Creating Co-authorship Networks with Sci2

In week 7, we introduce the major concepts of network science and provide a hands-on demonstration of how to create co-author networks from Web of Science data using the Science of Science (Sci2) Tool.

Course Materials

• author_network_function.txt
• research_address.txt

Supplemental Reading

Borner K, Sanyal S, Vespignani A. 2007. Network science. Annu Rev Inf Sci Technol. 41:537-607. doi:10.1002/aris.2007.1440410119

Newman MEJ. 2003. The structure and function of complex networks. Siam Rev. 45(2):167-256. doi:10.1137/s003614450342480

Barabási AL. 2017. Network science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://networksciencebook.com/

Practice Exercise

Import the .csv file you exported from OpenRefine into Sci2. Create co-authorship networks on the author and affiliation columns, practice pruning the networks by removing edges and extracting the largest connected component, and then save each network as a .graphml file.