Health research policy and systems / BioMed Central
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Health Res Policy Syst · Sep 2008
Association between co-authorship network and scientific productivity and impact indicators in academic medical research centers: a case study in Iran.
We aimed to examine the co-authorship networks in three successful Iranian academic research centers, in order to find the association between the scientific productivity and impact indicators with network features in a case study. ⋯ Star shape network structure and dependency on a single big member is a common feature observed in our case study. Scientific output measures correlate with the network structure of research centers. Network analysis seems a useful method to explore the subtle scientific contexts in research organizations.