Network centrality analysis in management and accounting sciences

Abstract Purpose This study aims to analyze how gender, research experience and geography are related to the researchers’ importance in the co-authorship network on management and accounting in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach A social network based on the co-authorship relationships in the papers published in leading Brazilian journals was examined using a logit model to estimate the probability of occupying prevailing positions. Findings The findings showed a network with a high level of fragmentation and a scarcity of authors serving as gatekeepers. Based on the number of directed l...