ABS: Kim, Korean international co-authorship in science 1994-1996

[Gretchen Whitney]

TITLE   :  Korean international co-authorship in science 1994-1996
AUTHOR  :  Kim MJ
JOURNAL :  JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   25: (5) 403-412 1999

 Document        type: Article    Language: English    Cited References: 22
Times Cited: 1

Abstract:
Research performance in Korea has increased considerably in the past few
years, both with
regard to relative output of publications and the number of internationally
co-authored
papers. The purpose of this study is to characterise international
scientific cooperation in
Korea through the numbers of internationally co-authored papers covered by
the Science
Citation Index CD-ROM, 1994-1996. A total of 3,627 collaborative papers
published in
1,083 scientific journals were selected to analyse papers written in
collaboration between
Korea and other countries. The data reveal that Korea's coauthorship level
with other
countries was relatively high, representing 26.8% of national output. Among
the
collaborative papers, a large majority of the papers (84%) were authored by
researchers at
universities, while about 10% came from scientists at government-supported
institutes and
only 6% from industry. The country with the highest rate of cooperation with
Korea is the
USA (42%), followed by Japan, Italy, Germany, the UK and France. Considering
the strong
interaction between Korean and American science, economic and political
factors appear to
play a strong role in the international co-authorship process. The results
show clear
variation in levels of international cooperation according to the
disciplines: technology,
agriculture and earth sciences represent local interests, while physics,
chemistry and biology
are mainstream subjects.

KeyWords Plus:
SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION, SOUTH-KOREA, COLLABORATION, CHEMISTRY,
COUNTRIES, CITATION, PHYSICS

Addresses:
Kim MJ, Jeonju Univ, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Wansan Gu, 1200 Hyoja Dong 3
Ga,
Chonju, South Korea.
Jeonju Univ, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Wansan Gu, Chonju, South Korea.

Publisher:
BOWKER-SAUR LTD, E GRINSTEAD

IDS Number:
252GQ

ISSN:
0165-5515

Cited Author                            Cited Work
Volume      Page      Year

 *I SCI INF                     SCI CIT IND J CIT RE

 *MIN SCI TECHN         REP KOR SCI OUTP 199
1998
 *MIN SCI TECHN         SCI TECHN POL
1998
 *MIN SCI TECHN         YB KOR SCI TECHN
1997
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1994
 ARVANITIS R            SOC STUD SCI                            18       113
1988
 BRAUN T                        SCIENTOMETRICS                  33       263
1995
 BRAUN T                        SCIENTOMETRICS                  29       299
1994
 FERNANDEZ MT           SCIENTOMETRICS                  23       137
1992
 FRAME JD                       SOC STUD SCI                              9
481      1979
 KAHANER D              KOREA SCI I
1992
 KIM MJ                         INFORM PROCESS MANAG           32       357
1996
 KIM MJ                         J INFORM SCI                             24
113      1998
 LEWISON G                      SCIENTOMETRICS                  2731
93      1907
 MENDEZ A                       SCIENTOMETRICS                    24
137      1992
 MOED HF                        SCIENTOMETRICS                    21
291      1991
 NARIN F                        SCIENTOMETRICS                    21
313      1991
 NARVAEZBERTHELEMOT    J INFORM SCI                       19       389
1993
 OKUBO Y                        SCIENTOMETRICS                    25
321      1992
 RIEH H                         P 56 AM SOC INF SCI
165      1993
 SANCHO R                       SCIENTOMETRICS                    23
221      1992
 VALIGRA L                      SCIENCE                                 262
355      1993


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