Assessing cohesion and diversity in the collaboration network of the SALURBAL project

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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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ErratumIn: Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 22;13(1):13676. - PMID 37607957

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 10. Mai, Seite 7590

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Baquero, Sofía [VerfasserIn]
Montes, Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Stankov, Ivana [VerfasserIn]
Sarmiento, Olga L [VerfasserIn]
Medina, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Slesinski, S Claire [VerfasserIn]
Diez-Canseco, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Kroker-Lobos, Maria F [VerfasserIn]
Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira [VerfasserIn]
Vives, Alejandra [VerfasserIn]
Alazraqui, Marcio [VerfasserIn]
Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Tonatiuh [VerfasserIn]
Roux, Ana V Diez [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 12.05.2023

Date Revised 23.11.2023

published: Electronic

ErratumIn: Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 22;13(1):13676. - PMID 37607957

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41598-023-33641-x

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NLM356679144