The Geography of Scientific Collaboration.

• Superior document: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy Series
• Author: Olechnicka, Agnieszka.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ploszaj, Adam.; Celińska-Janowicz, Dorota.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2018.; ©2019.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Sreies Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Places and spaces of science -- 1.1 Science takes place -- 1.2 From little science spots to the global geography of science -- 1.3 Driving forces of the geography of science -- 2. Scientists working together -- 2.1 Before the fourth age of research -- 2.2 The collaborative turn -- 2.3 What is scientific collaboration? -- 2.4 Why do scientists collaborate? -- 2.5 The collaboration life cycle and its challenges -- 3. Measuring scholarly collaboration in space -- 3.1 Collaborative data: sources and approaches -- 3.2 The reward triangle and research collaboration studies -- 3.3 Spatial scientometric measures -- 3.4 Methodological issues -- 4. Spatial patterns of scientific collaboration -- 4.1 Internationalisation -- 4.2 The global scientific network -- 4.3 Patterns of collaboration and research performance -- 4.4 The logic of centre and periphery -- 5. Theoretical approaches to scientific collaboration from a spatial perspective -- 5.1 Explaining the growth of collaboration -- 5.2 Explaining patterns of scientific collaboration -- 5.3 Explaining the impacts of scientific collaboration -- 6. Scientific collaboration policy -- 6.1 Policy through science and for science -- 6.2 Policy shift towards collaboration -- 6.3 Europe: towards the European Research Area -- 6.4 The United States: collaborative culture -- 6.5 China: (r)evolution in science policy -- 6.6 Tools for scientific collaboration policy -- 7. Conclusions -- 7.1 Research collaboration and the geography of science -- 7.2 Future geographies of scientific collaboration -- 7.3 Towards smart policies for scientific collaboration -- References -- Index.