Collaborative Research: HNDS-R: SBP: RUI: Differences in Co-authorship across a Global Landscape: The Role of Network Structure in Scientific Productivity

合作研究：HNDS-R：SBP：RUI：全球格局中共同作者的差异：网络结构在科学生产力中的作用

• 批准号: 2318426
• 负责人: Molly King
• 金额: $ 24.26万
• 依托单位: Santa Clara University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2318426&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; HNDS; SBP; RUI

This research looks at whether the collaborative context affects scientific outcomes differently for scientists in different categories, focusing on the generalizability of network theories. Understanding the reasons for disproportionate representation in top positions and different career development patterns is important because science is increasingly a team-based enterprise. Theories about how scientists collaborate often assume that everyone benefits equally from their connections with others, but knowledge production is influenced by status and identity in interactive contexts. This research adds to our understanding of how knowledge is created and shared in global collaborative science communities. It also tackles important issues related to the ongoing efforts to increase participation in STEM fields. This research adopts a network analytic approach using a large-scale bibliographic database. This database is a comprehensive source for citation information that allows for the construction of unbounded co-authorship networks that include intra- and inter-disciplinary co-authorship ties across time and on a global scale. In a set of three inquiries, the researchers examine differences in benefit from resource-rich collaborative ties, through cumulative advantage, and from tendencies toward homophily (status) in collaborative activity over time and during the peak COVID-19 pandemic period. The project also tackles an unresolved puzzle regarding the innovative value of research specialization alongside collaborative brokerage and the interaction effects of specialization and brokerage on innovation and the generation of “good ideas”. This work has implications not only for scholars of science, but also for the development of science and innovation policy that seeks to bolster the engagement of all scientists in the production of science knowledge and the development of new innovations. Sustaining the career development and collaborative relations of a talented and diverse workforce has implications not only for equitable outcomes in science, but also for national and international economic and social prosperity.The project is co-funded by the Science of Science: Discovery, Communications, and Impact program, the Human Networks and Data Science research program, and the Science of Broadening Participation program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项研究着眼于协作环境是否对不同类别的科学家产生不同的科学成果，重点关注网络理论的普遍性，了解高层职位代表性不成比例和不同职业发展模式的原因非常重要，因为科学越来越以团队为基础。关于科学家如何合作的理论通常假设每个人都从与他人的联系中平等受益，但知识生产受到互动环境中地位和身份的影响。这项研究加深了我们对全球协作科学社区如何创造和共享知识的理解。它还解决了与正在进行的努力相关的重要问题。为了增加对 STEM 领域的参与，该研究采用了使用大型书目数据库的网络分析方法，该数据库是引文信息的综合来源，可以构建包括学科内和跨学科的无限共同作者网络。在一组三项调查中，研究人员通过累积优势以及随着时间的推移和合作活动的同质性（状态）趋势，研究了资源丰富的合作关系带来的利益差异。高峰期间该项目还解决了一个尚未解决的难题，即研究专业化与协作经纪的创新价值，以及专业化和经纪对创新和“好想法”产生的相互作用。这项工作不仅对学者有影响。不仅对科学的发展具有重要意义，而且对旨在促进所有科学家参与科学知识生产和新创新开发的科学和创新政策的制定也具有重要意义。不仅仅是为了公平的结果科学，也为了国家和国际经济和社会繁荣。该项目由科学科学：发现、通信和影响计划、人类网络和数据科学研究计划以及扩大参与科学计划共同资助该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。