Quantifying the impact of weak, strong, and super ties in scientific careers.

ABSTRACT: Scientists are frequently faced with the important decision to start or terminate a creative partnership. This process can be influenced by strategic motivations, as early career researchers are pursuers, whereas senior researchers are typically attractors, of new collaborative opportunities. Focusing on the longitudinal aspects of scientific collaboration, we analyzed 473 collaboration profiles using an egocentric perspective that accounts for researcher-specific characteristics and provides insight into a range of topics, from career achievement and sustainability to team dynamics and efficiency. From more than 166,000 collaboration records, we quantify the frequency distributions of collaboration duration and tie strength, showing that collaboration networks are dominated by weak ties c

SUBMITTER: Petersen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4553788 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature