RT journal article
T1 Why do papers from international collaborations get more citations? A bibliometric analysis of Library and Information Science papers
A1 Vélez Estévez, Antonio
A1 García-Sánchez, Pablo
A1 Moral Muñoz, José Antonio
A1 Cobo Martín, Manuel Jesús
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
A2 Ingeniería Informática
K1 International research collaboration
K1 Impact analysis
K1 Science mapping analysis
K1 Coword analysis
K1 Library and Information Science
AB Scientific activity has become increasingly complex in recent years. The need for international research collaboration has thus become a common pattern in science. In this current landscape, countries face the problem of maintaining their competitiveness while cooperating with other countries to achieve relevant research outputs. In this international context, publications from international collaborations tend to achieve greater scientific impact than those from domestic ones. To design policies that improve the competitiveness of countries and organizations, it thus becomes necessary to understand the factors and mechanisms that influence the benefits and impact of international research. In this regard, the aim of this study is to confirm whether the differences in impact between international and domestic collaborations are affected by their topics and structure. To perform this study, we examined the Library and Information Science category of the Web of Science database between 2015 and 2019. A science mapping analysis approach was used to extract the themes and their structure according to collaboration type and in the whole category (2015-2019). We also looked for differences in these thematic aspects in top countries and in communities of collaborating countries. The results showed that the thematic factor influences the impact of international research, as the themes in this type of collaboration lie at the forefront of the Library and Information Science category (e.g., technologies such as artificial intelligence and social media are found in the category), while domestic collaborations have focused on more well-consolidated themes (e.g., academic libraries and bibliometrics). Organizations, countries, and communities of countries must therefore consider this thematic factor when designing strategies to improve their competitiveness and collaborate.
PB SPRINGER
SN 1588-2861
YR 2022
FD 2022-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27587
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27587
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026