Bibliometría e indicadores de actividad científica (VI). Indicadores de colaboración (2). Análisis de redes sociales aplicado a la Pediatría
- Lourdes Castelló Cogollos
- Andrea Sixto Costoya
- Rut Lucas Domínguez
- Víctor Agulló Calatayud
- Francisco Javier González de Dios
- Rafael Aleixandre Benavent
ISSN: 0001-6640
Year of publication: 2017
Volume: 75
Issue: 11-12
Pages: 127-135
Type: Article
More publications in: Acta pediátrica española
Abstract
The social network analysis was originated in the field of sociology as an analysis tool which has been acquiring an important theoretical methodological apparatus making it usable in many fields of science. This work aims at describing the analysis of social networks and those main factors most needed in order to understand and interpret a network. It includes the different networks typologies which may be observed, the elements of the graphs that make up a network, the levels of analysis that can be applied and the indicators of centrality that can be calculated. In addition, some of the studies that can be done using this tool are offered. Several examples in the field of Pediatrics are exposed such as the analysis of scientific collaboration (co-authoring between authors and institutions) and the analysis of co-occurrence (measure of the presence of researchers, keywords or institutions in a document).