期刊
SCIENTOMETRICS
卷 128, 期 4, 页码 2145-2174出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-023-04659-9
关键词
International research collaboration; Barriers; Africa; Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood
International research collaboration is important for the development of national scientific systems. In Africa, where resources for research and development are limited, IRC can be an opportunity to strengthen scientific capabilities and contribute to socioeconomic development.
International research collaboration (IRC) has been relevant for the development of national scientific systems. In Africa, given the limited resources devoted to research and development (R&D) activities and the crucial role that scientific knowledge generated through research activities can have in socioeconomic development, IRC may be an opportunity to strengthen scientific capabilities. While geographical, economic, political/governance, cultural, intellectual and excellence distance hampers IRC in other regions, we argue that economic and excellence distances actuate differently in Africa. We explored the impact of the variables above in addition to the information and communication technologies (ICTs), and social distances on the IRC of these countries. Using panel data for 54 African economies, our results show that economic distance fosters IRC while governance and excellence distances are non-significant. Past collaborations (one out of two proxies for social distance) and speaking the same language have the highest effect on IRC, and ICTs distance the lowest. The results have implications for science policy in Africa. For instance, we argue that science policies need to be adapted to each environment as the scientific landscape in each country is unique.
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