Studying research collaboration using co-authorships

Melin, Göran; Persson, Olle

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“…These include namely major differences between fields in terms of (co)publication practices and time lag problems given that outputs may only be produced in the future (Katz and Martin, 1997;Jöns, 2007). In addition, looking at the relevance of networks from the standpoint of returning scientists may also require us to take into account other effects that are not necessarily reflected in direct collaborations that produce outputs (Melin and Persson, 1996), such as the mediator role of more senior scientists towards other groups/networks; the access to sources of funding; and the opportunities for additional mobility for the scientists or their teams. Thus, we think that it is important to achieve a more precise identification of the key networks that are effectively built and mobilised by the returning scientists.…”

Section: Limitations In Current Researchmentioning

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The Impact of Long-term Scientific Mobility on the Creation of Persistent Knowledge Networks

2013

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International scientific mobility is a strategic element in the science policies of several countries, being often equated with the development of extensive knowledge networks that can be mobilised by the scientists (and their organisations) upon their return. The objective of this paper is to understand whether and in which conditions mobility leads to the development of knowledge links that are long lasting and effectively play a key role in scientists' activities. In conceptual terms, the influence of mobility is explained through the opportunities it provides for temporary co-location in one organisation, and thus for the creation of social, cognitive and organisational proximity between scientists, which are critical for knowledge transmission and which can persist after the individuals draw apart. This conceptual framework supports an empirical analysis of the impact of two types of long term mobility -for training and professional purposes -on the creation of "persistent knowledge networks", in the case of Portuguese scientists. The results show that mobile scientists are more likely to have foreign organisations in their core knowledge network. Even more importantly, they reveal a high incidence of organisations that were part of the scientists' trajectory in these networks, providing some confirmation to the effects of colocation. However, these effects are not always present: the research also identifies some factors -related with personal characteristics, career situation, scientific field, time, geographical distance, motivations to move -that increase the likelihood of network persistence, which differ for the two types of mobility. AcknowledgmentsResearch conducted in the context of the project MOBISCIENCE: Scientists´mobility in Portugal: trajectories and knowledge circulation (PTDC/ESC/64411/2006), funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, whose support is gratefully acknowledged.2

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Section: Limitations In Current Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Long-term Scientific Mobility on the Creation of Persistent Knowledge Networks

2013

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“…Likewise, they can describe the degree of interaction and the influence of different agents or groups within the research community (GONZÁLEZ ALCAIDE et al 2010;NEWMAN 2001). The use of SNA has seen considerable development in the past several years (MELIN & PERSSON 1996), complementing and deepening the initial approaches taken since the 1960s in the field of bibliometrics (first by PRICE and then by CRANE) in relation to the concept of "invisible colleges" and the analysis of citation and co-citation networks (BARABASI et al 2002;CRANE 1969;MULLINS 1980;PRICE 1965;PRICE 1966).…”

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Scientific authorships and collaboration network analysis on Chagas disease: papers indexed in PubMed (1940-2009)

González‐Alcaide

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Huamaní

et al. 2012

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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SUMMARYChagas disease is a chronic, tropical, parasitic disease, endemic throughout Latin America. The large-scale migration of populations has increased the geographic distribution of the disease and cases have been observed in many other countries around the world. To strengthen the critical mass of knowledge generated in different countries, it is essential to promote cooperative and translational research initiatives. We analyzed authorship of scientific documents on Chagas disease indexed in the Medline database from 1940 to 2009. Bibliometrics was used to analyze the evolution of collaboration patterns. A Social Network Analysis was carried out to identify the main research groups in the area by applying clustering methods. We then analyzed 13,989 papers produced by 21,350 authors. Collaboration among authors dramatically increased over the study period, reaching an average of 6.2 authors per paper in the last five-year period. Applying a threshold of collaboration of five or more papers signed in co-authorship, we identified 148 consolidated research groups made up of 1,750 authors. The Chagas disease network identified constitutes a "small world," characterized by a high degree of clustering and a notably high number of Brazilian researchers.

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“…32 In the present article, collaboration will be measured using co-authorship, which is, despite some limitations, 23,24 a widely used, easily calculated and thus comparable indicator. 22,33,34 Ossenblok, Verleysen and Engels 20 demonstrated in a previous study that large differences exist in Flanders between collaboration patterns measured through co-authorship in articles and book chapters of social scientists compared to humanities researchers; the latter having fewer co-authored publications and fewer authors per co-authored publication. Overall, collaboration, as measured by co-authorships, is less frequent within the humanities than it is in the social sciences, and this is also true for edited books.…”

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Book editors in the social sciences and humanities: an analysis of publication and collaboration patterns of established researchers in Flanders

2015

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Studying research collaboration using co-authorships

Cited by 506 publications

References 8 publications

The Impact of Long-term Scientific Mobility on the Creation of Persistent Knowledge Networks

The Impact of Long-term Scientific Mobility on the Creation of Persistent Knowledge Networks

Scientific authorships and collaboration network analysis on Chagas disease: papers indexed in PubMed (1940-2009)

Book editors in the social sciences and humanities: an analysis of publication and collaboration patterns of established researchers in Flanders

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