2013/07/26 by Brian Keegan, Dan Horn, Keegan, Brian +6 · 3 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Digital Libraries (cs.DL) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #H.3.4 #K.2 #K.4.3 #Knowledge Management and Sharing #Open Source Software Innovations #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Social and Information Networks (cs.SI) #Wikis in Education and Collaboration #cs.DL #cs.SI #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1307.7172
14 pages; 14 figures
openalex publication_date 2013/07/26 · arxiv created 2013/07/31 · arxiv updated 2013/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
CSCW has stabilized as an interdisciplinary venue for computer, information, cognitive, and social scientists but has also undergone significant changes in its format in recent years. This paper uses methods from social network analysis and bibliometrics to re-examine the structures of CSCW a decade after its last systematic analysis. Using data from the ACM Digital Library, we analyze changes in structures of coauthorship and citation between 1986 and 2013. Statistical models reveal significant but distinct patterns between papers and authors in how brokerage and closure in these networks affects impact as measured by citations and downloads. Specifically, impact is unduly influenced by structural position, such that ideas introduced by those in the core of the CSCW community (e.g., elite researchers) are advantaged over those introduced by peripheral participants (e.g., newcomers). This finding is examined in the context of recent changes to the CSCW conference that may have the effect of upsetting the preference for contributions from the core.