Identifying the configurations leading to the central position in the inter-country research collaboration network: Evidence from tracking configurations over time with fsQCA

Sadeghinezhad, Mahsa; Noghani Dokht Bahmani, Mohsen; Asgharpourmasouleh, Ahmadreza

doi:10.22034/ijism.2023.1989063.1033

Identifying the configurations leading to the central position in the inter-country research collaboration network: Evidence from tracking configurations over time with fsQCA

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mahsa Sadeghinezhad ¹

Mohsen Noghani Dokht Bahmani ²

Ahmadreza Asgharpourmasouleh ³

¹ Ph.D. Candidate in Economic Sociology and Development, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

² Associate Prof., Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

³ Assistant Prof., Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijism.2023.1989063.1033

Abstract

During the last two decades, less than 10% of countries have had the necessary capacities for high participation in international research activities. These countries have occupied central positions in the inter-country research collaboration network. This study, using the theoretical framework of the social system, tried to understand which subsystems were involved in achieving the central position. Based on the theoretical model of the research, an empirical study was conducted using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to identify the political, economic, social, and cultural factors that simultaneously led to the central position in the inter-country research collaboration network from 2002 to 2017. Data was analyzed through two novel methodological strategies: fuzzy-set ideal type analysis and strategy of multiple periods, single fsQCA. The results indicated the existence of twenty types of central countries and four causal configurations leading to the central position. This study concludes that in liberal democratic states, at least two political and economic subsystems exist. In non-liberal democratic states, at least three political, economic, and social subsystems must intervene to achieve the central position. By identifying causal configurations leading to the central position through the social system framework and strategies of tracking configurations over time with fsQCA, this study contributes to the literature on international research collaboration. It also offered suggestions to improve the semi-peripheral countries' position.

Keywords

Research collaboration

Co-authorship network

Central Position

Configuration

fsQCA

20.1001.1.20088302.2024.22.1.18.5

Subjects

Social Networks

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