A comparative analysis of offline and online evaluations and discussion of research paper recommender system evaluation

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Explainable Recommendation: A Survey and New Perspectives (2018, background): “Because this survey focuses on explainable recommendation, readers are are suggested to refer Gunawardana and Shani [2009] and Beel et al. [2013] for a comprehensive analysis of online evaluation methods under the background of conventional “nonexplainable” recommendation.”
Research-paper recommender systems: a literature survey (2015, background): “Some claim that offline evaluations should not be used for evaluating research-paper recommender systems [191].”
Continuous Online Evaluation of Recommendation Strategies in Social Science Academic Search (2026, unknown): “On the other hand, several studies argued that test collections fail to reflect real-world user behavior and evolving information needs, motivating a shift toward online evaluation [4, 6].”