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The Influence of Authors' Centrality on Research Performance in a Large-Scale Collaborative Research Network

대규모 공동연구 네트워크에서 저자의 중심성이 연구성과에 미치는 영향

  • 문성구 (동국대학교 일반대학원 경영정보학과) ;
  • 김인재 (동국대학교 경영대학 경영정보학과)
  • Received : 2018.01.31
  • Accepted : 2018.03.19
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

This study is about the influence of authors' centrality on research outcomes in a large-scale collaborative research network. Using the social network analysis method, five types of centralities were derived. Six research outcomes of individual researchers were also derived through bibliographic information of the social science field for the last 10 years. A multivariate regression analysis was conducted to examine the causal relationship between the centrality and research outcome, and the effect of centrality on research outcomes was found to be statistically significant. The result of this study shows that the revised citation and H-index significantly influenced the authors' centrality. This result can imply that the centrality of the researcher can expect a considerable influence of the thesis as well as a certain level of productivity. The meaning of this study is to analyze the effect of centrality on the research outcomes of the large-scale collaborative research network in the past decade, and is carefully to suggest a guideline in order to support new research information services for active researchers and the advancement of collaborative research. This study has its limitation for interpreting the diverse academic fields of the social sciences in a uniform way. In future study, it is necessary to conduct studies using various weighted indices for network centrality in order to measure the influence of research.

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