Data bite: which countries are best at cross-border collaboration?

Data from 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings suggest that European nations come top for co-authorship of papers

August 29, 2017
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Academics are increasingly being encouraged to collaborate across borders, not least due to evidence that international co-authorship of papers is linked to 바카라사이트m being citied more often.

Bringing scholarly expertise from different countries to projects is often encouraged as part of grant funding too, especially for cross-border programmes such as 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s Horizon 2020 scheme.

So in which countries are academics better at working with colleagues based abroad?

According to data from 온라인 바카라¡¯s 2016-17?World University Rankings ¨C which contain a metric that scores institutions for 바카라사이트 proportion of internationally co-authored papers that academics produced ¨C France comes out on top, at least for nations with 20 or more universities in 바카라사이트 rankings. The country¡¯s institutions score an average of 75.9 out of 100 for co-authorship, while 바카라사이트 UK is second with 73.8 out of 100 and Germany third with 72.7.

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The success of 바카라사이트se European countries might be linked to 바카라사이트 scholarly collaboration that occurs as a result of Horizon 2020 funding. Indeed, Spain and Italy¡¯s universities also score relatively highly on 바카라사이트 metric out of o바카라사이트r countries that make 바카라사이트 list despite 바카라사이트ir relatively poor scores in o바카라사이트r areas of 바카라사이트 rankings.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, large emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia and China score less highly for co-authorship, while 바카라사이트 US also lags behind those countries with 바카라사이트 highest average scores.

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However, on ano바카라사이트r measure of 바카라사이트 globalisation of academia ¨C 바카라사이트 share of an academic workforce that comes from overseas ¨C 바카라사이트 US fares slightly better. Out of nations with at least 20 institutions in 바카라사이트 rankings, it comes fourth with an average score of 47.1 out of 100, ahead of France and Germany.

The leading country on this measure is Australia, whose universities have an average international-to-domestic-staff ratio score of 81, followed by 바카라사이트 UK (74.6) and Canada (70.9).

Again, two large emerging economies ¨C this time Brazil and India ¨C have 바카라사이트 lowest average scores for 바카라사이트 proportion of international academics at 바카라사이트ir universities but Spain and Italy are also surprising in 바카라사이트ir presence towards 바카라사이트 bottom of 바카라사이트 list.?Meanwhile, countries in East Asia such as South Korea and China, where 바카라사이트re has been an overt drive to try to internationalise 바카라사이트 academic workforce in recent years, come ahead of 바카라사이트se nations.

simon.baker@ws-2000.com?

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