Co-authorship networks: Collaborative research structures at the journal level
Present-day research is, in most cases, the outcome of collaborative research, as evidenced by the fact that most papers are authored by two or more researchers. This study’s general goal was to examine the evolution and structure of scientific collaborative networks revealed by papers published...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURS
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Tourism & Management Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/903/pdf |
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| Summary: | Present-day research is, in most cases, the outcome of collaborative
research, as evidenced by the fact that most papers are authored by
two or more researchers. This study’s general goal was to examine
the evolution and structure of scientific collaborative networks
revealed by papers published in the Tourism & Management Studies
journal over a five-year period, from 2011 to 2015, as well as to
represent these networks graphically. In this paper, we seek to offer
a clear assessment of intra-institutional, inter-institutional and
international collaborations and to identify primary author networks
and the role of gender in their composition. To reach these goals, we
used a combination of bibliometric analysis with social network
analysis. The results demonstrate that geographic proximity and
linguistic affinity play a substantial role in scientific collaboration
between institutions. In fact, most papers result from collaborative
research involving two or more authors from the same institution. A
gender analysis of the universe of authors and co-authors and of the
role of women in the composition of co-authorship networks
demonstrated that most networks include women and that, in most
networks, women have a leading position, which is consistent with
their weight (51.3%) in the universe of authors. This is one of the
first studies to demonstrate that women are taking the lead in
tourism and management research. |
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| ISSN: | 2182-8458 |