An exploratory social network analysis of academic research networks

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Toral, Sergio L., Bessis, Nik, Martinez-Torres, M. R., Franc, Florian, Barrero, Federico and Xhafa, Fatos 2011. An exploratory social network analysis of academic research networks. https://doi.org/10.1109/INCoS.2011.49
AuthorsToral, Sergio L., Bessis, Nik, Martinez-Torres, M. R., Franc, Florian, Barrero, Federico and Xhafa, Fatos
Abstract

For several decades, academics around the world have been collaborating with the view to support the development of their research domain. Having said that, the majority of scientific and technological policies try to encourage the creation of strong inter-related research groups in order to improve the efficiency of research outcomes and subsequently research funding allocation. In this paper, we attempt to highlight and thus, to demonstrate how these collaborative networks are developing in practice. To achieve this, we have developed an automated tool for extracting data about joint article publications and analyzing them from the perspective of social network analysis. In this case study, we have limited data from works published in 2010 by England academic and research institutions. The outcomes of this work can help policy makers in realising the current status of research collaborative networks in England.

For several decades, academics around the world
have been collaborating with the view to support the
development of their research domain. Having said that, the
majority of scientific and technological policies try to
encourage the creation of strong inter-related research groups
in order to improve the efficiency of research outcomes and
subsequently research funding allocation. In this paper, we
attempt to highlight and thus, to demonstrate how these
collaborative networks are developing in practice. To achieve
this, we have developed an automated tool for extracting data
about joint article publications and analyzing them from the
perspective of social network analysis. In this case study, we
have limited data from works published in 2010 by England
academic and research institutions. The outcomes of this work
can help policy makers in realising the current status of
research collaborative networks in England.

KeywordsKnowledge networks; Social network analysis; Bibliometrics; Collaborative research networks
Year2011
PublisherIEEE
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1109/INCoS.2011.49
Web address (URL)hdl:10545/224976
Publication datesNov 2011
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Deposited21 May 2012, 11:48
ISBN978-0-7695-4579-0
ContributorsUniversity of Seville, Spain, University of Derby, University of Toulouse (INSA), France and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
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