On the Sustainability of Co-Authoring Behaviors in Vietnamese Social Sciences: A Preliminary Analysis of Network Data
The topic of sustainability has mostly been tied to economic development and environmental protection, yet not much attention has been paid to the need for high problem-solving capacity as this underlines both issues. One of the most straightforward ways to improve problem-solving capacity is to nur...
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doaj-735fc65aabf84839afa1ada72e023c2e2020-11-25T00:56:09ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502017-11-01911214210.3390/su9112142su9112142On the Sustainability of Co-Authoring Behaviors in Vietnamese Social Sciences: A Preliminary Analysis of Network DataTung Manh Ho0Hong Kong T. Nguyen1Thu-Trang Vuong2Quan-Hoang Vuong3Institute of Philosophy, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi 100000, VietnamVietnam Panorama Media Monitoring, Giang Vo, Hanoi 100000, VietnamCentre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Western University Hanoi (ĐH Thành Tây), Hanoi 100000, VietnamCentre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Western University Hanoi (ĐH Thành Tây), Hanoi 100000, VietnamThe topic of sustainability has mostly been tied to economic development and environmental protection, yet not much attention has been paid to the need for high problem-solving capacity as this underlines both issues. One of the most straightforward ways to improve problem-solving capacity is to nurture ‘productive and enduring’, i.e., sustainable, scientific communities. The study examines the co-authoring behaviors of 412 Vietnamese social scientists over the 2008–2017 period via social network analysis to determine if these researchers have formed sustainable scientific communities, using Scopus data. The dataset provides an insightful look into the predominant form of collaboration, i.e., co-authorship, within the Vietnamese social science research communities. Through basic network metrics such as density and clustering coefficient, the study hypothesizes that the socially sustainable research communities are those with low clustering and high density. As any scholar's position in a network can be specified by three quantities: the number of publications, connections, and years in research, the distance metrics from the most productive to the rest are computed and compared. The study hypothesizes that if the distance is too large; it reflects the socially unsustainable situation in the network. The results indicate that certain level of social unsustainability exists in social sciences groups in Vietnam. Though the results are only indicative, it has opened up a fertile space for future inquiry into this matter.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/11/2142publishing behaviorco-authoring behaviorsustainable scientific communitiessocial sustainability distancesocial network analysisVietnam |
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Tung Manh Ho Hong Kong T. Nguyen Thu-Trang Vuong Quan-Hoang Vuong On the Sustainability of Co-Authoring Behaviors in Vietnamese Social Sciences: A Preliminary Analysis of Network Data Sustainability publishing behavior co-authoring behavior sustainable scientific communities social sustainability distance social network analysis Vietnam |
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On the Sustainability of Co-Authoring Behaviors in Vietnamese Social Sciences: A Preliminary Analysis of Network Data |
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On the Sustainability of Co-Authoring Behaviors in Vietnamese Social Sciences: A Preliminary Analysis of Network Data |
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On the Sustainability of Co-Authoring Behaviors in Vietnamese Social Sciences: A Preliminary Analysis of Network Data |
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On the Sustainability of Co-Authoring Behaviors in Vietnamese Social Sciences: A Preliminary Analysis of Network Data |
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On the Sustainability of Co-Authoring Behaviors in Vietnamese Social Sciences: A Preliminary Analysis of Network Data |
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on the sustainability of co-authoring behaviors in vietnamese social sciences: a preliminary analysis of network data |
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The topic of sustainability has mostly been tied to economic development and environmental protection, yet not much attention has been paid to the need for high problem-solving capacity as this underlines both issues. One of the most straightforward ways to improve problem-solving capacity is to nurture ‘productive and enduring’, i.e., sustainable, scientific communities. The study examines the co-authoring behaviors of 412 Vietnamese social scientists over the 2008–2017 period via social network analysis to determine if these researchers have formed sustainable scientific communities, using Scopus data. The dataset provides an insightful look into the predominant form of collaboration, i.e., co-authorship, within the Vietnamese social science research communities. Through basic network metrics such as density and clustering coefficient, the study hypothesizes that the socially sustainable research communities are those with low clustering and high density. As any scholar's position in a network can be specified by three quantities: the number of publications, connections, and years in research, the distance metrics from the most productive to the rest are computed and compared. The study hypothesizes that if the distance is too large; it reflects the socially unsustainable situation in the network. The results indicate that certain level of social unsustainability exists in social sciences groups in Vietnam. Though the results are only indicative, it has opened up a fertile space for future inquiry into this matter. |
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publishing behavior co-authoring behavior sustainable scientific communities social sustainability distance social network analysis Vietnam |
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