Logo eprints

Investigating the interplay between fundamentals of national research systems: performance, investments and international collaborations

Cimini, Giulio and Zaccaria, Andrea and Gabrielli, Andrea Investigating the interplay between fundamentals of national research systems: performance, investments and international collaborations. Journal of Informetrics. ISSN 1751-1577 (Submitted) (2015)

[img]
Preview
PDF - Submitted Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial.

Download (811kB) | Preview

Abstract

We discuss, at the macro-level of nations, the contribution of research funding and rate of international collaboration to research performance, with important implications for the science of science policy. In particular, we cross-correlate suitable measures of these quantities with a scientometric-based assessment of scientific success, studying both the average performance of nations and their temporal dynamics in the space defined by these variables during the last decade. We find significant differences among nations in terms of efficiency in turning (financial) input into bibliometrically measurable output, and we confirm that growth of international collaboration positively correlate with scientific success, with significant benefits brought by EU integration policies. Various geo-cultural clusters of nations naturally emerge from our analysis. We critically discuss the possible factors that potentially determine the observed patterns.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Research Area: Economics and Institutional Change
Depositing User: Caterina Tangheroni
Date Deposited: 06 Nov 2015 13:40
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2015 13:40
URI: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/2855

Actions (login required)

Edit Item Edit Item