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Assessing cohesion and diversity in the collaboration network of the SALURBAL project
Scientific reports, v 13(1), 7590
10 May 2023
PMID: 37165002
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Abstract
The SALURBAL (Urban Health in Latin America) Project is an interdisciplinary multinational network aimed at generating and disseminating actionable evidence on the drivers of health in cities of Latin America. We conducted a temporal multilayer network analysis where we measured cohesion over time using network structural properties and assessed diversity within and between
different project activities according to participant attributes. Between 2017 and 2020 the SALURBAL network comprised 395 participants across 26 countries, 23 disciplines, and 181 institutions. While the cohesion of the SALURBAL network fluctuated over time, overall, an increase was observed from the first to the last time point of our analysis (clustering coefficient increased [0.83–0.91] and shortest path decreased [1.70–1.68]). SALURBAL also exhibited balanced overall diversity within project activities (0.5–0.6) by designing activities for different purposes such as capacity building, team-building, research, and dissemination. The network’s growth was facilitated by the creation of new diverse collaborations across a range of activities over time, while maintaining the diversity of existing collaborations (0.69–0.75 between activity diversity depending on the attribute). The SALURBAL experience can serve as an example for multinational research projects aiming to build cohesive networks while leveraging heterogeneity in countries, disciplines, career stage, and across sectors.
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- Title
- Assessing cohesion and diversity in the collaboration network of the SALURBAL project
- Creators
- Sofía Baquero - Universidad de Los AndesFelipe Montes - Universidad de Los AndesIvana Stankov - Drexel UniversityOlga L. Sarmiento - Universidad de Los AndesPablo Medina - Universidad de Los AndesS. Claire Slesinski - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenFrancisco Diez-Canseco - Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaMaria F. Kroker-Lobos - Institute of Nutrition of Central America and PanamaWaleska Teixeira - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisAlejandra Vives - Centre For Sustainable Urban DevelopmentMarcio Alazraqui - Universidad Nacional de LanúsTonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez - Instituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaAna V. Diez Roux - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Scientific reports, v 13(1), 7590
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group UK
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- P17.246922.007/01 / ; 205177/Z/16/Z / ;
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000992415900011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85158891962
- Other Identifier
- 991020524158204721
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- Multidisciplinary Sciences