A new social network analysis-based approach to extracting knowledge patterns about research activities and hubs in a set of countries

Paolo Lo Giudice, Paolo Russo and Domenico Ursino

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2018, vol. 17, issue 2, 147-186

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a new social network analysis-based approach to providing a multidimensional picture of the research scenarios of a set of countries of interest and to detecting possible hubs operating therein. This knowledge allows the understanding of the impact of different socio-economic conditions on research. Furthermore, it may help the design of policies for sustaining the accumulation of scientific and technological capabilities. We apply our approach to four North African countries (i.e., Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia) in such a way as to show its potential. We also investigate (both scientific and commercial) related approaches and specify the main novelties of our approach with respect to them.

Keywords: bibliometrics; social network analysis; SNA; hubs; hub neighbourhoods; innovation support. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=94759 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbire:v:17:y:2018:i:2:p:147-186

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Business Innovation and Research from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().