Name ambiguity of authors is a long-standing challenge in Digital Libraries. Simple string searches for authors often have unsatisfactory results: publications by the author in which their name is written differently cannot be found, and publications by other authors of the same name get included. The authors can be distinguished with the use of persistent identifers. This improves the search function and also contributes to the data linking process. But many catalogs of libraries are not fully disambiguated and it is not feasible for big libraries like the ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics to disambiguate the bibliographic records manually. The goal of this work is to help the ZBW with their disambiguation task. For this purpose I analysed the datasets of the ZBW and identifed the challenges that need to be overcome. I proposed an approach which uses already disambiguated records to assign persistent identifer to ambiguous author references. The approach could disambiguate ambiguous author references, though the quality of the method needs to be further evaluated.:List of Figures List of Tables Listings List of Algorithms 1 Introduction 1.1 Aim of the work 1.2 Structure of the thesis 2 Author disambiguation 2.1 Formal defnition 2.2 Types of disambiguation methods 2.3 Types of disambiguation features 2.4 Co-authorship as a disambiguation feature 3 The datasets of the ZBW 3.1 Methodology 3.2 Analysing the Econis data 3.3 Disambiguating names from other sources 4 Current approaches 4.1 Solving the common name problem 4.2 An incremental approach 4.3 Approaches in related fields 5 Proposal of an application-relevant approach 5.1 Disambiguation approach 5.2 Test datasets 5.3 Evaluation of the results 5.3.1 Partly disambiguated bibliographic records 5.3.2 Ambiguous bibliographic records with two or more authors 5.3.3 Ambiguous bibliograpic records with one author 6 Conclusion A Full figures B Extended tables C Full results of the tests of the proposed method C.1 Partly disambiguated bibliographic records C.2 Ambiguous bibliographic records Bibliography

This research explores and describes co-authorship network structures in the academic publication process. The production of academic publications, through co-authorship choices or strategies, creates a network structure among co-authoring scholars which can influence research visibility and enhance stature among peers (Bayer & Smart, 1991). A specific scholar's co-authorship network may reflect a structure of more cohesion (Coleman, 1988) or one which fills more structural holes (Burt, 1992), both of which are theorized, from contrasting perspectives, to be associated with publication success. Therefore, this study examined the association of these two academic co-authorship network structures with publication success, specifically within the field of research and scholarship on higher education. The network population consisted of 810 academic scholars who published articles in at least one of four top-ranked higher education research journals. Based upon structural holes and cohesion, seven different co-authorship network structures were identified. In terms of total publications, findings suggest that filling structural holes—a network structure that spans across the larger network and provides authors with a greater variety of co-authors—may even be further enhanced when there were also multiple publications with the same co-authors. Thus, an ideal hybrid network structure of both structural holes and strong ties may be possible. The data suggested that co-authoring multiple times with the same scholars (mean tie strength) may be critical to realizing the potential value buried within the structural holes (Burt, 2001).

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The aim of this thesis was to study co-authorship in the constraint programming research community. This was done by conducting social network analysis (SNA) based on published scientific papers from the proceedings of the International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming. Bibliographic data of the scientific literature was collected for the years 2018–2022 of the annual conference. For quantitative analysis, graph metrics were computed to study the properties and structure of the overall network, and also to study the attributes and characteristics of individual authors to be able to identify central actors of the community. Furthermore, graph layout algorithms were used for visualisation of the network. The computed metrics and the graphical visualisations enabled identifying collaboration patterns and behaviours within the studied field. The results of this study show that the most central actors of the community are mainly male and dominated by white organisations and countries. The results of the study also show that the vast majority of authors of the community collaborate with others in writing papers. However, due to the low density of the network there is opportunity and room for new collaboration patterns to take place within the research community.