Duque, RB; Ynalvez, M; Sooryamoorthy, R; Mbatia, P; Dzorgbo, DBS; Shrum, W "Collaboration paradox: Scientific productivity, the Internet, and problems of research in developing areas" Social Studies of Science , 35 (5): 755-785 OCT 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address:
R.B. Duque :  rduque1 at lsu.edu
M. Ynalvez :  mynalv1 at lsu.edu
R. Sooryamoorthy: sooryamoorthyr at ukzn.ac.za
P.M. Batia : pmbatia2002 at yahoo.com
DBS Dzorgbo : ddzorgbo at yahoo.co.uk
W. Shrum    : shrum at lsu.edu


Author(s): Duque, RB; Ynalvez, M; Sooryamoorthy, R; Mbatia, P; Dzorgbo,
DBS; Shrum, W

Title: Collaboration paradox: Scientific productivity, the Internet, and
problems of research in developing areas

Source: SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE, 35 (5): 755-785 OCT 2005
Abstract: We examine the ways in which the research process differs in
developed and developing areas by focusing on two questions. First, is
collaboration associated with productivity? Second, is access to the
Internet (specifically use of email) associated with reduced problems of
collaboration? Recent analyses by Lee & Bozeman (2005) and Walsh & Maloney
(2003) suggest affirmative answers to these questions for US scientists.
Based on a comparative analysis of scientists in Ghana, Kenya, and the
State of Kerala in south-western India (N 918), we find that: (1)
collaboration is not associated with any general increment in productivity;
and (2) while access to email does attenuate research problems, such
difficulties are structured more by national and regional context than by
the collaborative process itself. The interpretation of these results
suggests a paradox that raises issues for future studies: those conditions
that unsettle the relationship between collaboration and productivity in
developing areas may undermine the collaborative benefits of new
information and communication technologies.

Reprint Address: Duque, RB, Louisiana State Univ, Dept Sociol, Baton Rouge,
LA 70803 USA.

E-mail Address: rduque1 at lsu.edu; mynalv1 at lsu.edu;
sooryamoorthyr at ukzn.ac.za; pmbatia2002 at yahoo.com; ddzorgbo at yahoo.co.uk;
shrum at lsu.edu

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