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| Analysis of Change in Research Collaboration Patterns and the Role of Scientific Researchers—Authors in Virology with a Career Period of at Least 30 Years |
| Zhang Lihua1, Tian Dan1, Qu Jiansheng2 |
1.Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006
2.Lanzhou Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000 |
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Abstract In the era of big science, research collaboration is growing more and more common. Many high quality findings are the result of cooperation. During the collaborative research process, researchers may adopt different roles and patterns of cooperation. Exploring changes in roles and research collaboration patterns among authors with long careers will help to better understand the metabolism law of researchers. This study selected 736 virologists with a career of at least 30 years as research objects and analyzed COPP indicators, COPS indicators, collaboration pattern indicators, and the researchers roles during different time windows. Correlation between the first three indicators and authors research roles was also analyzed. The results showed that the group size and breadth of cooperation expanded with the development of authors career paths. The proportion of leading authors declines, and the proportion of supporting authors increases. More than 80% of researchers roles will change, at most twice during an author s career. There was almost no correlation between group size, collaboration breadth, collaboration pattern, and researchers roles.
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Received: 09 July 2019
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