Co-authorship networks: Collaborative research structures at the journal level

Authors

  • José António C. Santos ESGHT/University of the Algarve
  • Margarida Custódio Santos University of Algarve - ESHT

Keywords:

co-authorship networks, collaborative research, research networks, bibliometric analysis, journal analysis

Abstract

Present-day research is, in most cases, the outcome of collaborative research, as evidenced by the fact that most papers are authored by two or more researchers. This study’s general goal was to examine the evolution and structure of scientific collaborative networks revealed by papers published in the Tourism & Management Studies journal over a five-year period, from 2011 to 2015, as well as to represent these networks graphically. In this paper, we seek to offer a clear assessment of intra-institutional, inter-institutional and international collaborations and to identify primary author networks and the role of gender in their composition. To reach these goals, we used a combination of bibliometric analysis with social network analysis. The results demonstrate that geographic proximity and linguistic affinity play a substantial role in scientific collaboration between institutions. In fact, most papers result from collaborative research involving two or more authors from the same institution. A gender analysis of the universe of authors and co-authors and of the role of women in the composition of co-authorship networks demonstrated that most networks include women and that, in most networks, women have a leading position, which is consistent with their weight (51.3%) in the universe of authors. This is one of the first studies to demonstrate that women are taking the lead in tourism and management research.

Author Biographies

  • José António C. Santos, ESGHT/University of the Algarve

    He made his undergraduate course (Tourism) at ISLA Lisbon and postgraduate and doctoral studies (German Studies) at the New University of Lisbon (NOVA). He is: - Founder and Editor of the TOURISM & MANAGEMENT STUDIES journal; - Founder and Chair of the TMS conferences; - Adjunct Professor of the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism of the University of Algarve; - Co-Coordinator for Research and Publications; Co-Coordinator for Internationalization; - Researcher of the Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics (CIEO). He has co-edited several books on Tourism and Hospitality and published papers and book chapters in the areas of German Studies and Tourism. Presently his research interests are: Collaborative Networks; Risk and Threat Perception; German Tourism Market; Heritage Interpretation.

  • Margarida Custódio Santos, University of Algarve - ESHT
    PhD in Tourism

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Published

31.01.2016

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Tourism/Hospitality: Research Papers

How to Cite

Santos, J. A. C., & Santos, M. C. (2016). Co-authorship networks: Collaborative research structures at the journal level. Tourism & Management Studies, 12(1), 5-13. https://www.tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/903

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