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Collaborative Research in Sociology: Trends and Contributing Factors
Laura Ann Hunter,Erin Leahey +1 more
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This paper examined trends in sociologists' collaboration over a 70-year period and empirically tested a variety of explanations for the increase in collaboration that they find. But they found no significant gender differences in rates of collaboration, although male sole-authorship remains the most common form of publication.Abstract:
To what extent do sociologists collaborate? Has this changed over time? What factors contribute to research collaboration among sociologists? To answer these questions, we examine trends in collaboration over a 70 year period and empirically test a variety of explanations for the increase in collaboration that we find. We analyze data collected from a stratified random sample of articles in two leading sociology journals between 1935 and 2005 (n = 1274). Most of our analyses are descriptive and display trends over time. However, we pool the data across all years and estimate logistic regression models to assess the relative contribution of various factors. We find that the importance of geographical location has been waning since the 1950s, although the growth in cross-place collaborations stagnated between 1980 and 2005. We find that quantitative research is more likely to be collaborative, as are projects requiring data collection, though this may change because the collaboration rate among secondary data users is increasing at a faster rate. We find no significant gender differences in rates of collaboration, although male sole-authorship remains the most common form of publication. We also find the institutional prestige of coauthors is typically higher than that of sole-authors. Our results elucidate the extent of collaboration in sociology and reveal how several factors have contributed to this major shift in work organization.read more
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Sociology of Science
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Large teams develop and small teams disrupt science and technology
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that both small and large teams are essential to a flourishing ecology of science and technology, and suggested that, to achieve this, science policies should aim to support a diversity of team sizes.
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Open Science: One Term, Five Schools of Thought
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Men Set Their Own Cites High: Gender and Self-citation across Fields and over Time
TL;DR: This gender gap in self-citation rates has remained stable over the last 50 years, despite increased representation of women in academia, and has important implications for scholarly visibility and cumulative advantage in academic careers.
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Collaboration factors, teamwork satisfaction, and student attitudes toward online collaborative learning
TL;DR: This study examined online courses with collaborative learning components from 197 graduate students across three consecutive academic years and revealed that students favored working collaboratively in an online environment.
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Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity
TL;DR: Identity in practice, modes of belonging, participation and non-participation, and learning communities: a guide to understanding identity in practice.
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What is research collaboration
J. Sylvan Katz,Ben R. Martin +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors distinguish between collaboration at different levels and show that inter-institutional and international collaboration need not necessarily involve inter-individual collaboration, and argue for a more symmetrical approach in comparing the costs of collaboration with the undoubted benefits when considering policies towards research collaboration.
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Distance matters
Gary M. Olson,Judith S. Olson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare collocated and non-collocated synchronous group collaborations and comment on the promise of remote work tomorrow, focusing on sociotechnical conditions required for effective distance work and bring together the results with four key concepts: common ground, coupling of work, collaboration readiness, and collaboration technology readiness.