TY  - JOUR
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751157715301048
KW  - Science of science policy; Scientific impact; R&D funding; International collaborations
TI  - Investigating the interplay between fundamentals of national research systems: Performance, investments and international collaborations
AV  - none
N2  - 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 factors that potentially determine the observed patterns.
SN  - 1751-1577
EP  -  211
ID  - eprints3756
IS  - 1
JF  - Journal of Informetrics
Y1  - 2016///
SP  - 200 
PB  - Elsevier
A1  - Cimini, Giulio
A1  - Zaccaria, Andrea
A1  - Gabrielli, Andrea
VL  - 10
ER  -