Citation increments between collaborating countries

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 94; no. 3; pp. 817 - 831
• Main Authors: Lancho-Barrantes, Bárbara S., Guerrero-Bote, Vicente P., de Moya-Anegón, Félix
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2013; Springer
• Subjects: Bibliometrics. Scientometrics; Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation; Computer Science; Engineering; Exact sciences and technology; Impact factors; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information Storage and Retrieval; International co authorship; Library and information science. General aspects; Library Science; Science policy; Sciences and techniques of general use; Social sciences; Subject fields; Scientometrics; Scientific collaboration in subject areas; Citation increment; Citation analysis; International cooperation; Impact factor; Scientific research; Citation; Scientific cooperation
• ISSN: 0138-9130; 1588-2861
• DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0797-3

International collaboration enhances citation impact. Collaborating with a country increments the citations received from it. But some collaborating countries provide greater increments in this sense than others, and likewise some countries receive greater increments from their partner countries than others. We observed a certain tendency for these increments to be lower in countries with greater impacts. Also, all the countries studied had higher Domestic Impacts as a result of collaborating, although this increment was less than that obtained from other countries. Finally, there were differences in the behaviour of the countries between the various scientific disciplines, with the effects being greatest in Social Sciences, followed by Engineering.