International Collaboration in Indian Scientific Papers

Aparna Basu and B. S. Vinu Kumar
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Aparna Basu: National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS)
B. S. Vinu Kumar: National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS)

Scientometrics, 2000, vol. 48, issue 3, No 5, 402 pages

Abstract: Abstract Internationally co-authored publications may be regarded as an indicator of scientific co-operation between countries and is of interest in science policy. In this study, the extent of international collaboration in Indian science has been estimated from SCI data in 1990 and 1994. We find an increase in collaboration both in terms of output and the extent of the network and significantly higher impact (IF) associated with internationally co-authored papers in several disciplines. However, there was no significant increase in IF of collaborative papers over time, whereas Indian papers in general showed a statistically significant, though small, increase in average impact from 1990 to 1994. The bulk of Indian scientific co-operation was with the developed Western nations and Japan, but it was often the smaller countries with a few co-authored papers which showed higher average impact. Co-operation with South Asian countries, initially low, has doubled in four years. By a combination of multivariate data analysis techniques the relative positions of India's partners in scientific collaboration have been mapped with respect to the fields of co-operation.

Date: 2000
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