Patterns of International Collaboration for the UK and Leading Partners
英国国际合作格局

Patterns of international collaboration for the UK and leading partners are described by bibliometrical methods.The data analysed in this report are records of research publications,their authors' location and their subsequent citations by later publications.Data cover:nine countries - UK,USA,Canada,France,Germany,Japan,Australia,China and India;seven research fields-clinical sciences,health and related subjects,biological sciences,environmental sciences, mathematics,physical sciences,and engineering;two time periods - 1996-2000 and 2001-2005.Results show that the importance of international collaboration within countries' output has increased;for the UK the share of international collaboration has increased relative to domestic volume more rapidly than for other G7 economies;the UK retains a greater share of USA collaboration than any country except Germany;the average impact of internationally co-authored work is significantly higher than the overall average;the UK has more collaborative papers with China than any other EU partner.