Role Of Collaborative Research Research Articles

African women migration researchers and the question of reflexivity

Reflexivity has received a lot of attention in recent years, but there is little on how to initiate reflexivity amongst those who are not familiar with it. This paper explores how to initiate reflexivity work and what difference it can make to the initiates in how we research and what we write about, and how this work can be done collaboratively between women in different locales. It breaks new ground by drawing on duo-reflexivity between three African women migration researchers reflecting on their role in collaborative research. In doing so, it unravels the complexities of insider-outsider status in global-North/South research and shows the importance of intersectional reflexivity, which addresses gender, social class, nationality, research setting, and discipline as we researched migration and inclusive growth in Africa. The paper unpacks gender as a category and how we approach it, how we experience it as part of our daily researching lives, and as a research topic in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria. Furthermore, we throw a global South perspective on taken for granted categories such as income to show how reflexivity is important when researching migrants and non-migrants for a global audience. The paper ends with some thoughts on our experience of undertaking this reflexivity exercise. We offer this as an invitation to researchers, especially those from the global South, who may also be new to reflexivity.

Enriching the educational psychologist’s researcher identity and role in collaborative research: A cultural-historical activity theory perspective

Aims and rationaleWithin the profession of educational psychology (EP), debates on the extent of EP research activity in the UK continue. Indeed, there may be a disconnection between the spectrum of EP research activity, its publication and its acknowledgement in academic and policy output. However, the focus of this article is not to elaborate upon this further but rather to consider the educational psychologist’s research identity. Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) as an analytical and theoretical framework has been explored in EP practice (Leadbetter, 2017) but is instead presented here for the enrichment of EP research identity and skills, and to develop a more nuanced understanding of collaborative research.FindingsThe complexity of the nature of enquiry that underpins EP practice and systemic change processes is complimentary to the socio-cultural and historical factors in national EP practice.ConclusionsFurthermore, to bridge disconnects between academic and practitioner research, it is proposed that EP research identity can also be enhanced by locating this in the academic discourse of inter-disciplinary and collaborative research.

The National COVID Cohort Collaborative: Analyses of Original and Computationally Derived Electronic Health Record Data.

BackgroundComputationally derived (“synthetic”) data can enable the creation and analysis of clinical, laboratory, and diagnostic data as if they were the original electronic health record data. Synthetic data can support data sharing to answer critical research questions to address the COVID-19 pandemic.ObjectiveWe aim to compare the results from analyses of synthetic data to those from original data and assess the strengths and limitations of leveraging computationally derived data for research purposes.MethodsWe used the National COVID Cohort Collaborative’s instance of MDClone, a big data platform with data-synthesizing capabilities (MDClone Ltd). We downloaded electronic health record data from 34 National COVID Cohort Collaborative institutional partners and tested three use cases, including (1) exploring the distributions of key features of the COVID-19–positive cohort; (2) training and testing predictive models for assessing the risk of admission among these patients; and (3) determining geospatial and temporal COVID-19–related measures and outcomes, and constructing their epidemic curves. We compared the results from synthetic data to those from original data using traditional statistics, machine learning approaches, and temporal and spatial representations of the data.ResultsFor each use case, the results of the synthetic data analyses successfully mimicked those of the original data such that the distributions of the data were similar and the predictive models demonstrated comparable performance. Although the synthetic and original data yielded overall nearly the same results, there were exceptions that included an odds ratio on either side of the null in multivariable analyses (0.97 vs 1.01) and differences in the magnitude of epidemic curves constructed for zip codes with low population counts.ConclusionsThis paper presents the results of each use case and outlines key considerations for the use of synthetic data, examining their role in collaborative research for faster insights.

A bibliometric analysis of global scientific research output on Gum Arabic

Gum Arabic (GA) is an edible dried sticky exudate from the Acacia seyal and Acacia senegal trees (Fabaceae), which is widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The goal of this study is to analyze the current state of research related to this important natural product. In total, 1411 publications, including 1393 data-driven and 18 review articles focused on GA, were identified from the Scopus database. We found that publications on GA were significantly increased globally after 2015. Moreover, the United States (U.S), India, and the United Kingdom (U.K.) are countries that have played a leading role in collaborative research on GA. Furthermore, our analyses revealed that Wrexham Glyndwr University, University of Edinburgh, and the University of Khartoum are currently the top producers of research. We also found that articles on GA were mainly published in Food hydrocolloids and Carbohydrate Polymers. Furthermore, G.O. Phillips, D.M.W. Anderson, and P.A. Williams were the most productive researchers on GA. In addition, our analyses revealed a significant correlation (r = 0.745, p < 0.01) between the total number of citations (TNC) and journal impact factor (IF), as well as a strong association between TNC and h-index (r = 0.891, P < 0.001) among published articles. Lastly, the U.S. had the highest influence among countries (TNC = 3646) followed by China (TNC = 3103). To date, a large increase in GA research has occurred in several countries outside of North America, Europe and Asia. However, this research activity in GA-producing countries is still in its infancy compared to other regions of the world.

