ONE OF THE IMPORTANT APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS OF ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS IS ANALYZING CO-AUTHORSHIP PATTERNS IN THE PUBLISHED ARTICLES. THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT STUDY IS TO IDENTIFY THE CO-AUTHORSHIP PATTERNS IN THE FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD AS WELL AS EXTRACTING THE COLLABORATIVE INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN THIS PAPER, THE CO-AUTHORSHIP PATTERNS OF ARTICLES ARE IDENTIFIED FOR BOTH JOURNALS AND CONFERENCES, BY USING THE RESEARCH DATABASE OF THE FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD. THESE PATTERNS ARE ACHIEVED USING FREQUENT PATTERNS ALGORITHMS OF APRIORI AND ECLAT. THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS INDICATE THAT THE MOST CO-AUTHORSHIP PATTERN IS BETWEEN THE PROFESSORS OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE IN THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY AND THEN THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE FIELD OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF INTER-UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION IS WITH MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, TEHRAN UNIVERSITY AND TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, RESPECTIVELY.

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