How Do Researchers Conduct Scientific Collaboration across Universities?

Abstract

The primary aim of this study is to discover the mechanisms behind knowledge production. Previous studies primarily explained research collaboration at a personal level by the researcher, showing how each country’s characteristics influence research methods through the distribution of participating researchers and their nationalities. However, two things have not been considered. First, existing studies did not consider the effects of social contexts that can influence the knowledge production process. Second, studies so far have not confirmed the contents of the results that may arise from the collaboration. To supplement these gaps, by analyzing 18,537 articles in the field of sociology from 2020 to 2022, This study confirms that differences in research collaboration methods and content may correspond to the status of the universities with which the first authors are affiliated.