Network dynamics in scientific knowledge acquisition: an analysis in three public universities in the state of Bahia

Revista de Administração Pública

Rogério Hermida Quintella²  Elizabeth Jorge Da Silva Monteiro De Freitas¹  Andréa Cardoso Ventura¹  Morjane Armstrong Santos²  Liliane Queiroz Antonio¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal da BahiaSalvador BA ,Brazil

关键词: knowledge networks;    scientific production;    scientific knowledge;    state of Bahia;    redes de conhecimento;    produção científica;    conhecimento científico;    estado da Bahia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-76122009000600004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This paper aims to cast some light on the dynamics of knowledge networks in developing countries by analyzing the scientific production of the largest university in the Northeast of Brazil and its influence on some of the remaining regional research institutions in the state of Bahia. Using a methodology test to be employed in a larger project, the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) (Federal University of Bahia), the Universidade do Estado da Bahia (Uneb) (State of Bahia University) and the Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (Uesc)'s (Santa Cruz State University) scientific productions are discussed in one of their most traditionally expressive sectors in academic production - namely, the field of chemistry, using social network analysis of co-authorship networks to investigate the existence of small world phenomena and the importance of these phenomena in research performance in these three universities. The results already obtained through this research bring to light data of considerable interest concerning the scientific production in unconsolidated research universities. It shows the important participation of the UFBA network in the composition of the other two public universities research networks, indicating a possible occurrence of small world phenomena in the UFBA and Uesc networks, as well as the importance of individual researchers in consolidating research networks in peripheral universities. The article also hints that the methodology employed appears to be adequate insofar as scientific production may be used as a proxy for scientific knowledge.

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