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A geometric graph model for coauthorship networks

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  • Xie, Zheng
  • Ouyang, Zhenzheng
  • Li, Jianping

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Modeling coauthorship networks helps to understand the emergence and propagation of thoughts in academic society. A random geometric graph is proposed to model coauthorship networks, the connection mechanism of which expresses the effects of the academic influences and homophily of authors, and the collaborations between research teams. Our analysis reveals that the modeled networks have a range of features of empirical coauthorship networks, namely, the degree distribution made up of a mixture Poisson distribution with a power-law tail, clear community structure, small-world, high clustering, and degree assortativity. Moreover, the underlying formulae of the tail and forepart of the degree distribution, and the tail of the scaling relation between local clustering coefficient and degree are derived for the modeled networks, and are also applicable to the empirical networks.

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  • Xie, Zheng & Ouyang, Zhenzheng & Li, Jianping, 2016. "A geometric graph model for coauthorship networks," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 10(1), pages 299-311.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:infome:v:10:y:2016:i:1:p:299-311
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2016.02.001
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