The Italian academic community is an interesting case study of emerging collaborations among people that share interest in some topics. In this paper, we select and analyze three different research areas—defined by the Italian law “academic disciplines” (SSDs)—each with different topics and interests: computer engineering, mathematics and economics. Specifically, we first collect the data of the academic researchers belonging to these SSDs from Elsevier’s Scopus public database and create the co–authorship networks. Then, we study the topological characteristics and the existing communities for each network and compare them, highlighting differences and similarities.
Analysis of the Co-authorship Sub-networks of Italian Academic Researchers
Carchiolo V.;Grassia M.;Malgeri M.;Mangioni G.
2022-01-01
Abstract
The Italian academic community is an interesting case study of emerging collaborations among people that share interest in some topics. In this paper, we select and analyze three different research areas—defined by the Italian law “academic disciplines” (SSDs)—each with different topics and interests: computer engineering, mathematics and economics. Specifically, we first collect the data of the academic researchers belonging to these SSDs from Elsevier’s Scopus public database and create the co–authorship networks. Then, we study the topological characteristics and the existing communities for each network and compare them, highlighting differences and similarities.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
