Patterns of the Network of Cross-Border University Research Collaboration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area

Jinyuan Ma, Fan Jiang, Liujian Gu, Xiang Zheng, Xiao Lin and Chuanyi Wang
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Jinyuan Ma: Center for Higher Education Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Fan Jiang: Center for Higher Education Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Liujian Gu: Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Xiang Zheng: Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Xiao Lin: Reed Elsevier Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing 100738, China
Chuanyi Wang: Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-17

Abstract: This study analyzes the patterns of university co-authorship networks in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. It also examines the quality and subject distribution of co-authored articles within these networks. Social network analysis is used to outline the structure and evolution of the networks that have produced co-authored articles at universities in the Greater Bay Area from 2014 to 2018, at both regional and institutional levels. Field-weighted citation impact (FWCI) is used to analyze the quality and citation impact of co-authored articles in different subject fields. The findings of the study reveal that university co-authorship networks in the Greater Bay Area are still dispersed, and their disciplinary development is unbalanced. The study also finds that, while the research areas covered by high-quality co-authored articles fit the strategic needs of technological innovation and industrial distribution in the Greater Bay Area, high-quality research collaboration in the humanities and social sciences is insufficient.

Keywords: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area; cross-border research collaboration; university co-authorship network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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