Abstract We examine the association between network centrality and research using the accounting research community setting. We establish co-authorship network using papers published in the five top accounting journals from 1980 to 2016. We find that the co-authorship network in accounting is a “small world” with some most connected authors playing a key role in connecting others. We use machine learning to label published papers with multiple topics and find patterns in topics over time. More importantly, we find that co-authorship network centrality is positively associated with future research productivity and topic innovation and that the impact of centrality on productivity is higher with more senior authors. Further, centrality of an author’s co-authors also has an incrementally positive impact. We conclude that network centrality positively influences research output.

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恒星和星系–共同作者网络和研究

摘要我们使用会计研究社区环境研究网络中心性与研究之间的关联。我们使用1980至2016年间五种顶级会计期刊上发表的论文建立共同作者网络。我们发现，会计领域的共同作者网络是一个“小世界”，一些联系最紧密的作者在联系其他人方面发挥了关键作用。我们使用机器学习来标记具有多个主题的已发表论文，并随时间寻找主题的模式。更重要的是，我们发现共同作者网络的中心性与未来研究的生产力和主题创新呈正相关，而高级作者越多，中心性对生产力的影响就越大。此外，作者共同作者的中心地位也产生了积极的影响。