Category: Network analysis
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An Analysis of Collaboration Networks in Bioenergy: Using the ‘Bioen Program’ to Evaluate Sugarcane Ethanol Biomass (FULL-TEXT)
This paper analyzes the network of scientific collaboration in sugarcane biomass. The impact of the FAPESP research program on bioenergy (BIOEN) is also analyzed, with a focus on the division of biomass and its subareas. Using detailed information from scientific articles in the subareas of Enzymatic hydrolysis, molecular markers, delignification, genotypes, enzymatic conversion, gene expression,…
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Research networks generated by organizational structures, coauthorships and citations: A Case Study of German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) (FULL-TEXT)
Exploring whether different patterns emerge across networks generated by organizational structures, coauthorships and citations for characterizing and evaluating cooperative relationships is particularly important for transferring the research results into practice. This research-in-progress paper focuses on using the structure of scientific collaborations and mapping knowledge transfer to gain insight into the influence of collaborative research centres…
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Profiling and predicting the problem-solving patterns in China’s research systems: A methodology of intelligent bibliometrics and empirical insights (FULL-TEXT)
Uncovering the driving forces, strategic landscapes, and evolutionary mechanisms of China’s research systems is attracting rising interest around the globe. One such interest is to understand the problem-solving patterns in China’s research systems now and in the future. Targeting a set of high-quality research articles published by Chinese researchers between 2009 and 2018, and indexed…
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Probing Expert Opinions on the Future of Kidney Replacement Therapies
Patients with kidney failure can only survive with some form of kidney replacement (transplant or dialysis). Unfortunately, innovations in kidney replacement therapy lag behind many other medical fields. This study compiles expert opinions on candidate technologies for future kidney replacement therapies. A worldwide web‐based survey was conducted with 1,566 responding experts, identified via a text-mining…