@techreport{f3cbb1bf299841ddb31d837b7976453d,
title = "Evolutionary convergence of the patterns of international research collaborations across scientific fields",
abstract = "Frame and Carpenter (1979) analysed the pattern of international research collaboration among scientific fields in 1970s. Starting from this pioneering work, this paper investigates international collaborations over 1997-2012 and compares the critical results with earlier studies to detect the evolution of collaboration patterns in different scientific fields. Empirical analysis supports two vital findings, given by: a) a relatively stable structure of international research collaborations over time across different scientific fields; b) a convergent process of collaboration patterns between theoretical and applied research fields. One important deter-minant of the latter result might be due to the increasing interdisciplinary nature of research fields that supports the convergence between basic and applied sciences.",
keywords = "scientific fields, research collaboration, science evolution, co-authorship, co-publishing, interdisciplinary, convergence",
author = "L. Wang and M. Coccia",
year = "2015",
language = "English",
series = "UNU-MERIT Working Papers",
publisher = "UNU-MERIT",
number = "011",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "UNU-MERIT",
}