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Research networks and publications in Economics. Evidence from a small developing country

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  • Verónica Amarante

    (IECON, Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

  • Marisa Bucheli

    (Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

  • Mariana Rodríguez Vivas

    (Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

Abstract
This article addresses the relationship between international research collaboration and the performance of researchers through the focus on a specific discipline -Economics- in a small developing country -Uruguay-. We map the collaboration between Uruguayan economists and non-local researchers and analyze the correlation between these collaborations and scholars’ achievements, as reflected by the quality of the publications included in Scopus-Elsevier. Our results confirm the positive and significant association between research collaboration and research output. Researchers from a developing country involved in international collaborations get a higher impact or quality of their research, but this result holds only when international collaborations involve researchers located in northern countries.

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  • Verónica Amarante & Marisa Bucheli & Mariana Rodríguez Vivas, 2021. "Research networks and publications in Economics. Evidence from a small developing country," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 1121, Department of Economics - dECON.
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    research networks; research output; bibliometrics;
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    JEL classification:

    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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