Comparative analysis of genealogy of highly-cited papers and retracted papers through co-author networks

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method to show the characteristics of knowledge inheritance and diffusion based on thecoauthor networks of academic papers. We construct coauthor networks from highly cited papers and retracted papers inacademic literature database, and create genealogies of researchers using authorship information. Then we compare andanalyze the characteristics of the genealogies using indexes such as extension / elongation, researcher's discipleship /colleagueship, etc. between each paper groups. In addition, based on the results of analysis by the proposed method, wewill discuss research activities from the organizational perspective.