Small worlds, academic production and collaborative graphs: a case study of the Enanpads

• Autor(a) principal: Braga, Mauro Joaquim da Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Gomes, Luiz Flavio Autran Monteiro, Ruediger, Marco Aurélio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/6628
• topic: social networks; graph theory; scientific community; endogeny.; redes sociais; teoria dos grafos; comunidades científicas; endogenia.

This article uses the database of papers published in the Enanpad proceedings in the 2002-04 period, focusing in the information management area in order to carry out an exploratory study of the patterns of dissemination of academic knowledge in Brazil. The framework of the study relies is that of graph-theoretical, computationalbased social network analysis. The authors then map the information flows that allow knowledge exchanges circulating through the existing connections in the academic environment. Results from the analysis suggest the need for broadening and strengthening linkages among contributing authors. This seems to be most important for authors with some degree of local centrality, because this would probably lead to overcoming any barriers to joint scientific production, as opposed to the prevailing pattern of endogenous production.