Co-authorship networks: a review of the literature

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to provide a review of the growing literature on co-authorship networks and the research gaps that may be investigated for future studies in this field. Design/methodology/approach – The existing literature on co-authorship networks was identified, e...

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Published in:Aslib journal of information management 2015-01, Vol.67 (1), p.55-73
Main Author: Kumar, Sameer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actors
Author productivity
Authoring
Bibliographic coupling
Bibliometrics
Citation analysis
Citations
Co authorship
Cocitation
Collaboration
Community relations
Design engineering
Information management
Knowledge management
Links
Literature reviews
Mathematicians
Motion pictures
Networks
Physics
Researchers
Scientometrics
Social network analysis
Social networks
Studies
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Summary:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to provide a review of the growing literature on co-authorship networks and the research gaps that may be investigated for future studies in this field. Design/methodology/approach – The existing literature on co-authorship networks was identified, evaluated and interpreted. Narrative review style was followed. Findings – Co-authorship, a proxy of research collaboration, is a key mechanism that links different sets of talent to produce a research output. Co-authorship could also be seen from the perspective of social networks. An in-depth analysis of such knowledge networks provides an opportunity to investigate its structure. Patterns of these relationships could reveal, for example, the mechanism that shapes our scientific community. The study provides a review of the expanding literature on co-authorship networks. Originality/value – This is one of the first comprehensive reviews of network-based studies on co-authorship. The field is fast evolving, opening new gaps for potential research. The study identifies some of these gaps.
ISSN:2050-3806
1758-3748
DOI:10.1108/AJIM-09-2014-0116