Impelling research productivity and impact through collaboration: a scientometric case study of knowledge management

Figures & data

Fig. 1 a Internal research collaboration between authors 2000–2002. Source CRIS. b Internal collaboration between research disciplines 2000–2002. Source CRIS

Fig. 2 a Internal research collaboration by author 2009–2011. Source CRIS. b Internal collaboration between research disciplines 2009–2011. Source CRIS

Fig. 3 The graph shows the average weighted degree between researchers of the same research area in four triennia. Average weighted degree of researchers increased in all areas after knowledge management. Source CRIS

Fig. 4 Detected clusters of co-authors increased by over 50% after knowledge management. These co-author clusters increased in size throughout the study. The number of detected clusters and designated research groups quickly converged. Source CRIS

Fig. 5 Total scientific production as well as scientific production realized via collaboration increased under knowledge management. Source CRIS

Table 1 Scientometric outputs from Web of Science and CRIS

	2000–2002	2003–2005	2006–2008	2009–2011	2012–2014
WOS documents	234	514	659	734	1152
WOS citations	2628	4101	5684	5267*	5089*
CRIS journal articles	436	862	1348	1699	NA
CRIS conference proceedings	1059	1904	1907	1966	NA
CRIS books	103	159	308	408	NA
CRIS books chapters	150	337	682	768	NA

*Citations naturally take several years to accumulate, and these marked figures will continue to rise

Fig. 6 International collaborating institutions and internationally collaborative products. Source Web of Science

Fig. 7 Proportion of international collaboration is the number of publications with an international co-author divided by the total number of publications. To the extent that knowledge management has affected the university’s proportion of international research collaboration, it has correlated with research quality as measured by category normalized citations. Source Web of Science