چکیده:
The aim of this paper is to determine if the centrality degree and density of Latin-
American and Caribbean countries (LA-C) predicts their citation based
performance in academic research in the management discipline. For our analysis,
we use publication data of the Social Science Citation Index in the field of
‘‘Management’’ between 1988 and 2013, extracted from ISI Web of Science. The
resulting database contained 1,079 articles reflecting the contributions of 19 LA-C
countries. For the quantitative analysis we used a combination of Bibliometric and
Social Networks Analysis techniques. To test the hypothesis a Multiple Linear
Regression model with bootstrapping was run. The results show that the centrality
degree of LA-C countries is positively associated to their citation based
performance. The centrality degree of LA-C countries predicts a 54% of variance
in their citation based research performance within the management discipline.
خلاصه ماشینی:
c1 Abstract The aim of this paper is to determine if the centrality degree and density of Latin- American and Caribbean countries (LA-C) predicts their citation based performance in academic research in the management discipline.
The study of the structure of the collaboration network and its influence in the citation performance of research in the management discipline at the country level in developing regions is important.
In recent years, across all academic disciplines, studies on the association between social network analysis (SNA) measures and citation based performance have increased considerably (Alireza, Altmann, & Hossain, 201 I ; Alireza, Altmann, & Hwang, 2010; Alireza, Hossain, & Leydesdorff, 2012; Badar, Hite, & Badir, 2012; Badar, Hite, & Badir, 2014; Cimenler, Reeves, & Skvoretz, 2014).
Therefore the study of the possible influence of a country s degree of centrality and also its density on that country's citation based research performance would contribute knowledge on the importance of fostering collaboration networks for strengthening the management discipline in developing countries.
Do the centrality degree and density of LA-C countries predict their research citation based performance in the management discipline?
For the present study to measure the citation based performance of LA-C countries on management research we used the Adjusted Citation Index (ACI) which is very similar to the Community Productivity Index created by (Alireza, Altmann, & Hwang, 2009).
2, suggest that countries having higher centrality degree in their collaboration network contribute to achieving higher citation based performance on management research.