Effects of Research Funding, Gender and Type of Position on Research Collaboration Networks: A Micro-level Study of Cancer Research at Lund University

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyse the extent of which different types of research funding, gender and type of position have an effect on the size and density of research collaboration networks. The material consists of 3,306 documents by scientists doing cancer research at Lund University, indexed in the Web of Science databases. The author and address fields were analysed, by studying frequencies and distribution of authors and organizations, and by conducting co-authorship analyses on the organizational level. The results show substantial differences between scientists with funding from the Swedish Cancer Society (SCS) in comparison with those without SCS funding. When comparing men and women, as well as scientists with preclinical positions and those combining clinical and pre-clinical work; there are larger differences between e.g. women with or without SCS funding than between men and women with SCS funding. The general applicability of these results might be limited; they only take one certain kind of funding into account and they analyses are performed on documents coming out of one particular context. In this case, however, the results suggest that research funding have a larger impact on the size and nature of research collaboration networks than gender or type of position.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2013 Vienna: 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference
EditorsJuan Gorraiz, Edgar Schiebel, Christian Gumpenberger, Marianne Hörlesberger, Henk Moed
PublisherAustrian Institute of Technology GmbH Vienna
Pages677-689
ISBN (Print)978-3-200-03135-7
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventThe 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 2013 Jul 152013 Jul 19

Publication series

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ISSN (Print)2175-1935

Conference

ConferenceThe 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period2013/07/152013/07/19

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Cancer and Oncology

Free keywords

  • Research collaboration
  • Research funding
  • Gender
  • Cancer research
  • Author addresses
  • Co-authorship analysis
  • Network analysis

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