Research Article
30 January 2025

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the International Collaboration on Academic Papers in Mainland China: Taking Economics as an Example

Publication: Journal of Scholarly Publishing
Volume 56, Number 1

Abstract

Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quantity and quality of international collaborative academic papers is one of the important issues in promoting the internationalization of academic research. Taking economics as an example, based on the data of international collaborative papers in mainland China for a total of four years (2018–2022) before and after the epidemic, this article analyses the outputs, the main collaborating countries, and the changes in quality of international collaborative papers in mainland China through bibliometric methods. Research shows that in the early times of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a brief surge (or outbreak) in academic output and international collaboration. In the middle and later times, due to multiple impacts of the pandemic and technological blockade, the quantity and quality of international collaborative papers in China declined significantly, especially with developed countries, mainly the United States. The research suggests the necessity of continuing to promote the internationalization of academic research and promote academic innovation.

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Volume 56Number 1January 2025
Pages: 128 - 150

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Published in print: January 2025
Published online: 30 January 2025

Keywords:

  1. academic output quality
  2. COVID-19
  3. international collaboration
  4. research papers

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Biography: Sihui Huang is a librarian at the Library of Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Huang’s research interests include scientometrics.
Library of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Biography: Yinuo Li is a master’s candidate at the School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Li’s research interests include scientometrics.
School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Biography: Xilin Yuan is the corresponding author. Yuan is a research librarian and supervisor at the School of Economics and Management, Library of Southeast University, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Yuan’s research interests include academic evaluation and think tank research.
School of Economics and Management, Library of Southeast University, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

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