A Study on the Scientific Research Collaboration Network of "985 Project" Universities in China

Universities have become the main component in the national scientific innovation system. As the collaboration between different universities strengthens, the study on the scientific research collaboration is of increasingly vital value and importance. This paper chooses the "985 Project" universities as the sample to study on their scientific research collaboration relationship from the perspective of co-authorship based on the methods and tools of Social Network Analysis. The research results illustrate that the 39 universities has already established the primary scientific research collaboration, but the intensity still waits for enhancement. Besides, there exists significant correlation between scientific output and scientific collaboration. It means that to some extent to strengthen collaboration intensity can improve the quantity of universities' scientific output.