TY - JOUR AU - Gandelman, Néstor AU - Parcero, Osiris J. AU - Roldán, Flavia PY - 2022/12/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Opportunities to upgrade the scientific disciplines space JF - Economic Analysis Review JA - Rev. anal. econ. VL - 37 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://www.rae-ear.org/index.php/rae/article/view/911 SP - 49-67 AB - Research resources in a given scientific domain may spill over into other close scientific disciplines, thereby improving performance. Using bibliometric data from the SCImago database drawn from a sample of 174 countries, we implement a measure of proximity-based on revealed comparative advantage (RCA) as a specialization or activity index. Our estimates show that proximity between disciplines positively and significantly related to the publication growth rate. ER -