Plurality in multi-disciplinary research: multiple institutional affiliations are associated with increased citations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The institutional affiliations and associated collaborative networks that scientists foster during their research careers are salient in the production of high-quality science. The phenomenon of multiple institutional affiliations and its relationship to research output remains relatively unexplored in the literature.

Methods

We examined 27,612 scientific articles, modelling the normalized citation counts received against the number of authors and affiliations held.

Results

In agreement with previous research, we found that teamwork is an important factor in high impact papers, with average citations received increasing concordant with the number of co-authors listed. For articles with more than five co-authors, we noted an increase in average citations rec

SUBMITTER: Sanfilippo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160819 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature