A Coauthorship Network as an Indicator for Scientifi c Collaboration: A Case Study for the School of Biology and Biotechnology, National University of Mongolia
This case study analyzes coauthorship collaboration, or lack thereof, among individual faculty members and departments in the School of Biology and Biotechnology of the National University of Mongolia. I found that publication rates and coauthorship networks in impact-factor journals...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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National University of Mongolia
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://mjbs.num.edu.mn/uploads/files/MJBS%20Volume%2010%20Number%201-2%20December%202012/pdf/mjbs010-01-02-09.pdf |
| Summary: | This case study analyzes coauthorship collaboration, or lack thereof, among
individual faculty members and departments in the School of Biology and
Biotechnology of the National University of Mongolia. I found that publication
rates and coauthorship networks in impact-factor journals between 2008 and
2012 (as of October 31, 2012) are highly variable among the eight biology
departments we studied, both within and among departments. Even in the best
cases, publication rates and coauthorship networks were not suffi cient. We
call such insuffi cient coauthorship collaboration among different departments
as (non)network of coauthorship. The size of departments and observed
coauthorship networks (both connectance and linkage density) appear to
positively, although insignifi cantly, affect not only the total number of
publications, but also the publication rate per faculty per year. We suggest
that this kind of analysis can be important for administration of academic
institutions, for improving the scientifi c outputs of academic entities by
facilitating collaborative efforts and for rationalizing organizational structures
and merit-based promotion systems for more productive and effi cient academic
operations. |
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| ISSN: | 1684-3908 2225-4994 |