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How to measure the degree of independence of a research system?

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The French bibliographic data-base PASCAL is used to study relations between Research Systems in terms of dependance of a periphery upon a Center.

The deployment of disciplines, the productivity and the use of mother tongue of 9 developped countries are quantified (on the Life Science file only).

This dependance is also quantified by reference to who studies whom, and in which language the results are available. A search in Life Science and Earth Science files by means of subject terms added by PASCAL indexers at input to papers published by 5 developped countries working on fourteen Latino-american and African countries.

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  1. CNRS-CDST, 26 rue Boyer, 75.020, Paris, (France)

    M. Jagodzinski-Sigogneau

  2. Ecole des Mines, Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, 62 Bld St. Michel, 75.006, Paris, (France)

    J. -P. Courtial

  3. CNAM-Centre Science, Technologie et Société, 2 rue Conté, 75.141, Paris Cedex 03, (France)

    B. Latour

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Jagodzinski-Sigogneau, M., Courtial, J.P. & Latour, B. How to measure the degree of independence of a research system?. Scientometrics 4, 119–133 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02018450

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