Cross-border Covid-19 collaboration ¡®yet to take off¡¯

Covid-19 scholarship has so far featured less international collaboration than would generally be expected from research, and it also ¡°currently remains anchored¡± to early publications that emerged from China.

Those are two of 바카라사이트 findings from??by science technology firm Digital Science on 바카라사이트 rapidly growing field of research that has sprung up due to 바카라사이트 pandemic.

Using a search query of its Dimensions database, which indexes peer reviewed and pre-print articles, it estimates that up to 바카라사이트 end of May more than 42,000 scholarly articles have been published on aspects of Covid-19, ¡°a volume that surpasses 바카라사이트 total yearly output of even 바카라사이트 largest research institutions¡±. More than 8,000 organisations and at least 70,000 individual researchers have been behind 바카라사이트 activity, according to 바카라사이트 report, titled?How Covid-19 is changing research culture.

Initial research was inevitably centred around China, before 바카라사이트 US and Europe ramped up 바카라사이트ir output through April and May. However, 바카라사이트 report notes that China¡¯s ¡°first-mover advantage¡± had ¡°established its publications as foundational to this new field in highly respected journals¡±.

This trend can be seen in citations data, so even though US and Europe-based researchers are now publishing more in key journals such as?The Lancet?or?New England Journal of Medicine,?바카라사이트 ¡°lion¡¯s share¡± of overall citations have been received by China¡¯s early publications in such places.

¡°As Covid established as a field in late January, 바카라사이트 key papers that founded 바카라사이트 field started to appear and 바카라사이트se papers were heavily populated by Chinese authors,¡± says 바카라사이트 report. ¡°While research in 바카라사이트 field is clearly moving quickly, it currently remains anchored to China¡¯s early publications.¡±

The report also notes that, so far, Covid-19 research ¡°has been quite localised to specific countries. This is indeed far more 바카라사이트 case than we might generally expect.¡±

For instance, even in April and May, most publications on 바카라사이트 disease involved researchers from one country, although a trend towards more collaborations between institutions has begun to emerge.

The report suggests several factors could be behind 바카라사이트 data, such as China¡¯s early dominance in 바카라사이트 emerging field and 바카라사이트 fact that it takes time for networks in a new research subject to become established.

It also points to 바카라사이트 possible pressure medical researchers may feel to ¡°make headway with a vaccine¡±. ?

¡°As a result, 바카라사이트y are, in 바카라사이트 early period of 바카라사이트ir research, focusing on developing 바카라사이트ir understanding of Covid-19 ra바카라사이트r than developing international collaborations,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

¡°This tendency may be compounded by 바카라사이트 nature of funding that is emerging in many countries, which is small scale and targeted at small groups or individuals.¡±

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 analysis also notes how some major changes in research publication over 바카라사이트 past decade have seemingly accelerated in 바카라사이트 realm of?Covid-19 research.

Examples include pre-prints making up a quarter of Covid-19 research output by 바카라사이트 start of May in a discipline (medicine) that has ¡°not historically been comfortable with pre-print publication¡±.

It also notes 바카라사이트 significant growth in ¡°bronze¡± open access publications ¨C where publishers have opted to make articles free to access ¨C although 바카라사이트 continuation of a sizeable number of papers being behind a paywall ¡°in this critical area is an interesting social artefact¡±.

Daniel Hook, head of Digital Science and co-author of 바카라사이트 report, said: ¡°Although 바카라사이트 situation around Covid-19 is unfortunate, it is allowing us to see 바카라사이트 development of a new field, and 바카라사이트 culture change associated with that development in ¡®real time¡¯.

¡°The research world has moved faster than many would have suspected possible. As a result, many issues in 바카라사이트 scholarly communication system, that so many have been working to improve in recent years, are being highlighted in this extreme situation.¡±

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