The role of collaborative research in learning to incorporate values of the public in social&amp;#8211;ecological system governance: case study of bushfire risk planning

Values of the public are a key and dynamic component of bushfire governance SES. Learning to work with these values is a significant challenge for government and environmental managers and an important aspect of policy transition in many contexts. During such transitions, collaborative research can play a key role in social learning, but this may be particularly challenging for agencies with dominant expertise in technical and ecological domains. We examined how collaborative research supported social learning to incorporate values of the public in bushfire governance in the State of Victoria, Australia. Following disruption of a major bushfire, new policy directions were established, including greater attention to expectations and participation of communities in bushfire management. Among other actions, the state environmental agency supported this policy transition by establishing a 3-year research collaboration to better understand and incorporate values of the public in their decision making. As both participants and observers of this research, we analyzed publications, unpublished internal reports, and notes from meetings and workshops to identify how the collaborative research facilitated and constrained learning. Analysis revealed how collaborative research presents interruptions in the form of questioning of plans and routines (including of researchers), joint concept development, collection and sharing of new information, tensions within the research collaboration, idea generation building on research insights, and action research to develop new tools or frameworks. These forms of disruption operated in different ways, involving different groups of actors, levels of collaboration, and opportunities for feedback, and these in turn had implications for the forms of learning that occurred. Collaborative research also identified constraints to learning that, in some instances, set the stage for further learning, for example through capacity building and further research.

Visualizing Collaboration Characteristics and Topic Burst on International Mobile Health Research: Bibliometric Analysis.

BackgroundIn the last few decades, mobile technologies have been widely adopted in the field of health care services to improve the accessibility to and the quality of health services received. Mobile health (mHealth) has emerged as a field of research with increasing attention being paid to it by scientific researchers and a rapid increase in related literature being reported.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to analyze the current state of research, including publication outputs, in the field of mHealth to uncover in-depth collaboration characteristics and topic burst of international mHealth research.MethodsThe authors collected literature that has been published in the last 20 years and indexed by Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). Various statistical techniques and bibliometric measures were employed, including publication growth analysis; journal distribution; and collaboration network analysis at the author, institution, and country collaboration level. The temporal visualization map of burst terms was drawn, and the co-occurrence matrix of these burst terms was analyzed by hierarchical cluster analysis and social network analysis.ResultsA total of 2704 bibliographic records on mHealth were collected. The earliest paper centered on mHealth was published in 1997, with the number of papers rising continuously since then. A total of 21.28% (2318/10,895) of authors publishing mHealth research were first author, whereas only 1.29% (141/10,895) of authors had published one paper. The total degree of author collaboration was 4.42 (11,958/2704) and there are 266 core authors who have collectively published 53.07% (1435/2704) of the total number of publications, which means that the core group of authors has fundamentally been formed based on the Law of Price. The University of Michigan published the highest number of mHealth-related publications, but less collaboration among institutions exits. The United States is the most productive country in the field and plays a leading role in collaborative research on mHealth. There are 5543 different identified keywords in the cleaned records. The temporal bar graph clearly presents overall topic evolutionary process over time. There are 12 important research directions identified, which are in the imbalanced development. Moreover, the density of the network was 0.007, a relatively low level. These 12 topics can be categorized into 4 areas: (1) patient engagement and patient intervention, (2) health monitoring and self-care, (3) mobile device and mobile computing, and (4) security and privacy.ConclusionsThe collaboration of core authors on mHealth research is not tight and stable. Furthermore, collaboration between institutions mainly occurs in the United States, although country collaboration is seen as relatively scarce. The focus of research topics on mHealth is decentralized. Our study might provide a potential guide for future research in mHealth.

Morphometric analysis of mandibular foramen and lingula – A dry bone study

Gum Arabic (GA) is an edible dried sticky exudate from the Acacia seyal and Acacia senegal trees (Fabaceae), which is widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The goal of this study is to analyze the current state of research related to this important natural product. In total, 1411 publications, including 1393 data-driven and 18 review articles focused on GA, were identified from the Scopus database. We found that publications on GA were significantly increased globally after 2015. Moreover, the United States (U.S), India, and the United Kingdom (U.K.) are countries that have played a leading role in collaborative research on GA. Furthermore, our analyses revealed that Wrexham Glyndwr University, University of Edinburgh, and the University of Khartoum are currently the top producers of research. We also found that articles on GA were mainly published in Food hydrocolloids and Carbohydrate Polymers. Furthermore, G.O. Phillips, D.M.W. Anderson, and P.A. Williams were the most productive researchers on GA. In addition, our analyses revealed a significant correlation (r = 0.745, p < 0.01) between the total number of citations (TNC) and journal impact factor (IF), as well as a strong association between TNC and h-index (r = 0.891, P < 0.001) among published articles. Lastly, the U.S. had the highest influence among countries (TNC = 3646) followed by China (TNC = 3103). To date, a large increase in GA research has occurred in several countries outside of North America, Europe and Asia. However, this research activity in GA-producing countries is still in its infancy compared to other regions of the world.

