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Co-Authorship Network Of Information Science Professors: A Picture Of Scientific Collaboration In This Field In Brazil

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Proceedings of the 7th National Meeting on Research on Information Science (ENANCIB 2006), Marilia, SP, Brazil, November 19-22, 2006, (2006)Portuguese.

Abstract

This paper presents the scientific collaboration network among professors of the Pos-graduation Centers in Information Science (IS) in Brazil. Such collaboration is identified from the co-authorship in papers from journals and scientific events. The main information source is the database of the �RedeCI� project (in English: �Brazilian Information Science Network�, www.redeci.netic.com.br). Such database comprises papers published in IS journals or presented in the IS Congress in Brazil, with some additional attributes for the professors (Pos graduation Center and research area). The structure of co-authorship networks was investigated at the level of professors by using all the papers existing in the�RedeCI� project combining statistical analysis with social network analysis (SNA). The atributes were used to complement information obtained by the ARS and identifying the institutional linkages behind the co-authorship network. The results show a poorly connected network, with many partitions. The authors stress the benefits brought out by the use of SNA and the relevance of database like �RedeCI� projects

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