The impact of air transport availability on research collaboration: A case study of four universities.

ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes the impact of air transport connectivity and accessibility on scientific collaboration. Numerous studies demonstrated that the likelihood of collaboration declines with increase in distance between potential collaborators. These works commonly use simple measures of physical distance rather than actual flight capacity and frequency. Our study addresses this limitation by focusing on the relationship between flight availability and the number of scientific co-publications. Furthermore, we distinguish two components of flight availability: (1) direct and indirect air connections between airports; and (2) distance to the nearest airport from cities and towns where authors of scientific articles have their professional affiliations. Based on Zero-inflated Negative Binomial

SUBMITTER: Ploszaj A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473522 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature