The importance of international collaborations for the 21st century chemist

Jackson, Nancy B.

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“…Firstly, international collaborations can bring about whole country benefits: they can directly impact publication rates-and hence the research productivity profiles-of countries [5] . Secondly, international collaborations enable effective tackling of global scientific challenges that are too big and impossible for researchers from a single country to address [6] . Thirdly, an investigation by the National Research Council in the US revealed that international collaborations broaden insights (e.g., through clarification of conceptualizations, enlargement of views), they extend what is possible (e.g., through the gathering of more samples from more diverse groups and environments), and they generally work more effectively (e.g., because they enable accounting for cultural nuances, thereby raising the quality and analysis of data) [7] .…”

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Conducting International Collaborative Research: How to Overcome Common Hurdles and Set Up for Success

Manalo

2022

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A large proportion of researchers in the world's leading universities actively engage in research on a global scale: they collaborate with their counterparts in different parts of the world, increasing the likelihood of obtaining higher quality outcomes and greater impact. However, for many Japanese researchers with little or no experience in interacting with foreign researchers, the prospect of engaging in international collaborative research can be very daunting. To help toward remedying this situation, the present paper outlines some of the common challenges to such collaboration and provides some advice for making those more manageable. It then proposes some basic steps that can help toward making such collaborations possible: becoming findable in Internet searches in English, publishing research in English that can be shared with potential collaborators, and actively seeking a suitable research partner. Finally, some crucial points for avoiding problems and increasing the likelihood of success when collaborating are discussed.

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Conducting International Collaborative Research: How to Overcome Common Hurdles and Set Up for Success

Manalo

2022

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“…2 Once students complete their degree, in both academia and industry, many employers look for "global knowledge" of how to develop working relationships with international colleagues when hiring chemists. 3 While the value of international collaborations in chemistry is well-known, then, what remains a challenge is determining how best to help graduate students develop the foundation and skills needed for fostering such professional relationships. One way graduate students can begin to engage in international collaborations is through research experiences abroad.…”

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“…In graduate school, U.S. students need to learn to work with international students as they represent more than half of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduate students . Once students complete their degree, in both academia and industry, many employers look for “global knowledge” of how to develop working relationships with international colleagues when hiring chemists …”

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Essential Elements of Collaboration: Understanding How Chemistry Graduate Students Experience Collaboration through International Research Visits

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This study explores how graduate students learn to participate in collaborative international science research. As part of an NSF-funded program, 21 graduate students participated in extended research visits to China, completing surveys before and after traveling, and participating in semistructured interviews upon returning to the U.S. These survey and interview data were qualitatively analyzed to determine how graduate student participants defined collaboration and how they positioned their own research experience in an international context. Data were coded using emergent thematic analysis via a first pass open-coding to generate a comprehensive list of descriptive codes for collaboration and then a synthesis of these codes through discussions guided by theories of situated learning in communities of practice. Findings suggest that all graduate students emphasized the importance of effective communication in collaboration. Graduate students also described collaboration as including at least one of the following elements: complementary expertise, shared goals, joint publications, and mutual learning. These findings provide insight into graduate students’ experiences with collaboration, and, in turn, how to support graduate students so that they have successful international research experiences and collaborations with international colleagues.

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The importance of international collaborations for the 21st century chemist

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Conducting International Collaborative Research: How to Overcome Common Hurdles and Set Up for Success

Conducting International Collaborative Research: How to Overcome Common Hurdles and Set Up for Success

Essential Elements of Collaboration: Understanding How Chemistry Graduate Students Experience Collaboration through International Research Visits

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