Can cross-university collaboration be facilitated by establishing institutes to promote team science?
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Weber G, Contractor N, Gopal S, Lungeanu A, Tyshchuk Y. Can cross-university collaboration be facilitated by establishing institutes to promote team science?. Oral presentation at 2017 SciTS Conference. Clearwater Beach, FL. Jun 13, 2017. Centers and Institutes To Promote Team Science What Leads to Success? Online at: http://www.scienceofteamscience.org/2017-agenda..
Accelerating high impact, collaborative scientific
endeavors is a priority for many in the biomedical
research community. A recent Nature Index
Collaborations report noted “of the 100 strongest
partnerships between two institutions around the
world, nearly half are between pairs of research
organizations in the same city or metro area.” However,
the report cautions that “proximity is just one factor
driving collaboration”. In particular, it suggests that
part of the reason why Harvard University and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have the
highest collaborative index of any pair of institutions
across the world is a joint venture called the Broad
Institute of MIT and Harvard. We sought to test
this hypothesis through a bibliometric analysis of
publications from Broad and the nearby Whitehead
Institute for Genome Research. Both were founded
to promote a deeply collaborative approach in the
area of genome research, and they both support
collaborations that span Harvard and MIT. We found
that when controlling for year, Broad and Whitehead
publications show similar impact, with 117.3 and
114.6 citations respectively per article. However,
even when institutions are organized to promote
collaborations, the structure of the resulting teams
can differ. When controlling for field, publications
with Broad involvement have more than double the
citation count of Harvard or MIT publications without
Broad involvement. Broad publications also have more
collaborators than Whitehead publications (17.43
authors vs 8.85), and typically have collaborators
from a much wider cross-section of other institutions.
Further, Broad publications tend toward a clinical focus,
partnering more often with faculty from Harvard’s
affiliated hospitals. We will share our findings on what
may contribute to the unique impact these institutes
have, as well as what distinguishes each. We will
highlight key features that other organizations can
adopt to accelerate their own collaborative endeavors
Language(s):
English
Type of Publication:
Oral presentation
Keywords:
scits 2017 conference, presentation, institutions, collaboration
Addresses these goal(s):
- Establish or maintain effective team science endeavors
- Provide institutional support for team science
Resource created by Jane Hwang on 10/3/2017 11:45:40 AM.