A bibliometric analysis of the internationalisation of political science in Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID12869769
AuthorsMarcello Carammia (0000-0002-3864-8756, University of Catania, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume21
Issue4
Pages564-595
Publication date2022-03-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1680-4333 • E-ISSN: 1682-0983
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1057/s41304-022-00367-9
OpenAlexW4214896533
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited20

Based on data on 67,000 articles published in 100 high-impact journals in the twenty years between 2000 and 2019, I analyse the scientific contribution of European political science scholarly communities in the global context. The scholars contributing to the global scientific production are largely concentrated in a few countries, with the US and UK alone accounting for more than half of the articles published in high-impact journals. However, the tendency is towards increasing diversity in the geographic basis of the international scientific production; and European countries are central to this change. Contributing to international collaborative publications has been a key engine of the increased scientific production of scholars based in Europe. This was a generalised global tendency, and a spectacular one for certain national scholarly communities. The network analysis of international collaborations points to the consolidation of three clusters within a growing and increasingly dense network. The US, followed by the UK, are central to a global cluster of collaborations. European countries are primarily clustered in two groups: a larger and growing cluster; and a smaller but even more integrated, highly productive and connected cluster of scholars based in seven northern European countries. All bibliometric indicators consistently point to a generalised growth in the output and internationalisation of the scientific contribution provided by the European political science community

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