Table 1 The ten quantitative thresholds that were developed to assess the different ways a participant could be connected with other team members (Integration Thresholds) and the quantitative proxies to understand the strength of those connections (Quality Proxy Thresholds).

From: Social network analysis to understand participant engagement in transdisciplinary team science: a large U.S. Science and Technology Center case study

Threshold categories used to determine typologies

Integration thresholds

Quality proxy thresholds

 Internal Institutional

Length of Connection

 External Institutional

Frequency of Interaction

 Discipline

Mentorship

 Total Connections

Personal v Professional

 Reciprocity (Quantity)

Reciprocity (Percentage)