Outstanding and ordinary scientists’ co-authorship networks in the early career phase
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science
ISSN
1394-6234
Volume
26
Issue
1
DOI
10.22452/mjlis.vol26no1.3
First Page
39
Last Page
61
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
How do scientists’ ego-centered co-authorship networks affect their research productivity and impact during the early career phase? Do co-authorship networks evolve differently for outstanding scientists vs. ordinary scientists? Our study responded to these questions by demonstrating that scientists’ co-authorship network size and betweenness centrality of their co-authorship network positively affected both their research productivity and research impact. Scientists’ tie strength diversity of their co-authorship network moderated the relationship between their ego-network size and their research performance. Their co-authorship network’s degree centralization moderated the relationship between their betweenness centrality and research performance. Further, the size and betweenness centrality of the co-authorship network were significantly different between the two groups of scientists since their fourth working year. Outstanding scientists had a larger co-authorship network and their positions in the co-authorship network were more central than those of ordinary scientists. Implications for scientists and policy makers in science and higher education are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Tang, C.,
Ye, L.,
Naumann, S. E.,
&
Lu, X.
(2021).
Outstanding and ordinary scientists’ co-authorship networks in the early career phase.
Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 26(1), 39–61.
DOI: 10.22452/mjlis.vol26no1.3
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/esob-facarticles/303