The evolution and co-evolution of a primary care cancer research network: From academic social connection to research collaboration.

ABSTRACT: Academic networks are expected to enhance scientific collaboration and thereby increase research outputs. However, little is known about whether and how the initial steps of getting to know other researchers translates into effective collaborations. In this paper, we investigate the evolution and co-evolution of an academic social network and a collaborative research network (using co-authorship as a proxy measure of the latter), and simultaneously examine the effect of individual researcher characteristics (e.g. gender, seniority or workplace) on their evolving relationships. We used longitudinal data from an international network in primary care cancer research: the CanTest Collaborative (CanTest). Surveys were distributed amongst CanTest researchers to map who knows who (the 'academic s

SUBMITTER: Vermond D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9337668 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature