Statistical relationships between corresponding authorship, international co-authorship and citation impact of national research systems
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Highlights：
• This is a methodological paper exploring indicators of research leadership based on corresponding authorship.
• It examines the relationships between corresponding authorship, international co-authorship and citation impact of national research systems.
• It combines of ideas developed at Scimago Research Group and those from the Centre for Science and Technology Studies.
• The analyzed relationships are influenced by a country’s phase of scientific development and the coverage policy of the database.
• Moreover, one should distinguish a genuine leadership effect from a purely statistical effect due to the use of a fractional counting.
摘要
•This is a methodological paper exploring indicators of research leadership based on corresponding authorship.•It examines the relationships between corresponding authorship, international co-authorship and citation impact of national research systems.•It combines of ideas developed at Scimago Research Group and those from the Centre for Science and Technology Studies.•The analyzed relationships are influenced by a country’s phase of scientific development and the coverage policy of the database.•Moreover, one should distinguish a genuine leadership effect from a purely statistical effect due to the use of a fractional counting.
论文关键词：Citation analysis,Corresponding authorship,International co-authorship,Collaboration,Research guarantor,Phase of scientific development
论文评审过程：Received 28 February 2018, Revised 30 August 2018, Accepted 2 October 2018, Available online 16 October 2018, Version of Record 16 October 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2018.10.004
