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Authors:
Keiichi Shinbe
Kosuke Shinoda
Hirohiko Suwa
Satoshi Kurihara
Keywords: Shared Research Facility; Complex Network; Cluster Analysis; Visualization; SPring-8.
Abstract:
The large synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 in Japan is a shared research facility opened to domestic and foreign researchers of industry, government, and academia. It is used for research and development in a wide range of fields. This facility must be efficiently operated and must have substantial research outcomes because national grants are used to fund its operation. This paper creates a visual of how the experimental stations in the facility were used over time on the basis of the SPring-8 publication database. It aims to clarify which experimental stations are used in combination to create research outcomes. A network analysis showed that each experimental station can be classified into groups: a group with many research outcomes, a mediating group that supports research by other experimental stations, and a group specialized for combined use with specific experimental stations. It also became clear that there is a difference in the publication productivity of each group.
Pages: 11 to 16
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018
Publication date: March 25, 2018
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4375
ISBN: 978-1-61208-620-0
Location: Rome, Italy
Dates: from March 25, 2018 to March 29, 2018