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Analysis of the cooperation system

Selected programmes for the analysis of scientific cooperation networks
 

Commercial:

free of charge for the CUT employees (access under national license) 

• InCites (nowe okno) – a tool for analysing data from databases included in the so-called Core Collection on the Web of Science (WoS) platform. Allows you to create a variety of analyses on a single author and his/her achievements, analyse the achievements and research areas carried out by the institution and compare it with other research centres in the world. Access: from the WoS database ("Products" tab). For the the CUT community, free direct access from the site: https://access.clarivate.com/login?app=incites (nowe okno) (login required).
• SciVal (nowe okno) – Elsevier's tool for analysing data from the Scopus database. It is dedicated to scientists and scientific institutions. Allows to visualise researcher's output, research results, develop partnerships and analyse research trends. Access: from Scopus database (SciVal tab). For the the CUT community, free direct access from the site: https://www.scival.com/home?dgcid=ScopusHeader (nowe okno) (login required).

payable

NetMiner (nowe okno) – simple network analysis software. All the functions needed for analysis are integrated into a single software that also enables advanced analysis for Big Data and Machine Learning. It is payable.
 

Free:

• Gephi (nowe okno) – open source software to visualise and explore all kinds of graphs and networks.
• Google Fusion Tables (nowe okno) – Google-provided web-based data management service, it can be used to collect, visualise and share data tables.
• NetworkX (nowe okno) – it is used for network analysis and data visualisation in 2D and 3D. Allows analysis of a large group of data.
• Pajek, Pajek XXL, Pajek 3XL (nowe okno) – tools for analysis and graphical presentation of data, including scientific mapping.
• Social Network Visualizer (nowe okno) (SocNetV) – free application for social network analysis and visualisation.
• VOSViewer (nowe okno) – a tool for building and visualising bibliometric networks.

Network analysis visualization. Source: https://socnetv.org/news/?post=socnetv-v30-released (nowe okno)

• BibExcel (nowe okno) – a programme created by Swedish scientist Olle Persson, designed to conduct bibliometric analysis. It allows import of data in the form of text files downloaded from Scopus, Web of Science (WoS) databases or other sources. It is possible to perform transformations and create various types of summaries on such files, and then visualise them in social network analysis programmes such as Pajek, UCINET, NetDraw. BibExcel allows exporting data to Excel, and is compatible with Windows and Linux systems.

You can find many free network analysis tools. It is worth using rankings, such as 23 Free social network analysis tools on RankRed (new window).