RESEARCH CONSORTIA DETERMINE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE BIBLIOMETRIC VISIBILITY OF ESTONIAN SCIENCE
RESEARCH CONSORTIA DETERMINE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE BIBLIOMETRIC VISIBILITY OF ESTONIAN SCIENCE
Author(s): Tanel HirvSubject(s): Psychology, Methodology and research technology, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: international collaboration; scientometrics; scientific impact; Estonian publications; hyperauthorship;
Summary/Abstract: The study looks from a bibliometric perspective on how international collaboration affects Estonian science. The metrics for the study are retrieved using online InCites database (Clarivate Analytics). Results show that research consortia determine a significant part of the bibliometric visibility. An increase in impact from collaborations in consortia was largest in molecular biology and genetics, clinical medicine, and physics. Unfortunately, collaborations in consortia have also created a challenge from an evaluation viewpoint on how to measure scientific impact. Are hyper-authored articles worth as much as ordinary articles? If collaborations in consortia were excluded, then the largest increase in impact from internationalization over the observed period was seen in space science, followed by immunology, psychiatry/psychology, pharmacology, and toxicology.
Journal: TRAMES
- Issue Year: XXIII/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 287-308
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English