Paper Info
Title
Six case studies of international collaboration in science
Abstract
Six case studies of international cooperation at the subfield level are presented and compared. The cases examine international collaboration by detailing co -authorship links among researchers by field, evidenced at the level of the nation. Cases are offered based on possible drivers for collaboration: sharing ideas, cooperati ng around equipment, cooperating around resources, and exchanging data. Scientometric and network analysis of linkages are presented and discussed for each of the six cases: astrophysics, geophysics, mathematical logic, polymers, soil science, and virology . Visualizations of the cosine matrices within each field are compared for 1990 and 2000. The research shows that international collaboration grew in all the fields at rates higher than the international average. The possibility that rapid increases in int ernational collaboration in science can be attributed in part to certain drivers related to access to resources or equipment sharing could not be upheld by the data. Other possible explanations for the rapid growth of collaboration are offered, including t he possibility that weak ties evidenced by geographically remote collaboration can promote new knowledge creation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/s11192-005-0001-0
Scientometrics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Social Responsibility,Ethos,International Collaboration,Professional Work,Young Researcher
Research ethics,Social psychology,Sociology,Normative,Autonomy,Norm (social),Social responsibility,Collegiality,Empirical research,Social value orientations
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
62
1
0138-9130
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
44
2.12
23
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Caroline S. Wagner140926.07