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Alberto Zigoni

Senior Consultant, Research Intelligence

International Collaboration and

Rankings IREG-8 Conference, Lisbon

May 5, 2016

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Elsevier has a unique vantage point on international

collaboration

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Elsevier has produced numerous analyses of

international collaboration

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Why do researchers collaborate?

Maximize outputs and outcomes

Funding, talent and equipment

Share knowledge

across disciplinary boundaries

Address complex problems

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Co-authorship is a useful indicator of collaboration

International collaboration involving 2 or more different countries

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The proportion of internationally collaborative articles

is increasing

Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Sept. 2015

18.3% of all articles were internationally collaborative in 2014, up from 15.1% in 2004

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Research-intensive universities have high levels of

international collaboration

Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Sept. 2015

Research-intensive universities have significantly higher international collaboration rates. E.g. 2014:

• Russell Group: 52%

• LERU: 50%

• Group of Eight (Australia): 48%

• Association of American Universities: 34%

• RU11 (Japan): 38%

• World: 18%

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International collaboration correlates strongly with

publication impact

Switzerland

NL

Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Sept. 2015

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International collaboration stimulates Researcher

Mobility and vice versa

Source: Scopus, SciVal, Analytical Services, 2015

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Source: International comparative performance of the UK research base, Scopus (2013)

Geography and cultural dynamics influence

international collaboration patterns

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Rankings and Internationalization: collaboration

Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Mar. 2016

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Top ranked Universities: collaboration growth, 2005 -

2014

Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Mar. 2016

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Top ranked universities: collaboration growth, 2010 -

2014

Source: SciVal analysis of Scopus data, Mar. 2016

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Summary

Collaboration is a fundamental aspect of research

International collaboration is growing globally

International collaboration is strongly correlated to citation impact

Citation impact is one of the performance indicators used in the academic rankings.

Top ranked universities worldwide are increasing their international collaboration rate at a higher pace than their overall scientific output

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