Abstract

The aim of this research is exploring the co-authorship network among the academic staff of Biostatistic and Epidemiology College in five levels: academic staff of the college, colleges of the school, colleges of the university, between schools and the other universities. Data were analyzed by the use of Social Network Analysis approach and with Visone, Netdraw, and UCINET software packages and required networks were delineated. Results of the research showed that co-authorship among the colleges of Medical Sciences University of Kerman is in an acceptable level in 2013. Amount of the co-authorship in different levels was not the same: most of the academic staffs of the college had cooperation with each other but the cooperation among the colleges of the school was less and only three of colleges had cooperation with each other. Amount of cooperation is considerable in larger levels among the colleges of the university and also among the schools. Based on the results, relation density among the colleges is low in some of the relational levels and there is a need to increase it. So, it is necessary to highlight the role of Biostatistics and Epidemiology College in the research network and authorities and policy makers in the level of university and ministry should support it.