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Collaboration: Group theory

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What makes a successful team? John Whitfield looks at research that uses massive online databases and network analysis to come up with some rules of thumb for productive collaborations.

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  • John Whitfield, 2008. "Collaboration: Group theory," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7214), pages 720-723, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7214:d:10.1038_455720a
    DOI: 10.1038/455720a
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    1. Zuo, Zhiya & Zhao, Kang, 2018. "The more multidisciplinary the better? – The prevalence and interdisciplinarity of research collaborations in multidisciplinary institutions," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 12(3), pages 736-756.
    2. João Carlos Nabout & Micael Rosa Parreira & Fabrício Barreto Teresa & Fernanda Melo Carneiro & Hélida Ferreira Cunha & Luciana Souza Ondei & Samantha Salomão Caramori & Thannya Nascimento Soares, 2015. "Publish (in a group) or perish (alone): the trend from single- to multi-authorship in biological papers," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 102(1), pages 357-364, January.
    3. Fahimeh Ghasemian & Kamran Zamanifar & Nasser Ghasem-Aqaee & Noshir Contractor, 2016. "Toward a better scientific collaboration success prediction model through the feature space expansion," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 108(2), pages 777-801, August.
    4. Zaggl, Michael A. & Pottbäcker, Judith, 2021. "Facilitators and inhibitors for integrating expertise diversity in innovation teams: The case of plasmid exchange in molecular biology," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(9).
    5. Juan Luis Sanz-Cabanillas & Juan Ruano & Francisco Gomez-Garcia & Patricia Alcalde-Mellado & Jesus Gay-Mimbrera & Macarena Aguilar-Luque & Beatriz Maestre-Lopez & Marcelino Gonzalez-Padilla & Pedro J , 2017. "Author-paper affiliation network architecture influences the methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of psoriasis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(4), pages 1-14, April.
    6. Jordi Duch & Joshua S Waitzman & Luís A Nunes Amaral, 2010. "Quantifying the Performance of Individual Players in a Team Activity," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(6), pages 1-7, June.
    7. Winnink, J.J. & Tijssen, Robert J.W. & van Raan, A.F.J., 2019. "Searching for new breakthroughs in science: How effective are computerised detection algorithms?," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 673-686.
    8. Liu, Meijun & Jaiswal, Ajay & Bu, Yi & Min, Chao & Yang, Sijie & Liu, Zhibo & Acuña, Daniel & Ding, Ying, 2022. "Team formation and team impact: The balance between team freshness and repeat collaboration," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 16(4).

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