%0 Journal Article %1 Newman16012001 %A Newman, M. E. J. %D 2001 %J Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences %K RelatedWork %N 2 %P 404-409 %R 10.1073/pnas.98.2.404 %T The structure of scientific collaboration networks %U http://www.pnas.org/content/98/2/404.abstract %V 98 %X The structure of scientific collaboration networks is investigated. Two scientists are considered connected if they have authored a paper together and explicit networks of such connections are constructed by using data drawn from a number of databases, including MEDLINE (biomedical research), the Los Alamos e-Print Archive (physics), and NCSTRL (computer science). I show that these collaboration networks form “small worlds,” in which randomly chosen pairs of scientists are typically separated by only a short path of intermediate acquaintances. I further give results for mean and distribution of numbers of collaborators of authors, demonstrate the presence of clustering in the networks, and highlight a number of apparent differences in the patterns of collaboration between the fields studied.

@article{Newman16012001, abstract = {The structure of scientific collaboration networks is investigated. Two scientists are considered connected if they have authored a paper together and explicit networks of such connections are constructed by using data drawn from a number of databases, including MEDLINE (biomedical research), the Los Alamos e-Print Archive (physics), and NCSTRL (computer science). I show that these collaboration networks form “small worlds,” in which randomly chosen pairs of scientists are typically separated by only a short path of intermediate acquaintances. I further give results for mean and distribution of numbers of collaborators of authors, demonstrate the presence of clustering in the networks, and highlight a number of apparent differences in the patterns of collaboration between the fields studied.}, added-at = {2013-04-09T10:22:31.000+0200}, author = {Newman, M. E. J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a4d3149c7198762a99102935da4d1bdb/macek}, description = {The structure of scientific collaboration networks}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.98.2.404}, eprint = {http://www.pnas.org/content/98/2/404.full.pdf+html}, interhash = {8c5edd915b304ae09fc08e0a51dfd5e9}, intrahash = {a4d3149c7198762a99102935da4d1bdb}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {RelatedWork}, number = 2, pages = {404-409}, timestamp = {2013-04-09T10:22:31.000+0200}, title = {The structure of scientific collaboration networks}, url = {http://www.pnas.org/content/98/2/404.abstract}, volume = 98, year = 2001 }