L'internationalisation de la science. Une analyse bibliométrique

Internationalisation of Science
To what extent has the globalisation of business been fostered by a strong development of international scientific cooperation? Yoshiko Okubo intends here to measure the degree of internationalisation of science, using a bibliometric analysis of works by experts from different countries.
Although this is not a perfect indicator, she was able not only to demonstrate that a growing proportion of scientific products are co-signed by authors from different countries, but she proved as well that geopolitical, historical and cultural factors – in brief, affinities between countries – are playing an important role in establishing links of cooperation or competition.
Also, science policies vary among countries: some (Japan, Sweden) recognize their weaknesses and send their researchers abroad; others (for example, United States and France) tend to be host countries; in other cases, exchanges are balanced (Germany, Netherlands).