Impact of scientific, economic, geopolitical, and cultural factors on international research collaboration

Hou, Lei; Pan, Yueling; Zhu, Jiaming

doi:10.1016/j.joi.2021.101194

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“…In line with these trends, and looking at evidence from multiple studies, Zimbabwean researchers should continue pursuing collaborations with other English-speaking countries as the shared language and background enhances collaboration productivity. 24,25 Table I: Distribution of articles according to methodology…”

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Orthopaedic research in Zimbabwe: a seminal bibliometric analysis

2022

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BACKGROUND: To provide a bibliometric analysis of published orthopaedic research in the form of peer-reviewed articles as well as non-indexed articles from Zimbabwe in the past six decades. METHODS: We carried out a literature search of the 'Clarivariate Analytics' Web of Science database, specific journals not included in the database and the University of Zimbabwe repository. We then selected articles focused on research in orthopaedic pathology in Zimbabwe. These articles were then classified by year of publication; focus of research; first and last author country of origin; collaboration type between high-, middle- and low-income countries; journal title; journal country; methodology; and level of evidence. RESULTS: A total of 27 articles published from 1965 to 2020 were found in the search with 26 having a single focus of research and one multiple foci. The highest focus of research was osteoporosis with six articles (22%), while trauma was second with five articles (19%). A majority, 19/27 (70%), of studies had a first author from Zimbabwe, while a plurality, 10/27 (37%), had a Zimbabwean last author. Most collaborations, 12/27 (44%), were high-income-low-income countries, with most studies being concomitantly published in the United States, 13/27 (48%). Cross-sectional descriptive studies represented the most common methodology with 13/27 articles carried out in this method (48%). The majority of these articles, 14/27 (52%), represented a low level of evidence at level 4, while 11/27 articles (41%) of articles were of a high level of evidence (levels 1 or 2). CONCLUSION: There is a limited amount of published orthopaedic surgery research work from Zimbabwe, highlighting the need for more and higher quality research from Zimbabwe. Among different models, partnerships between Zimbabwean researchers and researchers from other international institutions appear to be the most productive in terms of research output and hence should be replicated more broadly. Level of evidence: Level 4

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“…The homophily refers to the process in which researchers prefer to engage in collaboration with those who have similar interests, scientific approaches and specialization, profile, background, and shared knowledge (Boschma, 2005;Freeman and Huang, 2014;Fernández, Ferrándiz and León, 2016;Bergé, 2017;Yao et al, 2021). Several studies pointed out that sharing a language can enhance or hinder SC in different geographic contexts (Hoekman, Frenken and Tijssen, 2010;Hwang, 2013;Munoz, Queupil and Fraser, 2016;Hou, Pan and Zhu, 2021).…”

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“…The preferential attachment implies the idea that working with influential, popular, or notable researchers increases SC (Wagner and Leydesdorff, 2005;Milojevic, 2010;Zhang et al, 2018;Hou, Pan and Zhu, 2021). Several studies showed that working with leading experts or recognized scientists enhances productivity, more impact, and fosters career successfulness (Klavans and Boyack, 2010;Feeney and Welch, 2014;Li et al, 2019).…”

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“…Moreover, the global trends of SC tend to be greater among the developed regions of North America, Europe, South-east Asia and the Pacific (Ortega and Aguillo, 2012;Grosetti et al, 2014;Gui, Liu and Du, 2019). Countries with greater economic, scientific welfare, and social development tend to produce more SC (Zanotto, Haeffner and Guimarães, 2016;Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Sugimoto and Larivière, 2019;Hou, Pan and Zhu, 2021). Evidence of SC in geography fields support the prevalence of these scientific networks, with United States at the top of international research collaboration (Wang and Liu, 2014;Liu et al, 2016;Chao and Tian, 2018).…”

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Research collaboration networks in Latin American geography education

Campos

2023

regeo

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The current development of science is characterized by a global trend of scientific collaboration (SC). However, this growth has been mostly linked to intra-national cooperation. Several factors including geographic, institutional, and social proximities have been identified as key for promoting or hinder collaboration among scholars. Based on these premises, the present study analyses the co-authorship and affiliation relationships among geography education researchers in Latin America, exploring through a general trend and social network analysis, the characteristics of SC in geography education. For this purpose, 1774 articles (922 co-authored) published within the region were included as part of the data used for understanding the structure of SC. The results showed an increasing and dominant pattern of co-authoring in the region, but mostly developed at the local and national scale, with scarce intra-regional research. Moreover, the network analysis showed that there are some institutions with a dominant role in the production of research, and a loose network structure of research that could foster diverse perspectives on the field. These findings offer opportunities for thinking about how to enhance future SC processes in the region to strengthen the development of geography education research based on a regional collaborative approach.

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“…Countries at the same income levels have been recognised to account for a higher percentage of IRCs in some disciplines (e.g., Ni & An, 2018) although the correlation between income levels and co-authorship is not always significant (Choi, 2012). This recognition can be explained because economic reasons play an important role in IRC activities (Luukkonen et al, 1992), and members in the same international associations tend to develop close research collaborations (Hou et al, 2021). Second, the discipline (i.e., field of study) factor might have an association with indicators' results in IRCM (Frame & Carpenter, 1979).…”

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The Effects of Collaborative Country and Discipline on an International Research Collaboration Indicator: The Case of the United States

Nguyen

2022

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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This study explores the extent that international research collaboration indicators vary according to two factors: countries' global economic levels and type of disciplines. The study examines the case of asymmetric co‐authorship relationships between the United States and its collaborative research countries, measured by the affinity index. The study finds that there is no significant interaction between the two factors surveyed. The discipline factor has a main effect on the asymmetric co‐authorship relationships. No main effect of the country factor categorised by economic level is found, after allowing for the discipline factor. This study contributes to the social science research on the impact of factors on co‐authorship in international research collaboration measurement indicators.

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Impact of scientific, economic, geopolitical, and cultural factors on international research collaboration

Cited by 32 publications

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Orthopaedic research in Zimbabwe: a seminal bibliometric analysis

Orthopaedic research in Zimbabwe: a seminal bibliometric analysis

Research collaboration networks in Latin American geography education

The Effects of Collaborative Country and Discipline on an International Research Collaboration Indicator: The Case of the United States

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