A Game Theoretical Analysis of Academic Writing Co-authorship Networks

Journal of Scientometric Research, 2020, 9, 3, 319-325.
DOI: 10.5530/jscires.9.3.39
Published: December 2020
Type: Research Article

Noémi Gaskó^1,*, Florentin Bota¹, Mihai Alexandru Suciu¹, Rodica Ioana Lung²

¹Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Str. Kogalniceanu, Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA.

²Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, ROMANIA.

Abstract:

The field of Academic Writing is analyzed from a network perspective combined with a game theoretical approach by using co-authorship networks and the Shapley value concept. The Shapley value of each author indicates its average marginal collaboration potential. Results obtained on data from 2015 to 2019 offer interesting insights in the publication trends of the academic writing community.

Keywords: Academic writing, Centrality measures, Co-authorship network, Game theory, Shapley value.