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Alberto Zigoni
Senior Consultant, Research Intelligence
International Collaboration and
Rankings IREG-8 Conference, Lisbon
May 5, 2016
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Elsevier has a unique vantage point on international
collaboration
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Elsevier has produced numerous analyses of
international collaboration
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Why do researchers collaborate?
Maximize outputs and outcomes
Funding, talent and equipment
Share knowledge
across disciplinary boundaries
Address complex problems
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Co-authorship is a useful indicator of collaboration
International collaboration involving 2 or more different countries
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The proportion of internationally collaborative articles
is increasing
Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Sept. 2015
18.3% of all articles were internationally collaborative in 2014, up from 15.1% in 2004
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Research-intensive universities have high levels of
international collaboration
Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Sept. 2015
Research-intensive universities have significantly higher international collaboration rates. E.g. 2014:
• Russell Group: 52%
• LERU: 50%
• Group of Eight (Australia): 48%
• Association of American Universities: 34%
• RU11 (Japan): 38%
• World: 18%
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International collaboration correlates strongly with
publication impact
Switzerland
NL
Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Sept. 2015
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International collaboration stimulates Researcher
Mobility and vice versa
Source: Scopus, SciVal, Analytical Services, 2015
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Source: International comparative performance of the UK research base, Scopus (2013)
Geography and cultural dynamics influence
international collaboration patterns
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Rankings and Internationalization: collaboration
Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Mar. 2016
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Top ranked Universities: collaboration growth, 2005 -
2014
Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Mar. 2016
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Top ranked universities: collaboration growth, 2010 -
2014
Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Mar. 2016
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Summary
Collaboration is a fundamental aspect of research
International collaboration is growing globally
International collaboration is strongly correlated to citation impact
Citation impact is one of the performance indicators used in the academic rankings.
Top ranked universities worldwide are increasing their international collaboration rate at a higher pace than their overall scientific output
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