Call for Papers [Special Topic]
Static and Dynamic Aspects of Scientific Collaboration Network The special topic calls for papers on Static and Dynamic Aspects of Scientific Collaboration Network and such papers will appear in the journal Studies in Sociology of Science as a special column. Affiliated research area: Seminars, Collaboration, Communities, Atmospheric Measurements, Particle Measurements, 1 Computer Science, Social network Services, Modularity, Network Analys is, Collaboration Networks, Scientific Collaboration, Centrality, Graph clustering
Description Collaboration networks arise when we map the connections between scientists which are formed through joint publications. These networks thus display the social structure of academia, and also allow conclusions about the structure of scientific knowledge. Using the computer science publication database DBLP, relations between authors and publications as graphs and proceed with examining and quantifying collaborative relations with graph-based methods can be compiled. Standard properties of the network and rank authors and publications may be viewed by centrality. Additionally, Communities with modularity-based clustering are detected and the resulting clusters to a ground-truth based on conferences and thus topical similarity can be compared. In a second part, the combination of DBLP network data with data from the Dagstuhl Seminars allows people to investigate whether seminars of this kind, as social and academic events designed to connect researchers, leave a visible track in the structure of the collaboration network. Some people suggest that such single events are not influential enough to change the network structure significantly. However, the network structure seems to influence a participant's decision to accept or decline an invitation.
Requirements In addition to the Review and Original Articles by invited speakers, we are inviting you to s ubmit a relevant research paper on Static and Dynamic Aspects of Scientific Collaboration Networks for consideration. Papers will be subject to normal peer review and must comply with the Guide for Authors. To submit papers to the “Static and Dynamic Aspects of Scientific Collaboration Networks� Special Topic, please go to http://www.cscanada.net. With your submission, please state clearly to the editor that your manuscripts are submitted to the Special Topic Static and Dynamic Aspects of Scientific Collaboration Networks.
Related Conferences: 2012 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2012)
Related Journals (Special issue): CSCanada Studies in Sociology of Science Journal
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Static and Dynamic Aspects of Scientific Collaboration Networks
About The Journal Studies in Sociology of Science (ISSN 1923-0176 [Print]; ISSN 1923-0184 [Online]) is a quarterly journal founded in 2010 by the Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures. The release dates of SSS are the first days of March, June, September and December. Studies in Sociology of Science is indexed by DOAJ of Sweden, indexed by CNKI of China, indexed by Journal TOCs of England, indexed by Open J-gate of India. It is filed by Library and Archives Canada, Gale, EBSCO Publishing, Ulrich's of America, and collected by the database AMICUS of Canada, indexed 2 by ProQuest LIC We sincerely welcome you to submit an article to this special column of our journal. For more information about requirements and instructions upon paper submission, please visit our websites. If you rightly have a manuscript in this field, please don’t hesitate to write us an email with the subject of “Submission for SSS Special Topic Static and Dynamic Aspects of Scientific Collaboration Networks (http://cscanada.net/users/index.php/index/login)”. We look forward to your submission at sss@cscanada.net or sss@cscanada.org! More detailed information about the special topic, pertinent conferences, related journals (special issue) and relevant articles can be discovered from our websites: http://www.cscanada.net or http://cscanada.net/index.php/sss/announcement/view/59.
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