Why do papers from international collaborations get more citations? A bibliometric analysis of Library and Information Science papers

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ID21442646
AuthorsA Velez-Estevez (0000-0002-0109-0293, Universidad de Cádiz, corresponding author), Pablo García‐Sánchez (0000-0003-4644-2894, Universidad de Granada), José A Moral-Muñoz (0000-0002-6465-982X, Universidad de Cádiz), Manuel J Cobo (0000-0001-6575-803X, Universidad de Granada)
Year2022
Volume127
Issue12
Pages7517-7555
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScientometrics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0138-9130 • E-ISSN: 1588-2861
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11192-022-04486-4
OpenAlexW4292560495
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited54

Scientific activity has become increasingly complex in recent years. The need for international research collaboration has thus become a common pattern in science. In this current landscape, countries face the problem of maintaining their competitiveness while cooperating with other countries to achieve relevant research outputs. In this international context, publications from international collaborations tend to achieve greater scientific impact than those from domestic ones. To design policies that improve the competitiveness of countries and organizations, it thus becomes necessary to understand the factors and mechanisms that influence the benefits and impact of international research. In this regard, the aim of this study is to confirm whether the differences in impact between international and domestic collaborations are affected by their topics and structure. To perform this study, we examined the Library and Information Science category of the Web of Science database between 2015 and 2019. A science mapping analysis approach was used to extract the themes and their structure according to collaboration type and in the whole category (2015–2019). We also looked for differences in these thematic aspects in top countries and in communities of collaborating countries. The results showed that the thematic factor influences the impact of international research, as the themes in this type of collaboration lie at the forefront of the Library and Information Science category (e.g., technologies such as artificial intelligence and social media are found in the category), while domestic collaborations have focused on more well-consolidated themes (e.g., academic libraries and bibliometrics). Organizations, countries, and communities of countries must therefore consider this thematic factor when designing strategies to improve their competitiveness and collaborate

Bibliometrics · Context (archaeology) · Geography · Library science · MEDLINE · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Thematic map · Web of science · Big Data and Business Intelligence · Computer Science · Research Data Management Practices · scientometrics and bibliometrics research

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