Collaboration Patterns Among Academic Researchers

In contemporary science, almost all research is collaborative and the vast majority of research papers are co-authored. But surprisingly little is known about the motives, processes and effects of collaboration.  The presentation gives a retrospective of Professor Bozeman and his colleagues research on collaboration, examining who collaborates and with whom, strategies used by collaborators, effects of collaboration on measured research productivity, collaborations between university and industry-based researchers and on recently published work on differences between collaboration patterns of men and women researchers.

About Barry Bozeman

Regents Professor of Public Policy and holds the Ander Crenshaw Endowed Chair of Public Policy at the University of Georgia (USA)

Barry Bozeman is Regents Professor of Public Policy and holds the Ander Crenshaw Endowed Chair of Public Policy at the University of Georgia (USA). His work focuses chiefly on science policy and innovation. Recent work has focused on research evaluation methods, technology transfer and scientific collaboration. Bozeman was founding director of the Research Value Mapping Program during his time at Georgia Tech, where he was also founding director of the School of Public Policy. Bozeman is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the National Academy of Public Administration. He has provided science policy and innovation advice to many nations in Europe, North America, Asia and Latin America.