Influencer scoring model

A system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, for a plurality of professionals, professional information and publication information;
• and
• for each professional of the plurality of professionals:
• generating a professional profile comprising a plurality of attributes related to the respective professional, the plurality of attributes derived from (i) the received professional information and (ii) the received publication information;
• determining one or more attribute connections among the plurality of attributes of the professional profile, each attribute connection based on a common attribute shared between the respective professional and one or more other professionals of the plurality of professionals, wherein each attribute connection comprises a strength indicating a duration of the common attribute shared between the respective professional and the one or more other professionals of the plurality of professionals;
• generating, using a scoring model, a score comprising an authority component and an influence component, the scoring model configured to receive, as inputs, the plurality of attributes related to the respective professional and the one or more attribute connections for the respective professional, wherein the authority component representing a first portion of the score determined based on a rank of at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes corresponding to the received professional information of the respective professional, and wherein the influence component representing a second portion of the score determined based on the strength of the one or more attribute connections among the plurality of attributes of the professional profile of the respective professional;
• receiving a user input indicating weighting criteria representing an amount of importance for each of the authority component and the influence component of the score;
• generating a relevancy score based on the weighting criteria, the relevancy score comprising a first weight associated with the authority component and a second weight associated with the influence component;
• and
• applying the first weight to the first portion of the score represented by the authority component and the second weight to the second portion of the score represented by the influence component to generate an overall score for the respective professional.