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T13:30:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ALEXANDRE PEREIRA DE MATTOS.pdf: 1200066 bytes, checksum: 335f251e8d56487575bd18ee4e0b0b55 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-10-21 / The present research focuses on understanding the meanings of violence at school to educators at school and the strategies taken up in order to deal with it. Formerly, we had taken for granted the several discurvise forms media, demographic data and scientific texts - which contribute for building a concept of violence associated with biological and cultural naturalization. The methodology we took as support is firmly related to the Social Construcionism. Based on this approach, we sought for implying educators from the school where the research took place, in order to potentialize them to construct new meanings and negotiate new versions on the previously existent versions of violence circulating at school. The research was developed in two distinct stages. At first, we registered the speeches on violence arisen as we wander around the school and joined teachers meetings during the Especial Integral Journey (EIJ). This former step helped us on collecting material to compose a report, which supported latter discussions with third grade teachers. Such discussions were held at the second stage of the research under the purpose of compiling a consensual report on the theme. The outcomes obtained at the first stage permitted us to conclude there are multiple and contextual meanings of violence. In addition, we noticed essentialist repertories presented in some speeches, which were associated to the school routine, in favor of excluding and paternalist practices. Teachers of the elementary grades versed their speeches onto the genesis of violence brought up at the family scope. Theachers of the fourth grade considered there is no violence inside school, because students are grown-ups, although they considered as violent the social and economic conditions the students are submitted. Third grade teachers conceived violence as the product of a lacking compass, which is loosen between the necessity of clearer rules at school and the omission of school principal on drawing living rules. They have also found as violent the impossibility of carrying out the primordial school mission, which is to educate. Yet, the analyses brought about by the group discussions, based on the synthesis-report, revealed that the procedures including negotiation of meanings are sensitive to power relations, which may either facilitate or oppose negotiations. We conclude the oppportunities for negotiating senses should not be reduced to single episode, but follow along through the whole researching procedure / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo entender os sentidos que têm para os educadores a violência na escola e as estratégias por eles utilizadas para lidar com ela. Partimos do pressuposto de que diferentes discursividades - a mídia, os dados demográficos e os textos científicos - contribuem para construir uma noção de violência atravessada por essencializações biológicas e culturais. Adotando uma metodologia associada ao Construcionismo Social, buscamos implicar os educadores da escola, onde o estudo foi desenvolvido, de modo a potencializá-los para produzir novos sentidos e negociar as versões de violência que lá circulavam. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em duas etapas. Na primeira, registramos os discursos sobre violência que surgiram em nossas perambulações pela escola e nas reuniões com os professores durante a Jornada Especial Integral (JEI). Esta fase possibilitou a elaboração de um texto que foi discutido, na segunda fase da pesquisa, com os professores do 3o período - foco principal do estudo por serem os alunos deste período os mais citados nos exemplos de violência. Esta discussão visava à construção de um texto consensual. Os resultados da primeira fase nos permitiram concluir que os sentidos da violência são múltiplos e contextualizados e que repertórios essencializantes, quando presentes em alguns discursos, trazem implicações para o cotidiano escolar por favorecer práticas excludentes ou paternalistas. Para professores que lecionam para alunos de 1a à 4a séries, os discursos versaram sobre a gênese da violência no núcleo familiar, fruto da negligência dos pais com os filhos e para com o processo educacional. Para os professores do 4o período, a violência dentro da escola é inexistente pelo fato de os alunos serem mais adultos, mas consideram violenta a condição social e econômica na qual se encontram esses alunos. Para os professores do 3o período, a violência foi interpretada como produto de um descompasso entre a necessidade de normas de convivência mais claras e omissão por parte da Direção na construção dessas normas. Acrescentaram também que consideram violência os educadores não conseguirem cumprir a missão primordial da escola que é educar. Já a análise da discussão do grupo centrada no texto-síntese mostrou que os processos de negociação de sentidos são sensíveis às relações de poder que podem facilitar ou obstacularizar estas negociações. Concluímos que espaços de negociação não devem ser únicos, mas presentes durante todo o processo de pesquisa.

