Analyzing the Coauthorship Networks of Latin American Computer Science Research Groups

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the co authorship networks of Latin American Computer Science research groups from 35 academic institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Our analysis is based on data over a period of 20 years collected from DBLP, and aims to know the topological structure of each of these networks and provide a view of how they have evolved over time. Our results show that over the 2004-2013 decade there has been a relevant increase in terms of publications and collaborations in Latin America. We also identify the influential authors in the area according to complex network metrics and analyze the research networks originated from the co authorships. Despite the increase in all per-country metrics, we observed that there is still a lot to improve, since most of the collaborations happen between just Brazil-Chile and Argentina-Brazil, although there is some growth in the diversity of the collaborations.