Research collaboration in Large Scale Research Infrastructures: Collaboration types and policy implications

Research Policy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 1282-1296

  D'Ippolito, Beatrice ^a   Rüling, Charles Clemens ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Université de Savoie Mont Blanc   (France)

Author keywords

Collaboration pattern; Large Scale Research Infrastructures (LSRIs); Partner (dis)similarity; Research collaboration

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON SOURCES;

COLLABORATION PATTERNS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; PARTNER (DIS)SIMILARITY; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 85060345698     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.01.011     Document Type: Article

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