Research Collaboration and Research Output: A Longitudinal Study of 65 Biomedical Scientists in a New Zealand University

Collaborative research has been increasingly celebrated by the science community, but the hypothesized positive relationship between research collaboration and research output is more assumed than rigorously tested. In this paper, we identify three methodological gaps in the literature: (a) hierarch...

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Main Authors: HE, Zilin, GENG, Xuesong, CAMPBELL-HUNT, Colin
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2008.11.011
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-26882010-09-23T06:24:04Z Research Collaboration and Research Output: A Longitudinal Study of 65 Biomedical Scientists in a New Zealand University HE, Zilin GENG, Xuesong CAMPBELL-HUNT, Colin Collaborative research has been increasingly celebrated by the science community, but the hypothesized positive relationship between research collaboration and research output is more assumed than rigorously tested. In this paper, we identify three methodological gaps in the literature: (a) hierarchical coding based on the ISI Web of Science database causes severe loss of information on local collaboration, (b) the relationship between research collaboration and research output is likely to be confounded by a common latent variable such as a scientist's ability, and (c) the lack of longitudinal analysis prevents causal inferences from being made. To address these methodological concerns, we constructed a longitudinal dataset of 65 biomedical scientists at a New Zealand university and coded collaboration variables by hand checking each of their publications in a period of 14 years. We found that at article level, both within-university collaboration and international collaboration are positively related to an article's quality and that, at scientist-year level, only international collaboration is positively related to a scientist's future research output. 2009-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1689 info:doi/10.1016/j.respol.2008.11.011 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2008.11.011 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business
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Research Collaboration and Research Output: A Longitudinal Study of 65 Biomedical Scientists in a New Zealand University
description Collaborative research has been increasingly celebrated by the science community, but the hypothesized positive relationship between research collaboration and research output is more assumed than rigorously tested. In this paper, we identify three methodological gaps in the literature: (a) hierarchical coding based on the ISI Web of Science database causes severe loss of information on local collaboration, (b) the relationship between research collaboration and research output is likely to be confounded by a common latent variable such as a scientist's ability, and (c) the lack of longitudinal analysis prevents causal inferences from being made. To address these methodological concerns, we constructed a longitudinal dataset of 65 biomedical scientists at a New Zealand university and coded collaboration variables by hand checking each of their publications in a period of 14 years. We found that at article level, both within-university collaboration and international collaboration are positively related to an article's quality and that, at scientist-year level, only international collaboration is positively related to a scientist's future research output.
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author HE, Zilin
GENG, Xuesong
CAMPBELL-HUNT, Colin
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GENG, Xuesong
CAMPBELL-HUNT, Colin
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title Research Collaboration and Research Output: A Longitudinal Study of 65 Biomedical Scientists in a New Zealand University
title_short Research Collaboration and Research Output: A Longitudinal Study of 65 Biomedical Scientists in a New Zealand University
title_full Research Collaboration and Research Output: A Longitudinal Study of 65 Biomedical Scientists in a New Zealand University
title_fullStr Research Collaboration and Research Output: A Longitudinal Study of 65 Biomedical Scientists in a New Zealand University
title_full_unstemmed Research Collaboration and Research Output: A Longitudinal Study of 65 Biomedical Scientists in a New Zealand University
title_sort research collaboration and research output: a longitudinal study of 65 biomedical scientists in a new zealand university
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2009
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1689
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2008.11.011
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