Study of Co-authorship and Social Network Index of Medical Domain: A Case Study "Journal of Isfahan Medical School"

This study carried out to assess co-authorship network of 1298 articles published in Journal of Isfahan Medical School (JIMS) during 2010-2014 using co-authorship network analysis.
The study was done by scientometrics approach and using co-authorship network analysis that assessed macro and micro indicators of the network components of 1298 articles. Ravar Matrix, UCINET and VOSviewer software were used to draw and analyze the co-authorship network.
Findings: Assessment of the author's performance proved that Nilforoushzadeh (41), Akbari (37), Farajzadegn, and Haghjooye Javanmard (24) allocated the first ranking in the productivity index, respectively. Furthermore, analysis of co-authorship network demonstrated that in betweenness centrality index, Akbari (66271.648), Salehi (31756.54) and Rouzbahani (22056.004) had a good position in the network. According to the closeness centrality, Akbari (2.109), Salehi (2.102) and Ataei (2.096) possessed the shortest distance with other nodes.
Scientific collaboration network of the medical domain in JIMS has the features of a small world network and is in conformity with the theory of 6° separation. Additionally, the study provide a good chance for the young investigators to identify the most active and creative researchers in scientific productivity to benefit from their knowledge and experiences through the scientific collaborations.