Table 3 The eight participation typologies (including Non-Respondent) developed in this study, as well as the averaged Integration and Quality Proxy Threshold results and a description of a participant’s relational connections for each typology.

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

Quantitative scoring used to determine typologies

Typology

Integration score

Quality proxy score

Participant definition

Ingrained

Above

Strong

Strong interpersonal relationships across the network and deeply integrated throughout the Center.

Anchor

Above

Average

A combination of an average and above average score from either IT or QPT category

Average

Strong

Typical

Average

Average

An average IT and QPT score.

Connecting

Average

Weak

A combination of an average and below average combined IT and QPT score

Below

Average

Networker

Above

Weak

Highly integrated throughout the Center with weaker quality of connections

Concentrated

Below

Strong

Less integrated throughout the Center and maintains strong quality connections

Periphery

Below

Weak

Below-average IT and weak QPT results

Non-Respondent

N/A

N/A

Did not take survey, but whose role in the network is recognized through the identified connections of others