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Differences in collaboration structures and impact among prominent researchers in Europe and North America

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    Identifier: imarina:9296824
    Authors:
    Danus, LluisMuntaner, CarlesKrauss, AlexanderSales-Pardo, MartaGuimera, Roger
    Abstract:
    Scientists collaborate through intricate networks, which impact the quality and scope of their research. At the same time, funding and institutional arrangements, as well as scientific and political cultures, affect the structure of collaboration networks. Since such arrangements and cultures differ across regions in the world in systematic ways, we surmise that collaboration networks and impact should also differ systematically across regions. To test this, we compare the structure of collaboration networks among prominent researchers in North America and Europe. We find that prominent researchers in Europe establish denser collaboration networks, whereas those in North America establish more decentralized networks. We also find that the impact of the publications of prominent researchers in North America is significantly higher than for those in Europe, both when they collaborate with other prominent researchers and when they do not. Although Europeans collaborate with other prominent researchers more often, which increases their impact, we also find that repeated collaboration among prominent researchers decreases the synergistic effect of collaborating.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Danus, Lluis; Muntaner, Carles; Krauss, Alexander; Sales-Pardo, Marta; Guimera, Roger
    Department: Enginyeria Química
    URV's Author/s: Danús Amengual, Lluís / Guimera Manrique, Roger / Sales Pardo, Marta
    Keywords: Scientific collaboration Science of science Research impact Computational social science Complex networks Collaboration networks teams science research impact networks computational social science complex networks collaboration networks coauthorship
    Abstract: Scientists collaborate through intricate networks, which impact the quality and scope of their research. At the same time, funding and institutional arrangements, as well as scientific and political cultures, affect the structure of collaboration networks. Since such arrangements and cultures differ across regions in the world in systematic ways, we surmise that collaboration networks and impact should also differ systematically across regions. To test this, we compare the structure of collaboration networks among prominent researchers in North America and Europe. We find that prominent researchers in Europe establish denser collaboration networks, whereas those in North America establish more decentralized networks. We also find that the impact of the publications of prominent researchers in North America is significantly higher than for those in Europe, both when they collaborate with other prominent researchers and when they do not. Although Europeans collaborate with other prominent researchers more often, which increases their impact, we also find that repeated collaboration among prominent researchers decreases the synergistic effect of collaborating.
    Thematic Areas: Social sciences, mathematical methods Modeling and simulation Mathematics, interdisciplinary applications Engenharias iv Engenharias i Computer science applications Computational mathematics Ciencias sociales Ciência da computação
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: roger.guimera@urv.cat lluis.danus@estudiants.urv.cat lluis.danus@estudiants.urv.cat marta.sales@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-3597-4310 0000-0001-6242-6486 0000-0001-6242-6486 0000-0002-8140-6525
    Record's date: 2024-10-19
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://epjdatascience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1140/epjds/s13688-023-00378-6
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Epj Data Science. 12 (1): 12-
    APA: Danus, Lluis; Muntaner, Carles; Krauss, Alexander; Sales-Pardo, Marta; Guimera, Roger (2023). Differences in collaboration structures and impact among prominent researchers in Europe and North America. Epj Data Science, 12(1), 12-. DOI: 10.1140/epjds/s13688-023-00378-6
    Article's DOI: 10.1140/epjds/s13688-023-00378-6
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2023
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Computational Mathematics,Computer Science Applications,Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications,Modeling and Simulation,Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods
    Scientific collaboration
    Science of science
    Research impact
    Computational social science
    Complex networks
    Collaboration networks
    teams
    science
    research impact
    networks
    computational social science
    complex networks
    collaboration networks
    coauthorship
    Social sciences, mathematical methods
    Modeling and simulation
    Mathematics, interdisciplinary applications
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias i
    Computer science applications
    Computational mathematics
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciência da computação
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