Dynamics of Co-authoring Relationships in Post-Graduation Programs in Computing in Brazil

• Luciano A. Digiampietri University of São Paulo
• Jesús P. Mena-Chalco Federal University of ABC
• Gabriela S. Silva University of São Paulo
• Leonardo B. Oliveira Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Ana Paula Malheiros Elabora Consultoria e Participações
• Dania Meira University of Campinas

Abstract

This paper describes the bases for a study of the dynamics of co - authoring relationships among researchers associated to the postgraduate programs in Computer Science evaluated by CAPES in the 2007-2009 triennium. In all, 889 permanent researchers were identified in the 45 postgraduate programs evaluated. A robust heuristic of entity resolution was developed, allowing the identification of the co-authorship relationships among researchers, with a hit rate higher than 96%. By observing the co-authorship networks, it is possible to observe interesting phenomena of the dynamics of Brazilian research, especially related to the increase in joint production between and within postgraduate programs.

Keywords: Co-authoring Networks, Graduate Programs, Computer Science

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