Title
An Exploratory Social Network Analysis of Academic Research Networks
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/INCoS.2011.49
INCoS
Keywords
Field
DocType
research funding allocation,collaborative network,strong inter-related research group,limited data,research domain,research collaborative network,exploratory social network analysis,research institution,research outcome,academic research networks,case study,automated tool,bibliometrics,social network analysis,collaboration,correlation,groupware
Computer science,Collaborative software,Social network analysis,Knowledge management,Funding allocation,Bibliometrics
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4577-1908-0
7
0.73
References 
Authors
13
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sergio L. Toral Marín116718.81
Bessis, N.280688.01
M. R. Martinez-Torres3645.43
Florian Franc470.73
Federico Barrero544442.44
Fatos Xhafa63433343.33