Geographical and Lingual Preferences in Scientific Collaboration of the European Union (1994-2003)
| Main Authors: | Liang, Liming, Zhang, Lin, Kretschmer, Hildrun, Scharnhorst, Andrea |
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| Format: | Proceeding NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2006
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/7580/1/liang.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/7580/ |
Daftar Isi:
- In 2001 and 2004 we launched and relaunched a project to study the structure and mechanism of scientific collaboration among 15 member countries of European Union (EU-15) using bibliometric data (1994-2003). This paper presents the basic ideas, methods, and part of the findings. In scientific collaboration EU-15 gets more open over the past decade. The proportion of the collaboration within EU countries is decreasing, while the proportion of the collaboration of EU countries with also the co-authors from non-EU countries is increasing. There exist geographical and lingual preferences in EU-15 scientific collaboration. When the geographical proximity of the collaborative countries gets smaller, the collaborative strength negative-exponentially declines. When the lingual proximity of the collaborative countries gets smaller, the collaborative strength negative-exponentially declines, as well