Does scientific collaboration increase the impact of ecological articles?

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We examined the effects of different types of collaboration on the citation rates of 837 research papers published in Oecologia from 1998 through 2000. Multiauthored papers had higher annual citation rates, but also higher self-citation rates, than single-authored papers. Interdisciplinary collaboration between institutions increased citation rates, whereas in-house collaboration reduced them. Contrary to our predictions, international collaboration had no effect on the citation rates of ecol...

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Authors: Leimu, R; Koricheva, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BIOSCIENCE
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 438-443
• Publication date: 2005-05-01
• DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0438:DSCITI]2.0.CO;2
• ISSN: 0006-3568
• Language: English
• Keywords: domestic collaboration; coauthorship; citation rates; multidisciplinarity; international collaboration