Co-authorship networks and research impact: A social capital perspective

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1515-1530

  Li, Eldon Y ^a   Liao, Chien Hsiang ^a   Yen, Hsiuju Rebecca ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Network centrality; Research collaboration; Research impact; Social capital; Social network analysis; Team exploration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BETWEENNESS CENTRALITY; CLOSENESS CENTRALITIES; CO-AUTHORSHIP NETWORKS; NETWORK CENTRALITIES; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; RESEARCH IMPACTS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL SCIENCE CITATION INDICES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84885639601     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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