Follow the leader: On the relationship between leadership and scholarly impact in international collaborations.

ABSTRACT: National contributions to science are influenced by a number of factors, including economic capacity, national scientific priorities, science policy, and institutional settings and cultures. Nations do not have equal opportunities to access the global scientific market, and therefore, often seek out international partners with complementary resources and expertise. This study aims at investigating national collaboration strategies, with a focus on research leadership-measured through corresponding authorship-and its relationship with scientific impact. Results show that countries with higher R&D investments are more scientifically independent, and confirm that international collaboration is positively related to citation impact. However, leadership in international collaboration is inverse

SUBMITTER: Chinchilla-Rodriguez Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586445 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature