title: Social network analysis of interdisciplinarity in obesity research.
abstract: Transdisciplinary research accelerates scientific progress. Despite the value of social network analysis to characterize interdepartmental collaboration, institutions have been slow to adopt the approach. We use the approach to characterize collaboration among obesity researchers at our institution, identifying cores of researchers engaged in frequent collaborations. Providing an objective view of research across an institution, social network analysis is a baseline for efforts to facilitate transdisciplinary collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA .
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bales
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Chunhua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weng
mesh_terms: D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009765:Obesity; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States