The Influence of International Collaboration on the Scientific Impact in V4 Countries

Zsolt Kohus (), Márton Demeter, Gyula Péter Szigeti, László Kun, Eszter Lukács and Katalin Czakó
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Zsolt Kohus: Doctoral School of Regional and Business Administration Sciences, Széchenyi István University, Egyetem Square 1, H-9026 Győr, Hungary
Márton Demeter: Department of Social Communication, University of Public Service, Ludovika Square 2, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary
Gyula Péter Szigeti: Innovation Center, Semmelweis University, Baross Strett 22, H-1085 Budapest, Hungary
László Kun: Innovation Center, Semmelweis University, Baross Strett 22, H-1085 Budapest, Hungary
Eszter Lukács: Globalization Competence Center, Széchenyi István University, Egyetem Square 1, H-9026 Győr, Hungary
Katalin Czakó: Department of International and Applied Economics, Széchenyi István University, Egyetem Square 1, H-9026 Győr, Hungary

Publications, 2022, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: Several strategies are used by researchers and research facilities to increase their scientific production and consequent research quality. Bibliometric records show that coauthorship and the number of participating organizations in research publications are steadily increasing; however, the effect of collaboration varies across disciplines, and the corresponding author’s country appears to influence research impact. This finding inspired our research question for this study: How does international cooperation affect scientific impact, and does the affiliation of corresponding authors influence citation impact indicators at the level of individual publications? To this end, we provide a comparative evaluation of research articles published in Q1 journals among Visegrad Group countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in Medical and Health sciences between 2017 and 2021. The study investigates the relationship between collaboration type (national vs. international) and scientific impact (impact factor of the journal and category normalized citation impact or research papers), as well as the impact of the country of the corresponding author’s affiliation on quantitative quality of individual papers. We show that Q1 research papers in international collaboration have a higher scientific impact than papers published in national partnerships. Moreover, the corresponding authors’ country of affiliation significantly affects scientific impact.

Keywords: international collaboration; scientific impact; JIF quartile; medical science; Visegrad countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 D83 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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