L'amitié, sujet classique et paradoxalement peu étudié chez Stendhal, permet de croiser les problématiques de l'altérité, de l'intime et du dialogisme et se situe au cœur de la problématique de la connaissance du Moi. Quelles représentations Stendhal avait-il de l'amitié ? A défaut d'avoir écrit un De l'Amitié, a-t-il jamais conçu une théorie unifiée de l'amitié ? Ne faut-il pas la chercher dans une pratique sociale telle que l'amitié beyliste ? L'amitié permet en effet de repenser les concepts-clés de l'égotisme et du beylisme. L'égotisme à plusieurs, notion paradoxale, s'explique dans le cadre plus large d'une réflexion sur l'auctorialité. Stendhal se forme au sein d'un cercle d'amis ; ses idées – et notamment celle de l'analyse du cœur humain – se façonnent dans un dialogisme fécond et par le biais de l'écriture en collaboration. Le beylisme n'est pas tant le fait de ramener tout à Beyle, qu'une philosophie de l'art de vivre heureux avec les autres où paradoxalement le bonheur réside dans l'interstice qui sépare le moi de l'autre, dans la possibilité du déliement. Empruntant des outils à la sociologie et à l'analyse génétique, notre réflexion s'est articulée sur la représentation de l'amitié comme cercle et comme jeu, et sur l'analyse de son fonctionnement par le système du don et par celui de la collaboration. L'étude de l'amitié chez Stendhal contribue à réévaluer l'altérité dans son œuvre, la mise en lumière des écrits en collaboration de jeunesse témoignant bien du protocole éminemment dialogique de son œuvre. / Friendship is a classical subject - albeit hardly studied in Stendhal works - which allows a crisscross of views on otherness, intimacy and dialogism. It is also at the core of Self-knowledge. What were Stendhal's representations of friendship ? Although he did not write a chapter about Friendship, did he eventually give way to a structured theory about friendship? One that could be found within a social custom called the beylist friendship ? The concept of friendship invites us to reconsider the key concepts of egotism and beylism. Egotism practiced by many, a paradoxical concept, is framed within a larger consideration about authorship. Stendhal moldes himself within a circle of friends ; his ideas –especially the one on the analysis of the human heart- are built up in the midst of rich dialogism and co-authorship writings. Beylism should not be reduced to a mere reference to Beyle. It is a philosophy of life on how to live happily with others when, paradoxically, happiness lies within the gap between the self and the other and depends on the possibility of breaking bonds. With the support of sociologic and genetic analysis tools, our work focuses on the illustration of friendship as a social circle and a game. We analyze its mechanisms which include a mixed system of giving and collaborating. The study of friendship in Stendhal's work helps reassess the otherness in his literature and also highlights his co-authorship writings during his youth which confirm the particularly dialogical nature of his work.

Através da análise da co-autoria em artigos, este trabalho investiga as publicações nacionais indexadas pelo SCI do ISI entre os anos 2004-2006, com o objetivo de aprofundar e entender a colaboração científica na comunidade brasileira. Fizeram parte do estudo todos os artigos que contêm ao menos um endereço brasileiro no campo Address. Os dados foram organizados e analisados com o auxílio dos softwares Bibexcel, SPSS versão 14.0, Excel 2007 e Pajek. A análise quantitativa foi complementada por uma pesquisa qualitativa, realizada por meio de questionários e entrevistas com pesquisadores brasileiros. Os 49.046 artigos examinados revelaram que a produção científica nacional cresceu anualmente durante o triênio, e os artigos são publicados majoritariamente em inglês. Os artigos foram publicados em um vasto número de revistas, sendo que 15,7% deles em periódicos nacionais. As áreas mais produtivas da ciência nacional no SCI são a Química, a Biologia, a Física e a Medicina Clínica e Experimental II. Um grande número de instituições de filiação foi detectado, indicando que o Brasil não possui um padrão de publicação científica consolidado, dada a presença esparsa de muitas instituições cuja participação aconteceu uma única vez (59,1%). A co-autoria entre indivíduos cresceu ao longo do triênio, representando cerca de 96% da produção nacional. A média de autores por artigo é 6,3. A análise das instituições revela que a produção concentra-se em poucas instituições, a maioria universidades públicas localizadas em regiões específicas. A média de instituições por artigo é 2,4, e o exame das instituições mais produtivas destacou a prática da co-autoria intra-institucional. A aplicação de índices de colaboração relativos, análises EMD, fatorial e de agrupamentos identificou a existência de grupos formados regionalmente. A co-autoria internacional decresceu percentualmente ao longo do triênio, representando 30,3% da produção brasileira. EUA, França, Reino Unido e Alemanha são os maiores parceiros em número de artigos, entretanto, os índices relativos revelam que os EUA e a Argentina são os principais parceiros. A motivação para a colaboração internacional parece seguir razões históricas, lingüísticas e de proximidade geográfica. A análise específica das áreas do conhecimento revela que a co-autoria possui facetas próprias nas distintas áreas analisadas. A Agricultura e Meio Ambiente