| Title: | Homophily in coauthorship networks of East European sociologists |
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| Authors: | ID Hâncean, Marian-Gabriel (Author)
ID Perc, Matjaž (Author) |
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| Files: |  Scientific_Reports_2016_Hâncean,_Perc_Homophily_in_coauthorship_networks_of_East_European_sociologists.pdf (1,21 MB)
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 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep36152
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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| Abstract: | We study to what degree and how homophily and network properties affect individual citation counts of researchers in the sociology departments of three East European countries, namely Poland, Romania, and Slovenia. We built first-order personal coauthorship networks out of the Web of Science publication records. Each sociologist is assigned as a focal node or ego, while her coauthors are alters. We analyze the data using structural measurements methods, hierarchical regression models, and we make visualizations based on the clustered graph technique. For all three populations, our results indicate that the mean score of the citations of alters substantially predicts the citation counts of egos. In particular, citation similarity increases the chances for coauthorship ties. Evidence for the impact of network properties on the citation levels of egos is mixed. For Poland, normalized ego-betweenness shows a negative effect on citation counts, while network density displays a positive one. For Romania and Slovenia, network characteristics have only a minor impact. Even if the visual summarization of the personal networks uncovers a wide palette of coauthorship patterns, homophily appears to be pervasive. These results are relevant for domestic policy makers who aim to improve the aggregated research performance in East European countries. |
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| Keywords: | social network, sociology, homophily, physics of social systems |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 26.08.2016 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 11.10.2016 |
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| Publication date: | 27.10.2016 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2016 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-12 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 6 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-66398  |
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| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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| UDC: | 316.472.4 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2045-2322 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 22738696 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/srep36152 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:2OCQ62YD |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 23.06.2017 |
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| Views: | 1002 |
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| Downloads: | 426 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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