A network analysis of research productivity by country, discipline, and wealth.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Research productivity has been linked to a country's intellectual and economic wealth. Further analysis is needed to assess the association between the distribution of research across disciplines and the economic status of countries. METHODS:By using 55 years of data, spanning 1962 to 2017, of Elsevier publications across a large set of research disciplines and countries globally, this manuscript explores the relationship and evolution of relative research productivity across different disciplines through a network analysis. It also explores the associations of those with economic productivity categories, as measured by the World Bank economic classification. Additional analysis of discipline similarities is possible by exploring the cross-country evolution of those discipline

SUBMITTER: Jaffe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7219709 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature