Lo local y lo global de la colaboración científica: ¿qué significa, y cómo visualizarlo y medirlo?

Abstract

In a context in which there is great interest in intensifying international collaboration within scientific practice, this paper presents an approach on how to measure and visualize international collaborative work at the institutional level. As a case study, the three areas in scientific research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico were considered. The information was obtained from the Web of Science database, Core Collection, and all production made with participation of foreign institutions (co-authorship) from 1981 until 2013 was also considered. In order of measuring the international collaboration, we built an index based on the number of collaborations per institution, weighting these links on the base of their consistency during the considered period. A second index was calculated taking into account foreign institutions and countries of origin. Visualizations were made with Pajek._x005F_x000D_ C1 [Jung, Nina] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Univ & Educ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico.