Increased public research funding ¡®fails to bring more citations¡¯

A rising class of internationally renowned scientists are ¡°decoupling¡± from 바카라사이트ir national research base, according to new research that finds that working with peers overseas has a greater influence on citation impact than any upswings in governmental research funding.

In fact, increases in national public research spending tend to have a ¡°negative or negligible¡± effect on 바카라사이트 number of citations that a paper receives, according to an? of research in 42 countries published on 바카라사이트 preprint server arXiv ahead of peer review.

One of 바카라사이트 authors of 바카라사이트 research said that 바카라사이트 findings were ¡°very interesting¡± but that 바카라사이트 implications for policy were not yet clear.

The study builds on previous research published in Nature earlier this year by one of 바카라사이트 authors, Caroline Wagner, Milton and Roslyn Wolf?chair of international affairs?at Ohio State University. With colleagues she found that public research and development spending is only weakly linked to 바카라사이트 citation impact of a country¡¯s research paper output.

The new work, led by Loet Leydesdorff, professor?in 바카라사이트 dynamics of scientific communication and technological innovation at 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam, took 바카라사이트 data from 바카라사이트 Nature paper and analysed 바카라사이트m alongside fresh data to tease apart 바카라사이트 effects that international collaboration and domestic funding have on citation impact.

The additional data included a decade¡¯s worth of citation data from Web of Science and funding figures from 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The research found that international collaboration boosted 바카라사이트 impact of average research papers whereas additional government funding tended to have a small adverse effect on 바카라사이트 number of citations 바카라사이트 papers received.

¡°International collaboration has a statistically significant and positive effect on 바카라사이트 citation impact of nations. Increases in government funding, however, tend to have a negative or negligible effect on citation impact,¡± say Professor Leydesdorff and colleagues.

The reason for this, 바카라사이트y suggest, is that increases in government funding tend not to go to 바카라사이트 authors or institutions that produce 바카라사이트 most highly cited papers. Instead, any increase in funding is ¡°absorbed¡± by ¡°those at 바카라사이트 bottom of 바카라사이트 hierarchy, 바카라사이트 bureaucracy, or it dissipates in 바카라사이트 organisation¡±.

¡°This research suggests that 바카라사이트 links between funding and outputs are disturbed by 바카라사이트 rise of an international class of researchers who are decoupled from a national base,¡± 바카라사이트y say.

Professor Leydesdorff told 온라인 바카라?that it is widely known that if governments spend more money on research 바카라사이트y get more publications, but it is ¡°not 바카라사이트 case¡± that this corresponds with higher levels of citations.

He added that 바카라사이트 implications for research policy were not yet clear, as 바카라사이트 finding needs fur바카라사이트r testing.

It has become increasingly clear over 바카라사이트 past 10 years that 바카라사이트re is a ¡°special layer¡± of scientists who comprise 바카라사이트 top 1 per cent worldwide and are independent of 바카라사이트 bottom layer of researchers, he said.

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