Four commonly held beliefs about the geography of scientific activities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20075445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Grossetti (0000-0003-0796-3937, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires), Denis Eckert (0000-0001-6512-2197, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires), Marion Maisonobe (0000-0002-2968-9038, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires), Josselin Tallec (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Handbook on the Geographies of Innovation (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4337/9781784710774.00026 |
| OpenAlex | W2604284590 |
| ISBN | 9781784710774 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Recent years have seen policies of ‘scientific development’ develop in various countries. These policies aim mainly at differentiating the means allocated to universities (or other institutions) based on ‘diagnoses’ and assessments rooted in beliefs concerning the spatial dimension of higher education activities and research. These representations may be regarded as ‘commonly held beliefs’ governed by the idea of an inevitable increase in hierarchical differentiations between cities, the existence of ‘critical mass’ effects imposed by a strengthening globalization, and ‘competitive’ scientific activity. Based on bibliometric research, our results show that those beliefs are often wrong. Though scientific activity is indeed highly centralized, the current trend is towards diversification and de-concentration rather than towards a reinforcement of the most important centers. The spatial concentration of researchers has no specific effect on their individual productivity. National contexts are not fading; they are merely being combined with the growth of international collaborations in a global context characterized by the decline of publications signed by a single person or a single team
Business · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Political science · Positive economics · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Mathematics · Marketing
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |