Affiliations network analysis in scientific citations: A case study of information technology for engineering

Interactions among the scientific community implicitly and explicitly reflects technological and scientific progress in any industry. Direct interactions can be found in the scientific publications and are evident from various affiliations in such publications. In this work, important finding about Information technology for engineering is revealed using the analyses of affiliations networks. The largest contributors (actors like authors, journals etc.) to industry in volume and the most sought research field related to the industry is identified using affiliations network. Evidences for interdisciplinary interactions in the industry during last 15 years are also exposed. Some of the existing challenges (ANRP and PWP) in network analysis for huge affiliations networks (especially in citations analysis) are also identified.