caa a22 4500 445349441 CHVBK 20180317142839.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-010-0309-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-010-0309-2 Liao Chien Department of Information Management, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Rd, 32001, Jhongli City, Taoyuan, Taiwan aut How to improve research quality? Examining the impacts of collaboration intensity and member diversity in collaboration networks [Elektronische Daten] [Chien Liao] Better research quality not only inspires scholars to continue their research, but also increases the possibility of higher research budgets from sponsors. Given the importance of research quality, this study proposes that utilizing social capital (i.e., research collaboration) might be a promising avenue to achieve better research quality. In addition, as every scholar has his or her own expertise and knowledge, the diversity of collaborating members might be an extra resource for reinforcing research quality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of research collaboration and member diversity on research quality, including the number of citations, the impact factor, and the size of the research award. To explore unknown associations, the author adopts two data sources, that is, the Social Science Citation Index database and academic database of a university, to verify the hypotheses. The results show that a higher intensity at which scholars are embedded in a collaboration network, results in higher research quality. However, member diversity does not seem to be a major concern during the organization of a research group. Research quality is not affected, regardless of whether a scholar collaborates with different or the same co-authors. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2010 Research quality nationallicence Social capital nationallicence Member diversity nationallicence Exploration and exploitation nationallicence Social network nationallicence Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 86/3(2011-03-01), 747-761 0138-9130 86:3<747 2011 86 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0309-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0309-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Liao Chien Department of Information Management, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Rd, 32001, Jhongli City, Taoyuan, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 86/3(2011-03-01), 747-761 0138-9130 86:3<747 2011 86 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer