Network structure, distribution and the growth of Chinese international research collaboration

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 1221 - 1233
• Main Authors: Niu, Fenggao, Qiu, Junping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2014; Springer
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Bibliometrics. Scientometrics; Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation; Citation analysis; Co authorship; Computer Science; Exact sciences and technology; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information Storage and Retrieval; Library and information science. General aspects; Library Science; Sciences and techniques of general use; Social networks; Field; Country; International research collaboration (IRC); Journal; China; Collaboration network; Research field; Growth; Periodical; Bibliometric analysis; International cooperation; Bibliometrics; Scientific research; Scientific cooperation

The paper studied 211,946 articles indexed in Thomson Reuters’s Web of Science from January 1st 2002 to December 31st 2011, in order to describe the growth and distribution of Chinese international research collaboration (IRC), from the perspective of amount, authors, countries, discipline fields an...