A population model to academic genealogy analysis

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18225/ci.inf.v49i3.5466

Keywords:

Advisor-advisee relationships, Academic carrer, Population model

Abstract

Recent studies have analyzed the formation of new scientists at the master’s and doctorate levels. However, such analyzes does not take into account how the academics’ career are. In this sense, this work expands the analysis of the relationships established between advisors and advisees towards a population growth model. We apply this model to a group composed of more than 1 million formal mentoring relationships established at the masters and doctoral levels, and at the post-doctoral supervision. The main contributions of this work are as follows. (a) The building of a population model applicable to academic genealogy graphs, (b) the indication of a decrease in the percentage of academics who become advisors themselves, and (c) the indication that senior academics have higher productivity when compared to other academic categories.

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Author Biographies

  • Rafael Jeferson Pezzuto Damaceno, Universidade Federal do ABC

    Doutor em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) - Santo André, SP - Brasil.

  • Maximiliano Barbosa da Silva

    Doutor em Economia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – SP - Brasil. Professor da Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) - Santo André, SP - Brasil.

  • Jesús Pascual Mena Chalco

    Pós-Doutorado pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – SP - Brasil. Doutor em Ciências da Computação pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – Brasil, com período co-tutela em Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) – Brasil. Professor pela Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) - Santo André, SP - Brasil.

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25/11/2020

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Vol. 49 No. 3 (2020): Data Science in Information Science

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