Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
22nd RSEP International Economics, Finance & Business Conference, İstanbul, Türkiye, 25 Ağustos 2021, ss.16, (Özet Bildiri)
Due to the emergence Covid-19 pandemic, infectious diseases became globally important issue which has been seen how much it threatens public health and economy. Therefore, it is important to have multidisciplinary approach towards science, technology and innovation policy in order to overcome obstacles regarding infectious diseases. The primary aim of this study is to conduct social network analysis over the papers from Turkey in the field of infectious diseases in the last 5 years (between 2016 and 2021) at the level of researchers and institutions. Results were drawn from the analysis of networks of both researchers and institutions with regard to degree and betweenness centralities in the level of national and international collaboration. Unexpectedly, researchers with diverse connections in the larger component have papers with low citation score compared to the ones in discrete small components. Another finding is that most of the institutions have publications resulted from in-house collaboration so in order for institutions to benefit from the diversity of information, they need to collaborate with institutions in the hub positions. Within the framework of these results, the suggestions are developed to enhance collaboration in both national and international level for publications of Turkish institutions. Keywords: Social network analysis, infectious diseases, structural holes, information flow, citation score