The Internationalization of Research in Europe: A Quantitative Study of 11 National Systems From a Micro-Level Perspective

This article focuses on the impact of international research collaboration on individual research productivity in 11 European countries. Research productivity and international publication co-authorship of "internationalists" and "locals" (or academics collaborating and not colla...

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Published in:Journal of studies in international education 2015-09, Vol.19 (4), p.341-359
Main Author: Kwiek, Marek
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Austria
Authors
College Faculty
Competition
Educational Cooperation
Europa
Europe
Faculty Publishing
Finland
Foreign Countries
Forschung
Germany
Globalisierung
Hochschulbildung
Interdisciplinary Approach
International Cooperation
International Education
Internationalisierung
Internationalität
Ireland
Italy
Kooperation
Lehren
Lernen
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Productivity
Qualitative Research
Role
Statistical Analysis
Surveys
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Wettbewerb
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Summary:This article focuses on the impact of international research collaboration on individual research productivity in 11 European countries. Research productivity and international publication co-authorship of "internationalists" and "locals" (or academics collaborating and not collaborating internationally) are compared. The article uses a micro-level (individual) approach and relies on the primary data collected in a comparable format through a survey from 17,211 European academics. In all countries and all clusters of academic fields studied, international collaboration in research is strongly correlated with substantially higher research productions. Internationalization increasingly plays a stratifying role, though: More international collaboration tends to mean higher publishing rates and those who do not collaborate internationally may be losing more than ever before in terms of resources and prestige in the process of "accumulative disadvantage." The competition is becoming a permanent feature of the European research landscape, and local prestige combined with local publications may no longer suffice in the race for resources and academic recognition. Cross-disciplinary and cross-national differences apply but our study shows a powerful role of internationalization of research for both individual research productivity and the competitiveness of national research outputs. (HoF/text adopted).
ISSN:1552-7808
1028-3153
1552-7808
DOI:10.1177/1028315315572898