On the dynamics of national scientific systems

Abstract

Scientific collaboration, Coauthorship network, Bibliometry, Longitudinal network analysis, Blockmodeling, Core-periphery structure, Mathematics, Physics, Biotechnology, Sociology,

The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline

“…This model is characterized by a cohesive clique of densely interconnected core actors surrounded by a fringe of peripheral actors that tend to establish loose links with the core firms and virtually no connections with other peripheral firms. While core/periphery structures have been used to model social networks in academic contexts including groups of lecturers (Beck et al 2003) or research networks (Leydesdorff and Wagner 2008;Kronegger et al 2011), they have not been used to date to represent student networks, although recent literature has suggested their suitability for being applied in these contexts (Biancani and McFarland 2013: 185).…”

Collaboration networks in big science: The ATLAS experiment at CERN

“…This effect appears to be even stronger in the case of international collaborations that involve institutions coming from various countries (Kronegger;Ferligoj;Doreian, 2011). It is, therefore, to be expected that an important part of public research funds goes to projects involving collaborations between different groups of researchers.…”

Topology and Evolution of Collaboration Networks: The Case of a Policy-Anchored District

“…Panel A reports, in a matrix format, the multiple-core blockmodel specified to fit the data. This particular blockmodel was introduced by Kronegger et al (2011) to study collaboration among Slovenian academics. The rows and the columns of the matrix in Panel A represent groups of organizations, whereas the cells of the matrix indicate how these groups are related to each other (i.e., the role they play in the system).…”

“…In our specific case, these diagonal cores can be interpreted as research units or project partnerships. In keeping with Kronegger et al (2011), these cores are hereafter referred to as simple cores.…”

“…We conduct a prespecified blockmodel analysis of IMAST's collaboration network for research and development (R&D) in each of the 7 years from 2006 to 2013 to determine how far its observed topology was from a core-periphery model configuration at each time point (Doreian, Batagelj, & Ferligoj, 2005). The core-periphery model used as a benchmark was defined as a multiple-core model with a bridging core connecting all the others (Kronegger, Ferligoj, & Dorein, 2011).…”