Marini, G; (2018) International co-authorships and the role of the European Union as a funder: an Eastern European perspective. (CGHE Working Paper 39). Centre for Global Higher Education: London, UK.

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The paper investigates internationally co-authored publications between countries between 1995 and 2015. The paper tests if the European Union funding agency (as defined by InCites Web of Knowledge) has favoured Eastern European countries (East-E) comparing all publications against EU funded ones. This research question tentatively exposes the advantages in publishing under European Union schemes by the type of affiliation to the European Union itself. To do so, it identifies three sub-regions a priori: members of the European Union (East-EU); being an affiliated country to EU research schemes (East-AC); or neither (East-Ext). This is tested at three levels: number of publications (articles co-authored with at least one East-E presence); centrality of a given country in the global network of collaborations; and influence of research (average of categorical normalised citations index –CNCI). The findings show that the EU as a funder does play a positive role, although national differences within these three types of affiliation are more relevant than those between the three sub-regions. Findings suggest further research directed at understanding national policies concerning research, and how the European Union might consider its contribution in the wider European Research Area. These findings also suggest further research concerning the future of Eastern Europe, especially in a possible scenario of “two-speeds integration” of the European Union and the European Research Area.

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