mostrou que os cientistas se agrupam em redes que refletem os colégios invisíveis a que eles pertencem. Na Física, preponderam grandes grupos de co-autoria, e a Matemática apresentou pesquisadores distribuídos em sub-redes que não refletiram agrupamentos por instituição. A forma como acontece a interação entre os cientistas variou conforme a área do conhecimento, e a motivação para a co-autoria é diversificada. / Trough co-authorship analysis of articles, this study investigates the national publications indexed in ISI's SCI between the years of 2004-2006, aiming to deepen and understand the scientific collaboration in the Brazilian community. It was part of the study all the articles that had at least one Brazilian address in the Address field. The data was organized and analyzed through software Bibexcel, SPSS 14.0 version, Excel 2007 and Pajek. The quantitative analysis was completed by a qualitative analysis, done through questionnaires and interviews with Brazilian researches. The 49.046 articles analyzed revealed that the scientific production grew annually during the triennium, and the articles are mostly published in English. The articles were published in a wide number or journals, were 15,7% of it were published in national journals. The most productive areas of the national science in SCI are Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Clinical and Experimental Medicine II. A large number of institutions, indicating that Brazil does not have a consolidated scientific publication standard, given to the sparse presence of many institutions whose participation happened only once (59,1%). The individual co-authorship grew during the triennium, representing about 96% of the national production. The mean of authors per article is 6, 3. The analysis of the institutions shows that the production is concentrated in a few institutions, mostly public universities located at specific regions. The mean of institution per article is 2,4 , and the exam of the most productive institutions evidenced the practice of intra-institutional co-authorship. The application of relative collaboration indexes, MDS analysis, factorial and clusters identified the presence of regionally formed groups. The international co-authorship decreased percentage during the triennium, representing 30, 3% of Brazilian production.USA, France, United Kingdom and Germany are the major partners in number of articles, though relative indexes show that USA and Argentina are the main partners. The motivation for international collaboration seems to follow historical, linguistics and geographical proximity reasons. The specific analysis of areas of knowledge shows that the co-authorship has its own aspects in the different analyzed areas. The Agriculture and Environmental Sciences showed that scientists gather in networks that reflect on invisible college which they belong to. In Physics, large groups of co-authorship predominates, and Mathematics presented researches scattered in sub-networks that did not reflected in groups by institutions. The way the interaction happens between scientists changed according to the area of knowledge, and the motivation to co-authorship is diverse.

Através da análise da co-autoria em artigos, este trabalho investiga as publicações nacionais indexadas pelo SCI do ISI entre os anos 2004-2006, com o objetivo de aprofundar e entender a colaboração científica na comunidade brasileira. Fizeram parte do estudo todos os artigos que contêm ao menos um endereço brasileiro no campo Address. Os dados foram organizados e analisados com o auxílio dos softwares Bibexcel, SPSS versão 14.0, Excel 2007 e Pajek. A análise quantitativa foi complementada por uma pesquisa qualitativa, realizada por meio de questionários e entrevistas com pesquisadores brasileiros. Os 49.046 artigos examinados revelaram que a produção científica nacional cresceu anualmente durante o triênio, e os artigos são publicados majoritariamente em inglês. Os artigos foram publicados em um vasto número de revistas, sendo que 15,7% deles em periódicos nacionais. As áreas mais produtivas da ciência nacional no SCI são a Química, a Biologia, a Física e a Medicina Clínica e Experimental II. Um grande número de instituições de filiação foi detectado, indicando que o Brasil não possui um padrão de publicação científica consolidado, dada a presença esparsa de muitas instituições cuja participação aconteceu uma única vez (59,1%). A co-autoria entre indivíduos cresceu ao longo do triênio, representando cerca de 96% da produção nacional. A média de autores por artigo é 6,3. A análise das instituições revela que a produção concentra-se em poucas instituições, a maioria universidades públicas localizadas em regiões específicas. A média de instituições por artigo é 2,4, e o exame das instituições mais produtivas destacou a prática da co-autoria intra-institucional. A aplicação de índices de colaboração relativos, análises EMD, fatorial e de agrupamentos identificou a existência de grupos formados regionalmente. A co-autoria internacional decresceu percentualmente ao longo do triênio, representando 30,3% da produção brasileira. EUA, França, Reino Unido e Alemanha são os maiores parceiros em número de artigos, entretanto, os índices relativos revelam que os EUA e a Argentina são os principais parceiros. A motivação para a colaboração internacional parece seguir razões históricas, lingüísticas e de proximidade geográfica. A análise específica das áreas