Jones, BF (Jones, Benjamin F.); Wuchty, S (Wuchty, Stefan); Uzzi, B (Uzzi, Brian) Multi-University Research Teams: Shifting Impact, Geography, and Stratification in Science SCIENCE, 322 (5905): 1259-1262 NOV 21 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: uzzi at northwestern.edu 

Author(s): Jones, BF (Jones, Benjamin F.); Wuchty, S (Wuchty, Stefan); 
Uzzi, B (Uzzi, Brian) 

Title: Multi-University Research Teams: Shifting Impact, Geography, and 
Stratification in Science

Source: SCIENCE, 322 (5905): 1259-1262 NOV 21 2008  

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Keywords Plus: COMMUNICATION; COLLABORATION; DISTANCE 

Abstract: This paper demonstrates that teamwork in science increasingly 
spans university boundaries, a dramatic shift in knowledge production that 
generalizes across virtually all fields of science, engineering, and 
social science. Moreover, elite universities play a dominant role in this 
shift. By examining 4.2 million papers published over three decades, we 
found that multi- university collaborations (i) are the fastest growing 
type of authorship structure, (ii) produce the highest- impact papers when 
they include a top-tier university, and ( iii) are increasingly stratified 
by in- group university rank. Despite the rising frequency of research 
that crosses university boundaries, the intensification of social 
stratification in multi- university collaborations suggests a 
concentration of the production of scientific knowledge in fewer rather 
than more centers of high- impact science. 

Addresses: [Jones, Benjamin F.; Uzzi, Brian] Northwestern Univ, JL Kellogg 
Grad Sch Management, Evanston, IL 60208 USA; [Jones, Benjamin F.] Natl Bur 
Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA; [Wuchty, Stefan; Uzzi, Brian] 
Northwestern Univ, NW Inst Complex NICO, Evanston, IL 60208 USA; [Uzzi, 
Brian] Univ Calif Berkeley, Haas Sch Business, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA 

Reprint Address: Uzzi, B, Northwestern Univ, JL Kellogg Grad Sch 
Management, Evanston, IL 60208 USA. 

E-mail Address: uzzi at northwestern.edu 

Cited Reference Count: 17 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE 

Publisher Address: 1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA 

ISSN: 0036-8075 

DOI: 10.1126/science.1158357 

29-char Source Abbrev.: SCIENCE 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Science 

Source Item Page Count: 4 

Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 374HC 

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