Co-worker network: How closely are researchers who published in the top five economics journals related?

Tolga Yuret

doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03589-0

Co-worker network: How closely are researchers who published in the top five economics journals related?

Tolga Yuret^*

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Department of Economics

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Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the academic backgrounds of 3587 researchers who published in the top five economics journals in the last 10 years. We find that the researchers come from relatively diverse backgrounds at the undergraduate level, but their PhD degree-granting institutions are more concentrated. Most researchers work in a few prestigious institutions after their graduation. Therefore, co-worker relations among researchers are quite common. Many co-authors who are unrelated at the time of publication were co-workers in the past. Co-worker networks are found to be much denser than co-author networks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2301-2317
Number of pages	17
Journal	Scientometrics
Volume	124
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03589-0
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2020

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© 2020, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.

Funding

Part of this research Project was conducted while I was visiting Queensland University of Technology. The visit is funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) (Grant No. BİDEB-2219). I would like to thank Benno Torgler, Ho Fai Chan, and Sule Yazici for their valuable comments. Part of this research Project was conducted while I was visiting Queensland University of Technology. The visit is funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (T?B?TAK) (Grant No. B?DEB-2219). I would like to thank Benno Torgler, Ho Fai Chan, and Sule Yazici for their valuable comments.

Funders	Funder number
Benno Torgler
TÜBİTAK
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu	BİDEB-2219

Keywords

Co-authorship analysis
Co-worker network
Economics publications
Social network analysis

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