An exploratory social network analysis of academic research networks

Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, INCoS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 21-26

  Toral, Sergio L ^a   Bessis, Nik ^b   Martinez Torres, M R ^a   Franc, Florian ^c   Barrero, Federico ^a   Xhafa, Fatos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Collaborative research networks; Knowledge networks; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AUTOMATED TOOLS; BIBLIOMETRICS; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; CURRENT STATUS; ENGLAND; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; LIMITED DATA; POLICY MAKERS; RESEARCH DOMAINS; RESEARCH FUNDING; RESEARCH GROUPS; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; RESEARCH OUTCOME; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

RESEARCH;

EID: 84857151730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INCoS.2011.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. R. Guimera, B. Uzzi, J. Spiro, L. Amaral, "Team assembly mechanisms determine collaboration network structure and team performance", Science, Vol. 308, pp. 697-702, 2005.
2. N. Bessis. Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations, IGI Publishing, 2009
3. M. Bordons, M. A. Zulueta, F. Romero, S. Barrigón, "Measuring interdisciplinary collaboration within a university: The effects of the multidisciplinary research programme", Scientometrics, Vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 383-398, 1999 (Pubitemid 37223832)
4. J. N. Cummings and S. Kiesler, "Who collaborates successfully?: prior experience reduces collaboration barriers in distributed interdisciplinary research", In Proceedings of the ACM 2008 Conference on Computer upported Cooperative Work, 2008.
5. X. Liu, J. Bollen, M. L. Nelson, H. Van de Sompel, "Co-authorship networks in the digital library research community", Information Processing & Management, Vol. 41, Iss. 6, pp. 1462-1480, 2005.
6. I. Farkas, I. Derenyi, H. Jeong, Z. Neda, Z. N. Oltvai, E. Ravasz, et al. "Networks in life: scaling properties and eigenvalue spectra", Physica A, Vol. 314, pp. 25-34, 2002.
7. M. A. Rodriguez and, A. Pepe, "On the relationship between the structural and socioacademic communities of a coauthorship network", Journal of Informetrics, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, pp. 195-201, 2008.
8. E. Garfield, Citation indexing-Its theory and application in science, technology, and humanities. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1979.
9. G. Laudel, What do we measure by co-authorships? Research Evaluation, Vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 3-15, 2002.
10. J. S. Katz, B. R. Martin, What is research collaboration? Research Policy, Vol. 26, pp. 1-18, 1997.
11. W. Glänzel, and A. Schubert, Analysing Scientific Networks through co-authorship, H.F. Moed et al. (eds.), Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 257-276, 2004.
12. C. Olmeda-Gómez, A. Perianes-Rodríguez, M.A. Ovalle-Perandones, Visualization of scientific co-authorship in Spanish universities: From regionalization to internationalization, Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, Vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 83-100, 2009.
13. D. Hicks, J. S. Katz, The changing shape of British industrial research, STEEP Special Report No 6, SPRU, 1997.
14. I. Gómez, M. T. Fernández, A. Méndez, Collaboration patterns of Spanish scientific publications in different research areas and disciplines. In M.E.D. Koenig and A. Bookstein (Eds.), Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (pp. 187-196). Learned Inf., Medford, NJ, 187-196, 1995.
15. J.S. Katz, "Geographical proximity and scientific collaboration", Scientometrics, Vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 31-43, 1994.
16. D. deB. Beaver, "Reflections on scientific collaborations (and its study): Past, present and prospective", Scientometrics, Vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 365-377, 2001.
17. G. Abramo, C. A. D'Angelo and F. Di Costa, "Research collaboration and productivity: is there correlation?", Higher Education, Vol. 57, pp. 155-171, 2009.
18. S. Lee, & B. Bozeman, "The impact of research collaboration on scientific productivity", Social Studies of Science, Vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 673-702, 2005.
19. M. J. Martin-Sempere, J. Rey-Rocha, & B. Garzon-Garcia, "The effect of team consolidation on research collaboration and performance of scientists. Case study of Spanish University researchers in Geology", Scientometrics, Vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 377-394, 2002.
20. F. Barjak, & S. Robinson, "International collaboration, mobility and team diversity in the life sciences: Impact on research performance", Social Geography Discussion, Vol. 3, pp. 121-157, 2007.
21. C. Olmeda-Gómez, A. Perianes-Rodriguez, M. A. Ovalle-Perandones, V. P. Guerrero-Bote, F. de Moya Anegón, "Visualization of scientific co-authorship in Spanish universities: From regionalization to internationalization", Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, Vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 83-100, 2009.
22. T. Velden, A. U. Haque, C. Lagoze, "A new approach to analyzing patterns of collaboration in co-authorship networks: mesoscopic analysis and interpretation", Scientometrics, Vol. 85, pp. 219-242, 2010.
23. V. Lariviere, Y. Gingras, and E. Archambault, "Comparative analysis of networks of collaboration of Canadian researchers in the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities", Scientometrics, Vol. 68 No. 3, pp. 519-33, 2006.
24. H. Hou, H. Kretschmer, and Z. Liu, "The structure of scientific collaboration networks in scientometrics", Scientometrics, Vol. 75 No. 2, pp. 189-2002, 2008.
25. C. Olmeda-Gómez, A. Perianes-Rodríguez, M. A. Ovalle-Perandones, & F. Moya-Anegón, "Comparative analysis of university-government-enterprise co-authorship networks in three scientific domains in the region of Madrid, 1995-2003", Information Research, Vol. 13, no. 3, paper 352, 2008, [Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/13-3/paper352. html]
26. W. Nooy,A. Mrvar, & V. Batagelj, Exploratory Network Analysis with Pajek, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
27. M. R. Martínez-Torres, S. L. Toral, F. Barrero, "The role of Internet in the development of Future Software Projects", Internet Research, Vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 72-86, 2010.
28. S. L. Toral, M. R. Martínez-Torres, & F. Barrero, "Virtual Communities as a resource for the development of OSS projects: the case of Linux ports to embedded processors", Behavior and Information Technology, Vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 405-419, 2009.
29. A.C. Rencher, Methods of Multivariate Analysis. 2nd ed. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics, John Wiley & Sons, 2002. (Pubitemid 40929695)