Scientific collaboration networks. II. Shortest paths, weighted networks, and centrality.

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Summary

It is argued that simple networks such as these cannot capture variation in the strength of collaborative ties and proposed a measure of collaboration strength based on the number of papers coauthored by pairs of scientists, and thenumber of other scientists with whom they coauthored those papers.

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Published
2000-11-08
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Keywords

Betweenness centrality, Centrality, Closeness, Network science, Computer science

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