Understanding scientific collaboration: Homophily, transitivity, and preferential attachment

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 72-86

  Zhang, Chenwei ^a   Bu, Yi ^b   Ding, Ying ^b,c,d   Xu, Jian ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-AUTHOR NETWORKS; CO-AUTHORSHIP NETWORKS; EXPONENTIAL RANDOM GRAPH MODEL; HOMOPHILY; PREFERENTIAL ATTACHMENTS; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION;

GRAPH THEORY;

FEMALE; MALE; PUBLICATION;

EID: 85030028037     PISSN: 23301635     EISSN: 23301643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23916     Document Type: Article

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