The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 Countries
Several strategies are used by researchers and research facilities to increase their scientific production and consequent research quality. Bibliometric records show that coauthorship and the number of participating organizations in research publications are steadily increasing; however, the effect...
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| author | Zsolt Kohus Márton Demeter Gyula Péter Szigeti László Kun Eszter Lukács Katalin Czakó |
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| description | Several strategies are used by researchers and research facilities to increase their scientific production and consequent research quality. Bibliometric records show that coauthorship and the number of participating organizations in research publications are steadily increasing; however, the effect of collaboration varies across disciplines, and the corresponding author’s country appears to influence research impact. This finding inspired our research question for this study: How does international cooperation affect scientific impact, and does the affiliation of corresponding authors influence citation impact indicators at the level of individual publications? To this end, we provide a comparative evaluation of research articles published in Q1 journals among Visegrad Group countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in Medical and Health sciences between 2017 and 2021. The study investigates the relationship between collaboration type (national vs. international) and scientific impact (impact factor of the journal and category normalized citation impact or research papers), as well as the impact of the country of the corresponding author’s affiliation on quantitative quality of individual papers. We show that Q1 research papers in international collaboration have a higher scientific impact than papers published in national partnerships. Moreover, the corresponding authors’ country of affiliation significantly affects scientific impact. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-230eddccfe7d435e8c733ea6b765201e2023-11-24T17:42:20ZengMDPI AGPublications2304-67752022-09-011043510.3390/publications10040035The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 CountriesZsolt Kohus0Márton Demeter1Gyula Péter Szigeti2László Kun3Eszter Lukács4Katalin Czakó5Doctoral School of Regional and Business Administration Sciences, Széchenyi István University, Egyetem Square 1, H-9026 Győr, HungaryDepartment of Social Communication, University of Public Service, Ludovika Square 2, H-1083 Budapest, HungaryInnovation Center, Semmelweis University, Baross Strett 22, H-1085 Budapest, HungaryInnovation Center, Semmelweis University, Baross Strett 22, H-1085 Budapest, HungaryGlobalization Competence Center, Széchenyi István University, Egyetem Square 1, H-9026 Győr, HungaryDepartment of International and Applied Economics, Széchenyi István University, Egyetem Square 1, H-9026 Győr, HungarySeveral strategies are used by researchers and research facilities to increase their scientific production and consequent research quality. Bibliometric records show that coauthorship and the number of participating organizations in research publications are steadily increasing; however, the effect of collaboration varies across disciplines, and the corresponding author’s country appears to influence research impact. This finding inspired our research question for this study: How does international cooperation affect scientific impact, and does the affiliation of corresponding authors influence citation impact indicators at the level of individual publications? To this end, we provide a comparative evaluation of research articles published in Q1 journals among Visegrad Group countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in Medical and Health sciences between 2017 and 2021. The study investigates the relationship between collaboration type (national vs. international) and scientific impact (impact factor of the journal and category normalized citation impact or research papers), as well as the impact of the country of the corresponding author’s affiliation on quantitative quality of individual papers. We show that Q1 research papers in international collaboration have a higher scientific impact than papers published in national partnerships. Moreover, the corresponding authors’ country of affiliation significantly affects scientific impact.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/10/4/35international collaborationscientific impactJIF quartilemedical scienceVisegrad countries |
| spellingShingle | Zsolt Kohus Márton Demeter Gyula Péter Szigeti László Kun Eszter Lukács Katalin Czakó The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 Countries Publications international collaboration scientific impact JIF quartile medical science Visegrad countries |
| title | The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 Countries |
| title_full | The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 Countries |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 Countries |
| title_short | The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 Countries |
| title_sort | influence of international collaboration on the scientific impact in v4 countries |
| topic | international collaboration scientific impact JIF quartile medical science Visegrad countries |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/10/4/35 |
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