Operations and supply chain management

Purpose Based on the combined experiences of operations and supply chain management (O&amp;SCM) scholars and a reflective practitioner, the paper compares, contrasts and reconciles the competences needed to research O&amp;SCM practice and to practice O&amp;SCM research. The purpose of this paper is to locate these competences for young faculty in relation to their ambitions and career choices. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based upon the contributions made at European Operations Management Association 2014 Young Scholars Workshop (YSW). The theme and programme of the workshop was “Operations management – research and practice”. Findings The paper outlines first the concept of the YSW, the evolution of themes and the specific focus of the 2014 workshop. It concludes with a reflection on the career development of O&amp;SCM scholars, their potential role, as academics or practitioners, in the development of O&amp;SCM theory and practice, and the role of collaborative research in that development. Practical implications This paper shows what it takes for O&amp;SCM researchers to engage with “the world around us” involves and, vice versa, how “doctorate” OM and SCM practitioners may successfully solve practical problems and engage with the O&amp;SCM world surrounding them in doing so. Originality/value The paper presents a collection of viewpoints of O&amp;SCM scholars and a reflective practitioner on the competences needed to research OM practice and to practice OM research.

Equal Collaboration in HUSK

Equality emerges as a key value for collaboration between academics, practitioners, and users in HUSK. The aim of the author in this analysis is to explore how the norm of equality is reflected in the HUSK projects, the strategies used to promote equality, and issues that emerge when equality is challenged by the participants involved. Particular attention is given to the roles of the service users who saw themselves as being “in the same boat” as all the other HUSK project participants. Strategies to promote equality include the redistribution of tasks carried out by participants and serious recognition of the different contributions made by the participants. In addition to focusing on the role of collaborative research and shared work, the author draws upon the moral philosophy elaborated by Skjervheim and the meaning of vulnerability elaborated by the phenomenological moral philosopher Løgstrup.

Neo-colonialism and research collaboration in Central Africa

The study examines aspects of both neo-colonial ties and neo-colonial science in research papers produced by Central African countries. The primary focus is on the extent and pattern of neo-colonial ties and other foreign participation in the co-authorship of Central African research papers. The analysis revealed that 80% of Central Africa’s research papers are produced in collaboration with a partner from outside the region. Moreover, 46% of papers are produced in collaboration with European countries as the only partner, and 35% in collaboration with past colonial rulers. The top collaborating countries are France (32%), the USA (14%), and the UK and Germany (both 12%). Foreign powers also facilitate the production of regionally and continentally co-authored papers in Central Africa, where European countries participate in 77% of regionally co-authored papers. The practice of neo-colonial science, on the other hand, features in a survey of reprint authors of Cameroonian papers. The survey investigated specific contributions made by Cameroon coauthors to the research processes underlying a paper. Cameroonian researchers contribute intellectually and conceptually to the production of research papers, irrespective of whether the collaboration involves partners from past colonial or non-colonial countries. Their most frequent role in collaborative research with foreign researchers remains the conduct of fieldwork.

On the background of the development of semiconductor technology in Japan : the role of collaborative research

On the background of the development of semiconductor technology in Japan : the role of collaborative research

Building Capacity through Partnerships: The Use of Community Collaborative Evaluation and Research to Build Capacity for HIV/AIDS Prevention

The purpose of this special issue is to address the role community collaborative research can play in the development of prevention evaluation research and intervention capacity on a local level through community organizations and/or local health departments and on a statewide level through infrastructure developed through collaboration between public health and research systems. This issue will focus on projects from the California Collaborative Research Initiative (CCRI)—a partnership between the California State Office of AIDS (OA) and the Universitywide AIDS Research Program (UARP) at the University of California, Office of the President. Projects included in this special issue demonstrate the need for community research; illustrate strategies for using community collaborations as a process and mechanism for building multidirectional capacity for researcher, local health departments, CBOs and communities; and locate capacity building in the context of intervention evaluation. In a concluding article, best practices for collaboration and evaluation capacity building from projects will be synthesized and linked with statewide evaluation systems designed to illustrate the translation of local capacity into statewide support mechanisms. To establish a context for projects presented, the following introduction will provide a conceptual framework for the role of collaborative research as a capacity-building mechanism, locate the California community collaborative initiative within this framework, and outline the premise, contribution, and organizational structure of this special issue.