Chen, P. Y., Sugimoto, C.R., Larivière, V. (2023). An examination of scientific collaboration between Taiwan and New Southbound Policy-target countries. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Scientometrics & Informetrics.
The New Southbound Policy (NSP) is generally considered a grand strategic plan for Taiwan to diversify its economy and reintegrate itself into the Indo-Pacific region in response to the changing global and regional geopolitics by fostering long-term partnerships with 18 neighboring countries. Promoting regional academic cooperation is part of resource sharing but receives little scholarly discussion. To better understand the collaboration pattern between Taiwan and NSP target countries, we describe five collaboration behaviors based on the Probability Affinity Index (PAI) and Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA): co-opt, solidarity, master–pupil (TWN-led or NSP-led), and non-preferred. The study finds that solidarity is the most prevalent collaboration behavior between Taiwan and eight NSP priority countries across 14 disciplines, whereas collaboration with non-priority countries is predominantly non-preferred or non-existence. Furthermore, collaboration behavior is highly correlated with the resemblance of cross specialization scientific profiles, with countries in the same cluster as Taiwan exhibiting collaborations between equals. The collaboration moves into master–pupil behavior as the profiles get increasingly dissimilar. This study highlights the heterogeneities in collaboration not fully captured by well-recognized factors such as physical distance, income level, and science & technology capacity.
Ce contenu a été mis à jour le 25 febrero 2025 à 10 h 44 min.
