An Analysis of the Structure and Evolution of the Distance Education Research Area Community in Terms of Coauthorships

Int. J. Distance Educ. Technol. Pub Date : 2018-04-01 DOI:10.4018/IJDET.2018040105

R. R. Gomes, M. Barbosa

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ThisarticleaimsatcharacterizingtheresearchcommunityofDistanceEducation(DE)withrespect tocoauthorship,aspecialkindofcollaborationamongresearchers,accordingtopublicationsof11 relevantDEjournals.Thisarticleidentifiedwhothecentralresearchersare,thetopologicalproperties ofthecoauthorshipnetworksanalyzed,thecoauthorshippatternsofeachjournalandtheevolution oftheDEcommunityinthelast30years.Inordertoachievethesegoals,SocialNetworkAnalysis (SNA) was used, deriving centrality metrics, which depict the importance of researchers in the networks.Thisstudyfoundoutthatresearcherswhopublishmorepapersarenotnecessarilytheones consideredmorecentralaccordingtoSNA.Besides,promisingresearchers,thoselinkedtocentral researchersandareconsideredmorelikelytocoauthorpapersinthenearfuture.Differentcoauthorship patternsamongjournalsaredescribed.Finally,asteepincreaseinthenumberofpublicationsand coauthorshipsinthelastdecadeswasobserved. KEywoRDS Coauthorship, Distance Education, Online Learning, Research Communities, Social Network Analysis

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ThisarticleaimsatcharacterizingtheresearchcommunityofDistanceEducation(DE)withrespect tocoauthorship，aspecialkindofcollaborationamongresearchers，accordingtopublicationsof11 relevantDEjournals。Thisarticleidentifiedwhothecentralresearchersare，thetopologicalproperties ofthecoauthorshipnetworksanalyzed，thecoauthorshippatternsofeachjournalandtheevolution oftheDEcommunityinthelast30years。使用了Inordertoachievethesegoals，SocialNetworkAnalysis (SNA)，推导出了中心度度量，这些度量描述了研究人员在网络中的重要性。Thisstudyfoundoutthatresearcherswhopublishmorepapersarenotnecessarilytheones consideredmorecentralaccordingtoSNA。Besides，promisingresearchers，thoselinkedtocentral researchersandareconsideredmorelikelytocoauthorpapersinthenearfuture。Differentcoauthorship patternsamongjournalsaredescribed。Finally，asteepincreaseinthenumberofpublicationsand coauthorshipsinthelastdecadeswasobserved。关键词:合作，远程教育，在线学习，研究社区，社会网络分析

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