Analysis of collaboration and co-citation networks between researchers studying 'violence involving women'

摘要

We analyse the collaboration and co-citation networks at the international level in scientific articles about violence against women. The aim is to identify who are writing about this subject, if they are women and/or men, who the most influential authors are and which institutions they belong to, and finally which authors are cited most frequently. As a source of information we have consulted the Web of Science database, from which we recovered and analysed a total of 8,448 articles. We analysed a sample of 5,219 authors. For the social network analysis and the visualization of centrality measures, collaboration and cocitation we used the software programme Pajek. The collaboration density maps were visualised using VOSViewer. A total of 8,448 publications were analysed, showcasing the authors with a higher collaboration and cocitation centrality as well as their gender. We also present most influencial authors, their collaboration networks and the institutions to which they are affiliated. The results show that research into violence against women is led by women; they publish more articles than men; they collaborate more closely; they hold positions that enable them to channel and disseminate flows of information and collaboration groups; and they have closer links to other authors.