Geographies of the global co-editor network in oncology.

Geographies of the global co-editor network in oncology.

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The co-editor networks of academic journals are generally examined at the journal level.This paper investigates the geographies of the global co-editor network in oncology through the lens of cities.After using different network methods to analyze the global co-editor network, we found that the network can be characterized by a core-periphery structure.The dense core is occupied by many highly interconnected cities, whereas the periphery contains many cities maintaining loose connections with the core cities.The core shows an asymmetric dual sub-core structure.

The greater sub-core is constituted by Northern American cities with New York, Washington here DC, Boston, Houston, and Los Angeles in the center, whereas the smaller sub-core is formed by Asian cities and centered on Tokyo, animationbengal.com Seoul, Osaka, Beijing, and Shanghai.The European core cities do not form a well-outlined sub-core but produce a ringlike shape around the Northern American core.This structure of the co-editor network is a consequence of the prestige effect still characterizing global science.Many European and Chinese journals tend to employ Northern American editors (US-based editors in the first place) to help increase the reputation of the journal.However, US-based journals are more interested in recruiting American editors from the top-ranked national cancer centers and universities rather than outside of the country.