Global research community: what do international co-authorship patterns say about its structure?

S. G. Shulgin; Ju. V. Zinkina; A. I. Andreev; A. T. Gasparishvili

S. G. Shulgin International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital of RANEPA
Ju. V. Zinkina International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital of RANEPA
A. I. Andreev Faculty of Global Processes of Lomonosov Moscow State University
A. T. Gasparishvili Faculty of Global Processes of Lomonosov Moscow State University

Keywords: International co-authorship, international co-authorship network, the USA, the UK, China, global research community.

Abstract

Global research community represents a noteworthy object for sociological studies. In this paper we regards it as an entity with network structure and try to analyze the current state of this structure and its recent dynamics. Among the many various approaches to studying the network links that bring together the researchers all over the world, we choose to look at the structure of international co-authorship of research papers published in journals indexed by Scopus Elsevier database. We try to provide a general outline of the network structure, to reveal distinct regional clusters existing at the various levels of this structure, and to discover whatever significant changes took place in the network structure over the last 25 years.

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Author Biographies

S. G. Shulgin, International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital of RANEPA

Candidate of Economic Sciences, Assistant Manager of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital of RANEPA

Ju. V. Zinkina, International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital of RANEPA

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Research Officer of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital of RANEPA

A. I. Andreev, Faculty of Global Processes of Lomonosov Moscow State University

Candidate of Biology, Associate Professor of Faculty of Global Processes of Lomonosov Moscow State University

A. T. Gasparishvili, Faculty of Global Processes of Lomonosov Moscow State University

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of Faculty of Global Processes of Lomonosov Moscow State University

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