The influence of R&D intensity of countries on the impact of international collaborative research: evidence from Spain

Abstract

A positive influence of international collaboration on the impact of research has been extensively described. This paper delves further into this issue and studies to what extent the type of collaborating country-high, medium or low R&D intensive countryand which country is the leader in the research may influence the impact of the final scientific output. Among 9,961 papers co-authored by scientists from Spain and from another country (bilateral collaboration) during 2008-2009, papers with high R&D intensive countries predominated (60 %) and received the highest number of citations. This holds true in eight out of nine fields, being Social Sciences the one which benefited the most from partnerships with high R&D intensive countries. Mathematics emerges as a special case where other factors such as the partner's specialisation in the field may have a greater influence on research impact than the level of investment in R&D of the collaborating country. No significant influence of the type of country leading the research on the impact of the final papers is observed in most fields. Research policy implications are finally discussed.

The Impact of Non-Brazilian Contribution on the Publishing Performance of Psychology Journals in Brazil

“…This study is the first empirical examination of international contribution and collaboration and its relationship with publishing performance among psychology journals in Brazil. Consistent with Hypothesis 1, as well as recent research ( Adams et al, 2007 ; Bordons et al, 2015 ), is the finding of a higher prevalence of international collaboration among the internationally published journals in the sample. Consistent with Hypothesis 2, as well as recent research ( Packer, 2014 ; Bornmann et al, 2015 ), is the finding of a higher prevalence of non-Brazilian authored contributions among the internationally published journals, in relation to their domestic counterparts.…”

“…Of these articles, most of them were products of multinational collaboration (i.e., an author from Brazil and authors from at least two other countries). This relationship between international collaboration and strong publishing performance has also been documented in the United Kingdom ( Adams et al, 2007 ), Asia ( Arunachalam and Doss, 2000 ), Spain ( Bordons et al, 2015 ), and Norway ( Aksnes, 2003 ).…”

“…In sum, these studies indicate a positive relationship between: (a) international contribution and publishing performance ( Meneghini, 2013 ; Packer, 2014 ; Bornmann et al, 2015 ), and (b) international collaboration and publishing performance ( Arunachalam and Doss, 2000 ; Aksnes, 2003 ; Packer and Meneghini, 2006 ; Adams et al, 2007 ; Bordons et al, 2015 ). While we acknowledge that several studies have focused on these variables within the purview of Brazilian science broadly (e.g., Packer and Meneghini, 2006 ), there have been no studies that we know of that have examined these variables specifically among psychology journals in Brazil.…”

“…These withstanding, there has been no comprehensive tally of international collaboration or non-Brazilian contribution, among the psychology journals of Brazil. This absence is surprising, because these variables are linked inextricably to publishing performance ( Smith et al, 2014 ; Bordons et al, 2015 ; Fradkin, 2015 ; Gamba et al, 2015 ).…”

The Economics of International Student and Scholar Mobility: Directions for Research

“…Portugal (Baruffaldi and Landoni, 2013), Spain (Bordons et al, 2015;Canibano et al, 2011) and Turkey (Gokbayrak, 2012;Matthews, 2007). Finally, recent simulations also found that declines in international students in the UK as a result of BREXIT would lead to declines in intra-European economic connectivity and sharp declines in GDP (Tijssen et al, 2017;Portes and Forte, 2017).…”