Analysis of Scientific Research Collaboration Preferences of Chinese Representative Cities and Institutions in the Field of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
Objective To investigate the scientific research collaboration preferences of Chinese representative cities and institutions in the field of pharmacology and pharmacy.Methods The social network analysis method was used to construct a collaborative network of the top 500 cities and top 500 institutions with large publication quantity in the field of pharmacology and pharmacy worldwide from January 2021 to August 2023,the intermediary centrality and clustering coefficient were calculated.Meanwhile,the performance of the top 20 representative cities and institutions with large publication quantity in China were visually and quantitatively analyzed.Results Over the past three years,the intermediary centrality of the top 20 cities in China remained stable,with the lowest clustering coefficient continuously decreasing and the extremum increasing year by year;Beijing's tendency for international collaboration in the field of pharmacology and pharmacy ranked first.The difference in the total quantity of publications among representative institutions was relatively small,with no obvious gap formed,which was consistent with the trend of publication quantity of cities.With the scale of publications decreased,the comprehensive universities such as Fudan University and Zhejiang University had the strong preference for international collaboration.Conclusion The overall publication quantity and international collaboration preference in the field of pharmacology and pharmacy among cities and research institutions in China is gradually decreasing,while Beijing,Shanghai,Fudan University,and Zhejiang University maintain much enthusiasm in international collaboration.
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