Six degrees of separation among US researchers

Hakan Kardes; Abdullah Sevincer; Mehmet Hadi Gunes; Murat Yuksel

doi:10.1109/ASONAM.2012.109

Six degrees of separation among US researchers

Hakan Kardes, Abdullah Sevincer, Mehmet Hadi Gunes, Murat Yuksel

University of Nevada, Reno

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Abstract

Funding from the government agencies has been the driving force for the research and educational institutions particularly in the United States. The government funds billions of dollars every year to lead research initiatives that will shape the future. In this paper, we analyze the funds distributed by the National Science Foundation (NSF), a major source of research funding in the States, to understand the collaboration patterns among researchers and institutions. Using complex network analysis, we interpret the collaboration patterns at researcher, institution and state levels by constructing the corresponding networks based on the number of grants collaborated. We further analyze the directorates to identify the differences in collaboration trends between disciplines.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012
Pages	654-659
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASONAM.2012.109
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 26 Aug 2012 → 29 Aug 2012

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Name	Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012

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Conference	2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	26/08/12 → 29/08/12

Keywords

Complex network analysis
Complex networks
NSF
Research funding networks
Six degrees of separation

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Kardes, H., Sevincer, A., Gunes, M. H., & Yuksel, M. (2012). Six degrees of separation among US researchers. In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012 (pp. 654-659). Article 6425695 (Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012). https://doi.org/10.1109/ASONAM.2012.109

Kardes, Hakan ; Sevincer, Abdullah ; Gunes, Mehmet Hadi et al. / Six degrees of separation among US researchers. Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012. 2012. pp. 654-659 (Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012).

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Kardes, H, Sevincer, A, Gunes, MH & Yuksel, M 2012, Six degrees of separation among US researchers. in Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012., 6425695, Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012, pp. 654-659, 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, 26/08/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASONAM.2012.109

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Kardes H, Sevincer A, Gunes MH, Yuksel M. Six degrees of separation among US researchers. In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012. 2012. p. 654-659. 6425695. (Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012). doi: 10.1109/ASONAM.2012.109

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