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A new model of scientific collaboration part 2. Collaboration patterns in Indian medicine

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Collaboration in science has become a prevailing trend and it will be worthwhile to study the patterns of co-authorships in scientific research. In this study a three-dimensional behavioural pattern of Indian medicinal co-authorship network is presented. The high evenness of this pattern has caused us to carry out a non-linear regression analysis. The pattern of Indian Medicinal coauthorships can be described by the same non-linear mathematical function that describes the behavioural patterns of international medicine co-authorship networks and networks of other scientific disciplines. The following question has arise: Is there a general validity of this function in co-authorship networks?

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  1. National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, 10012, New Delhi, (India)

    Ramesh Kundra

  2. I.S.S.I., Borgsdorfer Str. 5, D-16540, Hohen Neuendorf, (Germay)

    Hildrun Kretschmer

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Kundra, R., Kretschmer, H. A new model of scientific collaboration part 2. Collaboration patterns in Indian medicine. Scientometrics 46, 519–528 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459608

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