Network assembly of scientific communities of varying size and specificity

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Highlights：

• Co-authorship networks undergo structural transformation as scientific fields develop.

• Structural transformations are preserved for fields of varying size and specificity.

• Topic modeling provides a mechanism for identifying semantically-related communities.

摘要

•Co-authorship networks undergo structural transformation as scientific fields develop.•Structural transformations are preserved for fields of varying size and specificity.•Topic modeling provides a mechanism for identifying semantically-related communities.

论文关键词：Collaboration networks,Network assembly,Social network analysis,Topic modeling,Scientometrics

论文评审过程：Received 22 May 2017, Revised 18 December 2017, Accepted 18 December 2017, Available online 3 January 2018, Version of Record 3 January 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.12.008