RESEARCH CONSORTIA DETERMINE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE BIBLIOMETRIC VISIBILITY OF ESTONIAN SCIENCE

The study looks from a bibliometric perspective on how international collaboration affects Estonian science. The metrics for the study are retrieved using online InCites database (Clarivate Analytics). Results show that research consortia determine a significant part of the bibliometric visibility....

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Published in:Trames (Tallinn) 2019-09, Vol.23 (3), p.287-308
Main Author: Hirv, Tanel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Biology
Co authorship
Collaboration
Consortia
Cooperation
Estonian language
Funding
Genetics
Globalization
Higher education
Medicine
Molecular biology
Pharmacology
Psychology
R&D
Research & development
Researchers
Science
Scientometrics
Theory
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Summary:The study looks from a bibliometric perspective on how international collaboration affects Estonian science. The metrics for the study are retrieved using online InCites database (Clarivate Analytics). Results show that research consortia determine a significant part of the bibliometric visibility. An increase in impact from collaborations in consortia was largest in molecular biology and genetics, clinical medicine, and physics. Unfortunately, collaborations in consortia have also created a challenge from an evaluation viewpoint on how to measure scientific impact. Are hyper-authored articles worth as much as ordinary articles? If collaborations in consortia were excluded, then the largest increase in impact from internationalization over the observed period was seen in space science, followed by immunology, psychiatry/psychology, pharmacology, and toxicology. Keywords: international collaboration, scientometrics, scientific impact, Estonian publications, hyperauthorship
ISSN:1406-0922
1736-7514
DOI:10.3176/tr.2019.3.02