do conhecimento revela que a co-autoria possui facetas próprias nas distintas áreas analisadas. A Agricultura e Meio Ambiente mostrou que os cientistas se agrupam em redes que refletem os colégios invisíveis a que eles pertencem. Na Física, preponderam grandes grupos de co-autoria, e a Matemática apresentou pesquisadores distribuídos em sub-redes que não refletiram agrupamentos por instituição. A forma como acontece a interação entre os cientistas variou conforme a área do conhecimento, e a motivação para a co-autoria é diversificada. / Trough co-authorship analysis of articles, this study investigates the national publications indexed in ISI's SCI between the years of 2004-2006, aiming to deepen and understand the scientific collaboration in the Brazilian community. It was part of the study all the articles that had at least one Brazilian address in the Address field. The data was organized and analyzed through software Bibexcel, SPSS 14.0 version, Excel 2007 and Pajek. The quantitative analysis was completed by a qualitative analysis, done through questionnaires and interviews with Brazilian researches. The 49.046 articles analyzed revealed that the scientific production grew annually during the triennium, and the articles are mostly published in English. The articles were published in a wide number or journals, were 15,7% of it were published in national journals. The most productive areas of the national science in SCI are Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Clinical and Experimental Medicine II. A large number of institutions, indicating that Brazil does not have a consolidated scientific publication standard, given to the sparse presence of many institutions whose participation happened only once (59,1%). The individual co-authorship grew during the triennium, representing about 96% of the national production. The mean of authors per article is 6, 3. The analysis of the institutions shows that the production is concentrated in a few institutions, mostly public universities located at specific regions. The mean of institution per article is 2,4 , and the exam of the most productive institutions evidenced the practice of intra-institutional co-authorship. The application of relative collaboration indexes, MDS analysis, factorial and clusters identified the presence of regionally formed groups. The international co-authorship decreased percentage during the triennium, representing 30, 3% of Brazilian production.USA, France, United Kingdom and Germany are the major partners in number of articles, though relative indexes show that USA and Argentina are the main partners. The motivation for international collaboration seems to follow historical, linguistics and geographical proximity reasons. The specific analysis of areas of knowledge shows that the co-authorship has its own aspects in the different analyzed areas. The Agriculture and Environmental Sciences showed that scientists gather in networks that reflect on invisible college which they belong to. In Physics, large groups of co-authorship predominates, and Mathematics presented researches scattered in sub-networks that did not reflected in groups by institutions. The way the interaction happens between scientists changed according to the area of knowledge, and the motivation to co-authorship is diverse.

Através da análise da co-autoria em artigos, este trabalho investiga as publicações nacionais indexadas pelo SCI do ISI entre os anos 2004-2006, com o objetivo de aprofundar e entender a colaboração científica na comunidade brasileira. Fizeram parte do estudo todos os artigos que contêm ao menos um endereço brasileiro no campo Address. Os dados foram organizados e analisados com o auxílio dos softwares Bibexcel, SPSS versão 14.0, Excel 2007 e Pajek. A análise quantitativa foi complementada por uma pesquisa qualitativa, realizada por meio de questionários e entrevistas com pesquisadores brasileiros. Os 49.046 artigos examinados revelaram que a produção científica nacional cresceu anualmente durante o triênio, e os artigos são publicados majoritariamente em inglês. Os artigos foram publicados em um vasto número de revistas, sendo que 15,7% deles em periódicos nacionais. As áreas mais produtivas da ciência nacional no SCI são a Química, a Biologia, a Física e a Medicina Clínica e Experimental II. Um grande número de instituições de filiação foi detectado, indicando que o Brasil não possui um padrão de publicação científica consolidado, dada a presença esparsa de muitas instituições cuja participação aconteceu uma única vez (59,1%). A co-autoria entre indivíduos cresceu ao longo do triênio, representando cerca de 96% da produção nacional. A média de autores por artigo é 6,3. A análise das instituições revela que a produção concentra-se em poucas instituições, a maioria universidades públicas localizadas em regiões específicas. A média de instituições por artigo é 2,4, e o exame das instituições mais produtivas destacou a prática da co-autoria intra-institucional. A aplicação de índices de colaboração relativos, análises EMD, fatorial e de agrupamentos identificou a existência de grupos formados regionalmente. A co-autoria internacional decresceu percentualmente ao longo do triênio, representando 30,3% da produção brasileira. EUA, França, Reino Unido e Alemanha são os maiores parceiros em número de artigos, entretanto, os índices relativos revelam que os EUA e a Argentina são os principais parceiros. A motivação para a