Relationship between authors' structural position in the collaboration network and research productivity: Case of Indian earth scientists

Q Social Sciences

Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems Pub Date : 2014-09-02 DOI:10.1108/PROG-01-2013-0002

Sameer Kumar, J. Jan

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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compute and analyze the topological properties of co-authorship network formed between earth scientists in India. As a case study, the authors evaluate bibliographic data of authors who have contributed research articles in the Journal of the Geological Society of India, a premier earth science journal in India. Design/methodology/approach – Research articles totaling 3,903 records from 1970 to 2011 were harvested from the ISI Web of Science SCI database and analyzed using Social Network Analysis. Findings – The author productivity in terms of number of papers published followed Lotka's law with β=2.1027. A dense giant component was detected that spanned 73 percent of the network with a density of 0.0017 and clustering coefficient of 0.631, suggesting high level of knowledge diffusion and a rapid flow of information and creativity in this network. Local metrics were calculated using degree, betweenness and closeness centralities. A strong correlation was seen betw...

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作者在合作网络中的结构地位与研究生产力的关系:以印度地球科学家为例

目的-本文的目的是计算和分析印度地球科学家之间形成的合著网络的拓扑特性。作为一个案例研究，作者评估了在印度主要的地球科学期刊《印度地质学会杂志》(Journal of the Geological Society of India)发表研究文章的作者的书目数据。设计/方法/方法-从ISI Web of Science SCI数据库中收集了1970年至2011年的3903篇研究论文，并使用社会网络分析进行了分析。研究结果:论文发表数方面的作者生产率遵循Lotka定律，β=2.1027。检测到一个密集的巨型组件，它跨越了网络的73%，密度为0.0017，聚类系数为0.631，表明该网络中的知识扩散程度高，信息和创造力流动迅速。使用度、中间度和接近度中心性计算局部指标。有很强的相关性。

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Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

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1.30

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