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Who is the Best Connected Researcher? An Analysis of Co-Authorship Networks of Knowledge Management from 2000 to 2010

In: The 19th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

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  • Mei-yun Zuo

    (School of Information, Renmin University of China)

  • Xiao-qing Hua

    (School of Information, Renmin University of China)

  • Xiao-wei Wen

    (School of Information, Renmin University of China)

Abstract

Who is the best connected researcher? This study uses social network analysis to address this question. Specifically, 1831 papers published in six top knowledge management research journals from 2000 to 2010 are analyzed. Firstly, by analyzing the degree distribution of the network, we find there exist a few researchers who have quite a large cooperation network, and in contrast a large sum of common researchers who have just a few cooperators. Next, we respectively identify 20 authors who have the most connections with others according to degree centrality, who are in the core positions according to closeness centrality and who play the “bridge” roles in the network according to betweenness centrality. Finally, the biggest connected sub-graphs, the 57-Actors Graph is extracted and discussed.

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  • Mei-yun Zuo & Xiao-qing Hua & Xiao-wei Wen, 2013. "Who is the Best Connected Researcher? An Analysis of Co-Authorship Networks of Knowledge Management from 2000 to 2010," Springer Books, in: Ershi Qi & Jiang Shen & Runliang Dou (ed.), The 19th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 761-770, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-38427-1_81
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38427-1_81
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