[AISWorld] Sharing work on co-authorship network

[Eldon Y. Li]

Dear Colleague,

I have recently published an article in RESEARCH POLICY journal 
regarding co-authorship network.  It could be helpful to you in 
formulating the collaboration strategies.  Below is the abstract for 
your reference.  The full paper could be accessed at 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733313001169

I hope it is helpful to your research effort in the future. Your 
feedback is most welcome and appreciated.

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Have a nice day everyday!

Best regards,
Eldon

University Chair Professor of MIS
National Chengchi University
64, Sec.2, Zhi-Nan Road, Taipei 11605, TAIWAN
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CO-AUTHORSHIP NETWORKS AND RESEARCH IMPACT: A SOCIAL CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE

The impact of research work is related to a scholar's reputation and 
future promotions. Greater research impact not only inspires scholars to 
continue their research, but also increases the possibility of a larger 
research budget from sponsors. Given the importance of research impact, 
this study proposes that utilizing social capital embedded in a social 
structure is an effective way to achieve more research impact. The 
contribution of this study is to define six indicators of social capital 
(degree centrality, closeness centrality, betweenness centrality, 
prolific co-author count, team exploration, and publishing tenure) and 
investigate how these indicators interact and affect citations for 
publications. A total of 137 Information Systems scholars from the 
Social Science Citation Index database were selected to test the 
hypothesized relationships. The results show that betweenness centrality 
plays the most important role in taking advantage of non-redundant 
resources in a co-authorship network, thereby significantly affecting 
citations for publications. In addition, we found that prolific 
co-author count, team exploration, and publishing tenure all have 
indirect effects on citation count. Specifically, co-authoring with 
prolific scholars helps researchers develop centralities and, in turn, 
generate higher numbers of citations. Researchers with longer publishing 
tenure tend to have higher degree centrality. When they collaborate more 
with different scholars, they achieve more closeness and betweenness 
centralities, but risk being distrusted by prolific scholars and losing 
chances to co-author with them. Finally, implications of findings and 
recommendations for future research are discussed.

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My Recommended Co-authorshipStrategies to you:

1.Co-author with different unique scholars to expand network and 
increase productivity.

2.Go to major conferences to meet top scholars and exchange research ideas.

3.Be proactive to join different research groups, such as special 
interest groups in an academic conference or community.

4.Join forums or blogs in your discipline and strengthen social ties 
with other scholars.

5.Find one or two co-authors who complement your expertise and repeat 
the collaboration.

  

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