---
title: "Research collaboration research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “research collaboration” appeared in 647 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (338), economics (71) and health economics and policy (69)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “research collaboration” appeared in 647 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (338), economics (71) and health economics and policy (69). (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T00:03:46+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# Papers on “research collaboration”

Research on “research collaboration” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “research collaboration” appeared in 647 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (338), economics (71) and health economics and policy (69).
- 81 of them were published in 2025, against 67 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Nanjing University (13), Peking University (9) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (8).
- The journals publishing most of them were Scientometrics (75), Journal of Informetrics (37) and Health Research Policy and Systems (22).
- The most-cited of them is “A meta systematic review of artificial intelligence in higher education: a call for increased ethics, collaboration, and rigour” (International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024), with 852 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 38 | 24 | 26 | 41 | 30 | 37 | 31 | 41 | 38 | 32 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 67 | 52 | 47 | 89 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 72 | 81 | 53 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 75 |
| 2 | [Journal of Informetrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-informetrics.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [Minerva](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/minerva.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Higher Education Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education-policy.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 4 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Nanjing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 9 |
| 3 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 8 |
| 4 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 7 |
| 7 | Université de Montréal | 6 |
| 8 | National Science Library | 5 |
| 9 | [University of British Columbia](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-british-columbia.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [University of Technology Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-technology-sydney.md) | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 82 |
| 2 | United States | 45 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 25 |
| 4 | Canada | 20 |
| 5 | Germany | 18 |
| 6 | Australia | 16 |
| 7 | Italy | 16 |
| 8 | India | 15 |
| 9 | Spain | 11 |
| 10 | Brazil | 10 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [research trends](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/research-trends.md) | 36 |
| 2 | [citation impact](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/citation-impact.md) | 24 |
| 3 | co-authorship networks | 21 |
| 4 | co-authorship | 20 |
| 5 | research productivity | 20 |
| 6 | science policy | 13 |
| 7 | university-industry collaboration | 12 |
| 8 | research funding | 11 |
| 9 | disciplinary differences | 10 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 852 | 25.4 | [A meta systematic review of artificial intelligence in higher education: a call for increased ethics, collaboration, and rigour](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00436-z) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2024-01-18 | Melissa Bond, Hassan Khosravi, Maarten F. de Laat et al. |
| 2 | 754 | 8.3 | [The dark side of coproduction: do the costs outweigh the benefits for health research?](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0432-3) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2019-03-28 | Kathryn A. Oliver, Anita R. Kothari, Nicholas Mays |
| 3 | 577 | 17.7 | [Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0: A manifesto of open challenges and interdisciplinary research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102301) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2024-02-15 | Luca Longo, Mario Brčić, Federico Cabitza et al. |
| 4 | 491 | 4.2 | [A bibliometric-based survey on AHP and TOPSIS techniques](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.02.016) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2017-02-09 | Shaher H. Zyoud, Daniela Fuchs-Hanusch |
| 5 | 368 | 3.5 | [Emerging trends and new developments in information science: a document co-citation analysis (2009–2016)](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2695-9) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2018-03-07 | Jianhua Hou, Xiucai Yang, Chaomei Chen |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “research collaboration”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/research-collaboration

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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-research-collaboration,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “research collaboration”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/research-collaboration}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).