B.E.B.R. – Bureau of Economic and Business Research
We used publicly available data on UF publications and grants to extract networks of collaborations among UF researchers in 2008-2012. This allowed us to define network metrics on collaboration, which can be used to evaluate and monitor the activity of specific research institutes. As an example, we apply some of these collaboration metrics to the …
Collaboration metrics from the UF network data, and their evolution Read More »
Social Network Analysis is not just about describing and explaining networks, it is also about using networks for specific interventions with specific goals. Network interventions have traditionally been designed and tested in the health sciences to block contagions or spread healthy practices, and in management and business administration to improve the economic performance of organizations. …
Designing a network intervention on the UF scientific network Read More »
Social Network Analysis (SNA) is a methodology and a theoretical perspective that studies patterns of relations among actors. When applied to the network of scientific collaborations at a university, SNA can provide many insights on the structure and the evolution of its scientific community. Part I: Defining And Constructing The Social Network Of Scientific Collaborations …
A social network analysis of scientific collaborations at the University of Florida Read More »
One truth new researchers quickly discover is that data collection is costly. In the social sciences, researchers expend copious amounts of time and grant money observing people, interviewing them, or gathering records about their characteristics and behaviors. Publication Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 Smith, Thomas Bryan Vacca, Raffaele The more bountiful the fruits of our …
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the structural evolution of scientific collaboration networks. A large body of literature has focused on the structure and evolution of co-authorship networks, typically examining networks within a specific discipline, but spanning different academic organizations. By contrast, this paper narrows its focus to a …
Members of the Network Science Program at BEBR gave a presentation at the Translational Science 2018 conference on their data analysis and intervention strategies. The program aims to expand network science and science of team science at UF, map and analyze collaboration networks across CTSA hubs and design network interventions to stimulate collaborative research at UF and across …
As part of a research project at the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, data on the research interests, collaboration and topics of classes taught by the UF Humanities faculty members was collected. In a joint effort with the Network Science Program team at BEBR, a network profile of shared research topics and …