A pilot model of the scientific journal network in Russia: An intersection graph analysis
https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7746.2025.2.311-328
Abstract
Scientific journals play an important role as a key tool for advancing science and encouraging knowledge exchange during research collaboration. The relationships among them are extremely diverse and cluster together into a complex network of connections. Developing adequate mathematical models of such self-organizing systems is a serious problem that requires in-depth investigation. This article introduces an approach to analyze the journal network based on a new bibliographic graph in which the relationships among journals are defined by shared authorship, i.e., through the binary intersection of author sets. Two levels of journal interaction can be distinguished using consistent source data processing techniques and methods. At the lower level, the relationships among multiple journals are grouped by scientific topics. At the upper level, the interactions between these topics are established. The approach was validated through a pilot study of eLIBRARY.RU data. The findings demonstrate its feasibility and scalability potential.
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Supporting agencies: Colleagues from the Scientific Electronic Library and the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences are gratefully acknowledged for their contribution in preliminary preparation and processing of the data used in the work. This study was supported by the FMEN-2024-0005 project “Random graphs, structure and information search, cooperation and competition in networks, and applications in complex systems.”
About the Author
A. A. Pechnikov
Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey A. Pechnikov, Dr. Sci. (Engineering), Associate Professor, Leading Researcher
Petrozavodsk
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Pechnikov A.A. A pilot model of the scientific journal network in Russia: An intersection graph analysis. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Fiziko-Matematicheskie Nauki. 2025;167(2):311-328. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7746.2025.2.311-328
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