Is International Collaboration Associated with Higher Citation Impact?

• September 16, 2026August 20, 2026

— by Sophia Zhang Introduction Research is increasingly conducted across national borders. By bringing together different ideas, resources and outcomes, international collaboration can expand the citation impact of research (Adams, 2013). Bibliometric studies have found that publications co-authored by researchers from multiple countries generally receive more citations than domestic or single-authored publications (Glänzel, 2001; Kwiek, 2021;…