Closed Shop or Collaborative Hub? An Analysis of the Partners' Importance in CANZUK Countries' Research Collaborations

被引:2
作者
Nguyen, Ba Xuan [1 ,2 ]
Dinneen, Jesse David [3 ]
Luczak-Roesch, Markus [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Informat Management, Wellington, New Zealand
[2] Posts & Telecommun Inst Technol, Fac Business Adm, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
[3] Humboldt Univ, Berlin Sch Lib & Informat Sci, Berlin, Germany
[4] Te Punaha Matatini Aotearoa New Zealands Ctr Res E, Auckland, New Zealand
关键词
international research collaboration; measurement; collaboration network; research partner; counting method; CANZUK countries; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION; SCIENCE; PUBLICATION; IMPACT;
D O I
10.3389/frma.2022.838553
中图分类号
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号
1205 ; 120501 ;
摘要
Collaborative partners are important in international research collaboration. The research collaborations between four CANZUK countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom) are examined to see whether their research connections are different from the research relationships with other countries. This paper measures the affinity index values and analyses the development of research collaborations among CANZUK countries with those between the CANZUK and other countries. The whole counting method and the fractional counting method are applied in this study to compare the differences in the results. The findings show that although the affinity index values of CANZUK countries were decreasing over time, the importance of CANZUK partners to CANZUK countries has likely increased over time at the expense of the other partners' importance. The study also shows the minor differences in results obtained by applying two different counting methods. These differences can be explained by the nature of the counting methods, and the choice to use either one of these two counting methods should be considered in other international research collaboration studies.
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