The scholarly impact of private sector research: A multivariate analysis

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Highlights:

• We investigate the scientific impact of Italian private research as compared to public research.

• We also delve into the relation between different types of research collaboration and impact of resulting publications.

• We examine Italian 2010–2017 publications indexed in WoS.

• 70% of publications by the Italian private sector are in collaboration public research institutions.

• Industry only publications show a lower impact than that recorded for public only publications.

• Public-private joint research leads to publications of greater impact.

摘要

•We investigate the scientific impact of Italian private research as compared to public research.•We also delve into the relation between different types of research collaboration and impact of resulting publications.•We examine Italian 2010–2017 publications indexed in WoS.•70% of publications by the Italian private sector are in collaboration public research institutions.•Industry only publications show a lower impact than that recorded for public only publications.•Public-private joint research leads to publications of greater impact.

论文关键词:Industry,Research collaboration,Research evaluation,Bibliometrics,Italy

论文评审过程:Received 29 December 2020, Revised 14 June 2021, Accepted 28 June 2021, Available online 20 July 2021, Version of Record 20 July 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101191