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The characteristic structure underlying interpersonal relations in social networks in general is identifiable in a great number of such social processes, as the spread of diseases, the propagation of information, the change of views or the dissemination of technological innovations. The patterns of behaviour reflected in the coauthorship networks of the invisible colleges of physics, resemble the general structure of relations identified in social networks beyond the communities of scholars. The patterns of behaviour are portrayed both as two-dimensional and three-dimensional models.
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Kretschmer, H. Patterns of behaviour in coauthorship networks of invisible colleges. Scientometrics 40, 579–591 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459302
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459302