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Co‐authorship Networks in Swiss Political Research
Author(s) -
Leifeld Philip,
Ingold Karin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1111/spsr.12193
Subject(s) - politics , cohesion (chemistry) , discipline , sociology , cross disciplinary , social network analysis , function (biology) , set (abstract data type) , contrast (vision) , visibility , political science , public relations , regional science , social science , data science , computer science , geography , law , social capital , chemistry , organic chemistry , evolutionary biology , artificial intelligence , meteorology , biology , programming language
Abstract Co‐authorship is an important indicator of scientific collaboration. Co‐authorship networks are composed of sub‐communities, and researchers can gain visibility by connecting these insulated subgroups. This article presents a comprehensive co‐authorship network analysis of Swiss political science. Three levels are addressed: disciplinary cohesion and structure at large, communities, and the integrative capacity of individual researchers. The results suggest that collaboration exists across geographical and language borders even though different regions focus on complementary publication strategies. The subfield of public policy and administration has the highest integrative capacity. Co‐authorship is a function of several factors, most importantly being in the same subfield. At the individual level, the analysis identifies researchers who belong to the “inner circle” of Swiss political science and who link different communities. In contrast to previous research, the analysis is based on the full set of publications of all political researchers employed in Switzerland in 2013, including past publications.