Research Article
Understanding the Dynamics of Knowledge Building Process in Online Knowledge-Sharing Platform: A Structural Analysis of Zhihu Tag Network
Table 1
The structural characteristics of 48-network slice.
| | No. | Start time | End time | The number of nodes | The number of edges | Effective diameter | Clustering coefficient | Average shortest path |
| | 1 | 2011.1.1 | 2011.3.1 | 957 | 2177 | 7 | 0.78 | 4.60 | | 2 | 2011.3.1 | 2011.5.1 | 2260 | 5918 | 6 | 0.74 | 4.47 | | 3 | 2011.5.1 | 2011.7.1 | 3997 | 12007 | 6 | 0.72 | 4.36 | | 4 | 2011.7.1 | 2011.9.1 | 3009 | 8938 | 6 | 0.75 | 4.30 | | 5 | 2011.9.1 | 2011.11.1 | 2586 | 7230 | 6 | 0.77 | 4.56 | | 6 | 2011.11.1 | 2012.1.1 | 3580 | 11703 | 5 | 0.75 | 4.03 | | 7 | 2012.1.1 | 2012.3.1 | 3321 | 11477 | 5 | 0.75 | 3.93 | | 8 | 2012.3.1 | 2012.5.1 | 3711 | 14402 | 5 | 0.73 | 3.83 | | 9 | 2012.5.1 | 2012.7.1 | 3661 | 14979 | 5 | 0.74 | 3.64 | | 10 | 2012.7.1 | 2012.9.1 | 3975 | 15619 | 5 | 0.73 | 3.69 | | 11 | 2012.9.1 | 2012.11.1 | 3212 | 10869 | 5 | 0.73 | 3.86 | | 12 | 2012.11.1 | 2013.1.1 | 3141 | 9686 | 5 | 0.73 | 3.84 | | 13 | 2013.1.1 | 2013.3.1 | 3747 | 11747 | 5 | 0.75 | 3.87 | | 14 | 2013.3.1 | 2013.5.1 | 4553 | 15140 | 5 | 0.72 | 3.82 | | 15 | 2013.5.1 | 2013.7.1 | 5609 | 19307 | 5 | 0.72 | 3.82 | | 16 | 2013.7.1 | 2013.9.1 | 5995 | 21057 | 5 | 0.72 | 3.81 | | 17 | 2013.9.1 | 2013.11.1 | 6495 | 23355 | 5 | 0.71 | 3.81 | | 18 | 2013.11.1 | 2014.1.1 | 7611 | 28986 | 5 | 0.72 | 3.75 | | 19 | 2014.1.1 | 2014.3.1 | 7597 | 29690 | 5 | 0.71 | 3.71 | | 20 | 2014.3.1 | 2014.5.1 | 8984 | 35372 | 5 | 0.69 | 3.74 | | 21 | 2014.5.1 | 2014.7.1 | 9388 | 37597 | 5 | 0.69 | 3.72 | | 22 | 2014.7.1 | 2014.9.1 | 9970 | 40907 | 5 | 0.69 | 3.70 | | 23 | 2014.9.1 | 2014.11.1 | 9655 | 40485 | 5 | 0.70 | 3.72 | | 24 | 2014.11.1 | 2015.1.1 | 10876 | 49149 | 5 | 0.69 | 3.68 | | 25 | 2015.1.1 | 2015.3.1 | 12032 | 59976 | 5 | 0.68 | 3.59 | | 26 | 2015.3.1 | 2015.5.1 | 13868 | 71970 | 5 | 0.67 | 3.60 | | 27 | 2015.5.1 | 2015.7.1 | 15083 | 81705 | 5 | 0.67 | 3.57 | | 28 | 2015.7.1 | 2015.9.1 | 17056 | 92339 | 5 | 0.67 | 3.59 | | 29 | 2015.9.1 | 2015.11.1 | 16116 | 83700 | 5 | 0.68 | 3.63 | | 30 | 2015.11.1 | 2016.1.1 | 15729 | 80021 | 5 | 0.67 | 3.71 | | 31 | 2016.1.1 | 2016.3.1 | 15737 | 77483 | 5 | 0.66 | 3.78 | | 32 | 2016.3.1 | 2016.5.1 | 16423 | 77236 | 5 | 0.66 | 3.84 | | 33 | 2016.5.1 | 2016.7.1 | 15876 | 73728 | 5 | 0.66 | 3.86 | | 34 | 2016.7.1 | 2016.9.1 | 16338 | 78030 | 5 | 0.66 | 3.81 | | 35 | 2016.9.1 | 2016.11.1 | 15389 | 69413 | 5 | 0.67 | 3.88 | | 36 | 2016.11.1 | 2017.1.1 | 15484 | 68291 | 5 | 0.66 | 3.92 | | 37 | 2017.1.1 | 2017.3.1 | 16477 | 76527 | 5 | 0.66 | 3.89 | | 38 | 2017.3.1 | 2017.5.1 | 17804 | 89337 | 5 | 0.65 | 3.83 | | 39 | 2017.5.1 | 2017.7.1 | 17678 | 90674 | 5 | 0.64 | 3.80 | | 40 | 2017.7.1 | 2017.9.1 | 20174 | 107228 | 5 | 0.63 | 3.82 | | 41 | 2017.9.1 | 2017.11.1 | 20452 | 101939 | 5 | 0.62 | 3.90 | | 42 | 2017.11.1 | 2018.1.1 | 24633 | 164669 | 5 | 0.62 | 3.67 | | 43 | 2018.1.1 | 2018.3.1 | 35577 | 392030 | 4 | 0.59 | 3.35 | | 44 | 2018.3.1 | 2018.5.1 | 40559 | 479375 | 4 | 0.57 | 3.35 | | 45 | 2018.5.1 | 2018.7.1 | 40270 | 445866 | 4 | 0.57 | 3.38 | | 46 | 2018.7.1 | 2018.9.1 | 42434 | 507571 | 4 | 0.56 | 3.31 | | 47 | 2018.9.1 | 2018.11.1 | 29927 | 275901 | 4 | 0.60 | 3.43 | | 48 | 2018.11.1 | 2018.12.31 | 29652 | 300727 | 4 | 0.59 | 3.45 |
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