Collaboration: Strength in diversity

Current patterns of collaboration in published neurology research

“…Although the benefits of high-quality single centre and retrospective data ought not to be trivialised [1], the importance of collaborative research is being increasingly recognised in the literature [5]. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the patterns of collaboration in research studies published in several neurology journals.…”

How Diversity Matters in the US Science and Engineering Workforce: A Critical Review Considering Integration in Teams, Fields, and Organizational Contexts

“…A fundamental reason why we might expect diverse teams to outperform homogeneous ones is because demographic diversity should increase intellectual diversity (Page 2007;Freeman and Huang 2014;Reagan and Zuckerman 2001). Team diversity on a research project may mean that each researcher's ideas will be challenged, which helps the team avoid the common problem of groupthink.…”

“…Studies examining publication impact, productivity, and profitability have found that diverse teams or organizations produce better results (Herring 2009;Kalev 2009;Freeman and Huang 2014). Yet other studies using similar data suggest opposite findings that demographically diverse teams and organizations do not outperform their homogenous counterparts (see Joshi and Roh 2009 for an overview).…”

“…Studies of team diversity are typically concerned with investigating the outcomes that diversity has on team performance, although "outcomes" have been measured in many different ways including: potential for innovation (Freeman and Huang 2014), ability to problem-solve (Page 2007;Reagans and Zuckerman 2000), and links to corporate productivity (Kalev 2009). We draw on the existing literature in making our case-which is a different argument about the need for diversity to be fully integrated in work contexts-rather than focusing on one specific outcome of diversity, or how certain kinds of diversity are linked to specific outcomes.…”

From chilly climate to warm reception : experiences and good practices for supporting LGBTQ students in STEM

“…Multiple studies show that diverse groups display better, more innovative decision making, and generate more impactful science (more citations in higher impact journals) than homogenous groups (Antonio et al 2004;Sommers, 2007;Phillips & Apfelbaum, 2012;Loyd et al 2013;Freeman & Huang, 2014). More importantly, when it comes to issues like climate change, where there is a strong link between science and the effects on society, it is vital for scientists to have a better understanding of the communities with which they are working, and to move away from ofthe deficit model of science communication to a contextual model (Gross, 1994), where the importance of local and contextual knowledge is acknowledged alongside scientific research when making policy decisions.…”