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Geographical proximity and scientific collaboration

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Geography, economic, socio-political and language are considered to be factors that effect the level of research collaboration. However, to-date no technique has been developed to isolate the effect of geographical proximity from the other factors. This paper presents a methodology for specifically examining geographical effects on intra-national scientific collaboration. An investigation of intra-national university-university collaboration in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom using this technique demonstrates that research cooperation decreases exponentially with the distance separating the collaborative partners.

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Katz, J.S. Geographical proximity and scientific collaboration. Scientometrics 31, 31–43 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02018100

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