Aimed at academics, academic managers and administrators, professionals in
scientometrics, information scientists and science policy makers at all levels. This book …

The production of knowledge is dominantly organized in disciplines. At the same time,
multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research is developing at the boundaries of the …

This article contributes to the study of “duality”[Breiger, R., 1974. The duality of persons and
groups. Social Forces 53, 181–190] in social life. Our study explores multi-level networks of …

El objetivo central de este trabajo es explorar las posibilidades de la metodología de
análisis de redes sociales para detectar la existencia de escuelas científicas y redes …

Science is atypical because it is cultivated with communal participation from throughout the
world. This global formation has evolved recently. It originates in the institutionalization of a …

This paper examines the collaboration structures and dynamics of the co-authorship network
of all Slovenian researchers. Its goal is to identify the key factors driving collaboration and …

In this study, visual representations are created in order to analyze different aspects of
scientific collaboration at the international level. The main objective is to identify the …

Has an identifiable core of activities called AI been established, during the AI‐boom in the
eighties? Is AI already in a “paradigmatic” phase? There has been a lot of disagreement …

Large R&D networks are characterised by complexity. They are usually extremely
heterogeneous in terms of their variety of interconnected institutions from both the public …

A comprehensive review of studies that apply the network approach to investigating the
development of S&T identifies obstacles characterizing current network research and …