Análisis y visualización de redes de colaboración científicagrupos de investigación en la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (ISI, Web of Science, 1990-2004)

Zusammenfassung

The main objective of this thesis is to establish a theoretical and methodological framework with which to identify, characterize and interpret research groups using empirical analysis, through the examination and visualization of scientific networking based on co?authorship papers. The findings obtained will contribute to a better understanding of network dynamics and of how they affect network topology and the internal structure of links among such research groups, and by extension, how they affect the higher?level administrative units of which they form a part