Scientific collaboration at the regional level: The case of a small country

Godin, Benoı̂t; Ippersiel, Marie-Pierre

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“…A pesar del gran impacto que parece tener la colaboración, autores como Godin e Ippersiel (1996) argumentan que todavía sabemos muy poco sobre formas de colaboración científi ca como la regional. Esta carencia de estudios bibliométricos regionales (aparte de los de la Unión Europea) es asombrosa a la luz de la importancia de esta dimensión en políticas de ciencia y tecnología.…”

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Descentralización de la actividad científica. El papel determinante de las regiones centrales: el caso de Madrid

Morillo¹,

Filippo²

2009

Rev. esp. doc. cient.

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Resumen: En los últimos años se ha advertido una tendencia creciente a la descentralización regional en la producción científi ca de España, ya que Madrid está perdiendo gradualmente su papel dominante. Para analizar este proceso, en el presente estudio se plantean una serie de interrogantes como: ¿cuáles son las regiones que más aumentan su producción científi ca?, ¿qué importancia tiene la cooperación con Madrid en este crecimiento? Se estudia también si la colaboración con Madrid contribuye a mejorar el impacto y la visibilidad de las publicaciones. Para dar respuesta a estas cuestiones se analiza la producción española a través de las bases de datos internacionales del Web of Science (período 2001Science (período -2005. Los principales resultados obtenidos muestran que las regiones que más aumentaron su producción fueron la Comunidad Valenciana y Andalucía pero, proporcionalmente, el crecimiento más excepcional lo experimentó Castilla-La Mancha. Aunque la colaboración con Madrid es muy signifi cativa, Cataluña también es un importante centro de atracción. Sin embargo, se ha detectado que la cooperación con Madrid mejora el impacto y la visibilidad especialmente en Medicina Clínica y que sigue siendo un polo importante de desarrollo científi co cuyo apoyo a las regiones más pequeñas resulta fundamental.Palabras clave: Web of Science, colaboración regional, Madrid, análisis de redes. Decentralization of scientifi c activity. The major role of central regions: the case of Madrid

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Descentralización de la actividad científica. El papel determinante de las regiones centrales: el caso de Madrid

Morillo¹,

Filippo²

2009

Rev. esp. doc. cient.

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“…federal states, provinces and NUTS regions[1]) in focus. This spatial scientometric approach has become widespread in countries with a hierarchized spatial structure and where the sublevel spatial division is endowed with a strong administrative function (see, e.g., the case of Canada: Godin and Ippersiel, 1996; China: He et al , 2005; Liu et al , 2015; Zhou et al , 2009; Italy: Abramo et al , 2014; Abramo and D’Angelo, 2015; the Netherlands: Ponds et al , 2007; and the USA: Carvalho and Batty, 2006; Hohmann et al , 2018; Kamalski and Plume, 2013; Thompson, 2018). Some studies go beyond focusing on formal regions (sublevel spatial divisions) and examine the scientometric characteristics of city-regions that were created for special analytical purposes (see, e.g.…”

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“…Besides country-level scientometric analyses, based on experiences gained from them, many spatial scientometric studies have been carried out with sublevel territorial units (e.g., federal states, provinces, and NUTS regions 1 ) in focus. This spatial scientometric approach has become widespread in countries with a hierarchized spatial structure and where the sublevel spatial division is endowed with a strong administrative function (see, for example, the case of Canada: Godin and Ippersiel 1996;China: He et al 2005;Liu et al 2015;Zhou et al 2009;Italy: Abramo et al 2014;Abramo and D'Angelo 2015;the Netherlands: Ponds et al 2007; and the United States: Carvalho and Batty 2006;Hohmann et al 2018;Kamalski and Plume 2013;Thompson 2018). Some studies go beyond focusing on formal regions (sublevel spatial divisions) and examine the scientometric characteristics of city-regions that were created for special analytical purposes (see, for example, Bornmann and Waltman 2011;Grossetti et al 2014;Maisonobe et al 2018bMaisonobe et al , 2019Matthiessen and Schwarz 1999;Matthiessen et al 2002).…”

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On the challenges ahead of spatial scientometrics focusing on the city level

Csomós

2019

AJIM

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Since the mid-1970s, it has become highly acknowledged to measure and evaluate changes in international research collaborations and the scientific performance of institutions and countries through the prism of bibliometric and scientometric data. Spatial bibliometrics and scientometrics (henceforward spatial scientometrics) have traditionally focused on examining both country and regional levels; however, in recent years, numerous spatial analyses on the city level have been carried out. While citylevel scientometric analyses have gained popularity among policymakers and statistical/economic research organizations, researchers in the field of bibliometrics are divided regarding whether it is possible to observe the spatial unit 'city' through bibliometric and scientometric tools. After systematically scrutinizing relevant studies in the field, three major problems have been identified: 1) there is no standardized method of how cities should be defined and how metropolitan areas should be delineated, 2) there is no standardized method of how bibliometric and scientometric data on the city level should be collected and processed and 3) it is not clearly defined how cities can profit from the results of bibliometric and scientometric analysis focusing on them. This paper investigates major challenges ahead of spatial scientometrics, focusing on the city level and presents some possible solutions.

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Beyond views, productivity, and citations: measuring geopolitical differences of scientific impact in communication research

Tóth¹,

Háló²,

Goyanes³

2023

Scientometrics

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Scientometric analyses applying critical sociological frameworks have previously shown that high-prestige research output—with regards to both quantity and impact—is typically clustered in a few core countries and world regions, indicating uneven power relations and systematic biases within global academia. Although citation count is a common formula in these analyses, only a handful of studies investigated altmetrics (impact measures beyond citation-based metrics) in communication science. In this paper, we explore geopolitical biases of impact amongst the most productive scholars in the field of communication from 11 countries and 3 world regions. Drawing on SCOPUS data, we test three formulas that measure scholarly performance (citations per document; views per document; and citations per view) to investigate how geographical location affects the impact of scholars. Our results indicate a strong US-dominance with regard to citation-based impact, emphasizing a further need for de-Westernization within the field. Moreover, the analysis of altmetric formulas revealed that research published by Eastern European and Spanish scholars, although accessed similarly or even more often than American or Western European publications, is less cited than those. Country-level comparisons are also discussed.

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Scientific collaboration at the regional level: The case of a small country

Cited by 10 publications

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Descentralización de la actividad científica. El papel determinante de las regiones centrales: el caso de Madrid

Descentralización de la actividad científica. El papel determinante de las regiones centrales: el caso de Madrid

On the challenges ahead of spatial scientometrics focusing on the city level

Beyond views, productivity, and citations: measuring geopolitical differences of scientific impact in communication research

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