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Collaboration: Group theory

What makes a successful team? John Whitfield looks at research that uses massive online databases and network analysis to come up with some rules of thumb for productive collaborations.

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Whitfield, J. Collaboration: Group theory. Nature 455, 720–723 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455720a

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