Opportunities to upgrade the scientific disciplines space

Néstor Gandelman; Osiris J. Parcero; Flavia Roldán

doi:10.4067/S0718-88702022000200049

Authors

Néstor Gandelman Universidad ORT Uruguay
Osiris J. Parcero Kazakh-British Technical University
Flavia Roldán Universidad ORT Uruguay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-88702022000200049

Keywords:

Revealed comparative advantage, revealed proximity, scientific production

Abstract

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.

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