Which distance dimensions matter in international research collaboration? A cross-country analysis by scientific domain

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

Vieira, Elizabeth S. (Author) FCUP; Cerdeira, Jorge (Author) FLUP; Teixeira, Aurora (Author) FEP

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Title: Journal of Informetrics

Serial No. Art. 101259 Vol. 16 No. 2

ISSN: 1751-1577

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-00W-3WK

DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2022.101259

Abstract (EN): The relevance of international research collaboration (IRC) in bolstering intellectual capital, in-creasing embeddedness in networks, and promoting innovation has been acknowledged by sci-entists and policymakers. However, large-scale studies involving different scientific domains and periods aimed at exploring the factors that influence IRC are missing, which could deepen our understanding of the factors affecting IRC. Based on a novel dataset of 193 countries over three periods, 1990-1999, 2000-2009 and 2010-2018, we have examined the impact of geographical, socioeconomic, political, cultural, intellectual, and excellence distances on the propensity to engage in IRC at the global level, by scientific domain and over time. In general, all the distances considered obstruct IRC, with geographical and cultural distance emerging as the barriers with the highest impact. Two exceptions are worthwhile noting: excel-lence distance fosters IRC in the Medical & Health Sciences (MHS) and intellectual distance fosters IRC in the Agricultural Sciences (AS). At the global level, the negative impact of socioeconomic, political, and intellectual distances on IRC has increased over time, whereas the negative impact of geographical and cultural dis-tances has decreased.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16