title: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva: scientific production analysis and collaborative research networks.
abstract: The purpose of this metric and descriptive study was to identify the most productive authors and their collaborative research networks from articles published in Ciência & Saúde Coletiva between, 2005, and 2014. Authors meeting the cutoff criteria of at least 10 articles were considered the most productive authors. VOSviewer and Network Workbench technologies were applied for visual representations of collaborative research networks involving the most productive authors in the period. Initial analysis recovered 2511 distinct articles, with 8920 total authors with an average of 3.55 authors per article. Author analysis revealed 6288 distinct authors, 24 of these authors were identified as the most productive. These 24 authors generated 287 articles with an average of 4.31 authors per article, and represented 8 separate collaborative partnerships, the largest of which had 14 authors, indicating a significant degree of collaboration among these authors. This analysis provides a visual representation of networks of knowledge development in public health and demonstrates the usefulness of VOSviewer and Network Workbench technologies in future research.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Central Florida. 12201 Research Parkway Suite 300, Orange. 32826 Orlando FL USA. norma.conner@ucf.edu.
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Conner
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Arquivologia, Centro de Ciências Jurídicas e Econômicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES). Vitória ES Brasil.
authors.forename: Attilio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Provedel
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, UFES. Vitória ES Brasil.
authors.forename: Ethel Leonor Noia
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Maciel
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing