Discriminative model","score":0.9089184999465942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robustness","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","score":0.8944382071495056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7464410662651062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.5391185283660889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metric","display_name":"Metric (unit)","score":0.5193465948104858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ranking","display_name":"Ranking (information retrieval)","score":0.5178825855255127},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/recommender-system","display_name":"Recommender system","score":0.47914260625839233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.4658995568752289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.46571969985961914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.40844473242759705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.1257539689540863}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97931131","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5282087","display_name":"Discriminative model","level":2,"score":0.9089184999465942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63479239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353546","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","level":3,"score":0.8944382071495056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7464410662651062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.5391185283660889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176217482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860554","display_name":"Metric (unit)","level":2,"score":0.5193465948104858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189430467","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7293293","display_name":"Ranking (information retrieval)","level":2,"score":0.5178825855255127},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C557471498","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q554950","display_name":"Recommender system","level":2,"score":0.47914260625839233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4658995568752289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.46571969985961914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.40844473242759705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1257539689540863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3240323.3240347","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3240323.3240347","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 12th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Reduced inequalities","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","score":0.699999988079071}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2482501340","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"GPC ED431B 2016/035 & ED431G/01","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320325108","funder_display_name":"Conseller\u00eda de Cultura, Educaci\u00f3n e Ordenaci\u00f3n Universitaria, Xunta de Galicia"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5361218562","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"FPU014/01724","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321764","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Educaci\u00f3n, Cultura y Deporte"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6608740259","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"TIN2015-64282-R, TIN2016-80630-P","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321837","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Econom\u00eda y Competitividad"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321764","display_name":"Ministerio de Educaci\u00f3n, Cultura y Deporte","ror":"https://ror.org/03nc27g21"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321837","display_name":"Ministerio de Econom\u00eda y Competitividad","ror":"https://ror.org/034900433"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320325108","display_name":"Conseller\u00eda de Cultura, Educaci\u00f3n e Ordenaci\u00f3n Universitaria, Xunta de Galicia","ror":"https://ror.org/03gq5rs15"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":49,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W119627244","https://openalex.org/W298464722","https://openalex.org/W1486317198","https://openalex.org/W1507150160","https://openalex.org/W1554394657","https://openalex.org/W1880262756","https://openalex.org/W1971040550","https://openalex.org/W1985514943","https://openalex.org/W1987431925","https://openalex.org/W1990190154","https://openalex.org/W1992665562","https://openalex.org/W1995945562","https://openalex.org/W2004918107","https://openalex.org/W2008445237","https://openalex.org/W2044121535","https://openalex.org/W2049455633","https://openalex.org/W2049670925","https://openalex.org/W2053100920","https://openalex.org/W2053584122","https://openalex.org/W2058896506","https://openalex.org/W2069870183","https://openalex.org/W2073722401","https://openalex.org/W2096747685","https://openalex.org/W2097638479","https://openalex.org/W2101409192","https://openalex.org/W2102698119","https://openalex.org/W2106365165","https://openalex.org/W2109244020","https://openalex.org/W2112285779","https://openalex.org/W2113802117","https://openalex.org/W2140310134","https://openalex.org/W2140942692","https://openalex.org/W2150886314","https://openalex.org/W2156834477","https://openalex.org/W2163162311","https://openalex.org/W2169038197","https://openalex.org/W2207136466","https://openalex.org/W2213191543","https://openalex.org/W2217645240","https://openalex.org/W2344203481","https://openalex.org/W2469056188","https://openalex.org/W2475607092","https://openalex.org/W2492653883","https://openalex.org/W2740253077","https://openalex.org/W2794432940","https://openalex.org/W2997904722","https://openalex.org/W4226280022","https://openalex.org/W4233760227","https://openalex.org/W6674498416"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2965546495","https://openalex.org/W4389116644","https://openalex.org/W2153315159","https://openalex.org/W3103844505","https://openalex.org/W259157601","https://openalex.org/W4205463238","https://openalex.org/W51364034","https://openalex.org/W2141938446","https://openalex.org/W2898073868","https://openalex.org/W4284663758"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"evaluation":[1,17],"of":[2,62,92],"Recommender":[3],"Systems":[4],"is":[5,39],"still":[6],"an":[7],"open":[8],"issue":[9],"in":[10,23,70],"the":[11,20,36,47,60,86,89,96,115,131],"field.":[12],"Despite":[13],"its":[14,29],"limitations,":[15],"offline":[16],"usually":[18,45],"constitutes":[19],"first":[21],"step":[22],"assessing":[24,78],"recommendation":[25],"methods":[26],"due":[27],"to":[28,56],"reduced":[30],"costs":[31],"and":[32,42,73,88,102,111,125],"high":[33,123],"reproducibility.":[34],"Selecting":[35],"appropriate":[37],"metric":[38],"a":[40],"critical":[41],"ranking":[43,64],"accuracy":[44],"attracts":[46],"most":[48],"attention":[49],"nowadays.":[50],"In":[51],"this":[52],"paper,":[53],"we":[54,99,103,118],"aim":[55],"shed":[57],"light":[58],"on":[59],"advantages":[61],"different":[63,93],"metrics":[65],"which":[66],"were":[67],"previously":[68],"used":[69,76],"Information":[71],"Retrieval":[72],"are":[74],"now":[75],"for":[77,84],"top-N":[79],"recommenders.":[80],"We":[81],"propose":[82],"methodologies":[83],"comparing":[85],"robustness":[87,110,124],"discriminative":[90,112,133],"power":[91],"metrics.":[94],"On":[95,114],"one":[97],"hand,":[98,117],"study":[100],"cut-offs":[101,107],"find":[104,119],"that":[105,120],"deeper":[106],"offer":[108],"greater":[109],"power.":[113,134],"other":[116],"precision":[121],"offers":[122],"Normalised":[126],"Discounted":[127],"Cumulative":[128],"Gain":[129],"provides":[130],"best":[132]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-08-01T09:00:35.917206","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}