colaboração internacional parece seguir razões históricas, lingüísticas e de proximidade geográfica. A análise específica das áreas do conhecimento revela que a co-autoria possui facetas próprias nas distintas áreas analisadas. A Agricultura e Meio Ambiente mostrou que os cientistas se agrupam em redes que refletem os colégios invisíveis a que eles pertencem. Na Física, preponderam grandes grupos de co-autoria, e a Matemática apresentou pesquisadores distribuídos em sub-redes que não refletiram agrupamentos por instituição. A forma como acontece a interação entre os cientistas variou conforme a área do conhecimento, e a motivação para a co-autoria é diversificada. / Trough co-authorship analysis of articles, this study investigates the national publications indexed in ISI's SCI between the years of 2004-2006, aiming to deepen and understand the scientific collaboration in the Brazilian community. It was part of the study all the articles that had at least one Brazilian address in the Address field. The data was organized and analyzed through software Bibexcel, SPSS 14.0 version, Excel 2007 and Pajek. The quantitative analysis was completed by a qualitative analysis, done through questionnaires and interviews with Brazilian researches. The 49.046 articles analyzed revealed that the scientific production grew annually during the triennium, and the articles are mostly published in English. The articles were published in a wide number or journals, were 15,7% of it were published in national journals. The most productive areas of the national science in SCI are Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Clinical and Experimental Medicine II. A large number of institutions, indicating that Brazil does not have a consolidated scientific publication standard, given to the sparse presence of many institutions whose participation happened only once (59,1%). The individual co-authorship grew during the triennium, representing about 96% of the national production. The mean of authors per article is 6, 3. The analysis of the institutions shows that the production is concentrated in a few institutions, mostly public universities located at specific regions. The mean of institution per article is 2,4 , and the exam of the most productive institutions evidenced the practice of intra-institutional co-authorship. The application of relative collaboration indexes, MDS analysis, factorial and clusters identified the presence of regionally formed groups. The international co-authorship decreased percentage during the triennium, representing 30, 3% of Brazilian production.USA, France, United Kingdom and Germany are the major partners in number of articles, though relative indexes show that USA and Argentina are the main partners. The motivation for international collaboration seems to follow historical, linguistics and geographical proximity reasons. The specific analysis of areas of knowledge shows that the co-authorship has its own aspects in the different analyzed areas. The Agriculture and Environmental Sciences showed that scientists gather in networks that reflect on invisible college which they belong to. In Physics, large groups of co-authorship predominates, and Mathematics presented researches scattered in sub-networks that did not reflected in groups by institutions. The way the interaction happens between scientists changed according to the area of knowledge, and the motivation to co-authorship is diverse.

Co-authorship networks are a particular sort of social networks representing authors collaborating on joint publications. Such networks are studied within the fields of bibliometrics and scientometrics. While it is possible to analyze co-authorship networks in their entirety, certain analytical tasks would benefit from representing such networks as dynamic graphs, which incorporate a temporal dimension and capture structural transformations unfolding over time. The importance of dynamic graphs has emerged in recent years, in graph theory at large as well as within application domains such as social sciences, for instance.Research regarding dynamic graphs has been identified as one of the major challenges within network theory since they are particularly useful for describing real-world systems.This thesis project revolves around dynamic co-authorship network analysis algorithms, which aim to extract various temporal aspects regarding author collaborations.It is the result of a proposal by the ISOVIS group at Linnaeus University, which is active within the fields of exploratory data analysis and information visualization, including the problem of visual analysis of scientific publication data. The algorithms developed in this project extract analytical data such as (1) joint publications among pairs of authors, (2) temporal trends on connected components (groups of authors) along with network centrality measurements, and (3) major events regarding emergence, mergers, and splits of connected components over time. Together with domain experts, the analysis regarding usability, performance, and scalability of the algorithms took place as part of the evaluation process to assure that the result met the needs which instigated this thesis project. The application of the algorithms on real data sets provided by the ISOVIS group was useful concerning the evaluation of the usability domain. In contrast, customized synthetic data sets was an excellent tool for evaluating performance and scalability.