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The study of network effects on research impact in Africa

Leila Tahmooresnejad, Catherine Beaudry and Seyed Reza Mirnezami

Article (2021)

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This paper studies the relationship between the position of individual scientists within co-authorship networks and their scientific performance. Using co-authorship data from African scientists in the Health and Medical Sciences within a timespan of 15 years (2000–2015), we characterize the collaboration networks and calculate centrality measures for each scientist to explore how scientific production and impact can be associated with their position within the network. Our findings reveal that authors who occupy a better position within their network and are deemed to actively collaborate with others also have a higher research impact. In this regard, South African scientists do not differ from those in the rest of the world.

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co-authorship; social network analysis; research impact; Africa

Subjects: 1600 Industrial engineering > 1600 Industrial engineering
Department: Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering
Funders: International Develoopment and Research Center (IDRC), Robert Bosch Stiftung grant
Grant number: 107987-001, 11.5F081.0006.0
PolyPublie URL: https://publications.polymtl.ca/48351/
Journal Title: Science and Public Policy (vol. 48, no. 4)
Publisher: Oxford Academic
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scab030
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scab030
Date Deposited: 18 Apr 2023 15:00
Last Modified: 28 Jan 2025 04:57
Cite in APA 7: Tahmooresnejad, L., Beaudry, C., & Mirnezami, S. R. (2021). The study of network effects on research impact in Africa. Science and Public Policy, 48(4), 462-473. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scab030

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