Building Research Collaboration in Global Environments

Abstract

Good collaboration is important for success in many areas of our lives and is absolutely essential for research. Collaboration is the logical choice for institutions and researchers and has become increasingly commonplace. The number of authors per publication has increased across all disciplines since the 1980s, and international collaboration has been found to have increased from 14% to 24% of papers. Join this one-hour webinar presented by Springer Nature, Choice, and the ACRL, where our guests Rebecca Cooney, PhD, Chief Editor of Nature Mental Health, and Simon Baker, Chief Editor of Nature Index, will be sharing latest insights and discussing the following topics: - Data insights on current research trends globally - Collaboration and big science - Current findings about global North-South collaboration - How science in cities can benefit rural areas through collaboration - The benefits of collaboration - Facilitating research collaboration from editorial perspective - Roles that librarians and information managers can play to support their researchers