本研究計畫擬探討學術合作(含國際合作與國內合作)對台灣學術研究水準的影 響。研究對象為物理、數學、與化學等三個領域，樣本包括具博士班的大學系所以及中 央研究院。各單位的論文相關資料取自科學引文索引（SCI-Expanded）資料庫。學術研 究水準以論文被引次數以及是否發表在核心期刊等2 種指標衡量。 本研究計畫將藉由資料整理，分析台灣自然科學領域的國際合作網絡(含國家與地 區)與國內合作網絡，並比較不同領域的學術合作網絡之差異；此外，本計畫將完成下 列議題：(1)探討有學術合作的論文，其水準是否較高? 並比較學術合作對不同領域的 影響; (2)學術合作策略中，國際合作是否比國內合作更能提升學術研究水準? (3)探討與 先進國家合作是否有助於發表在核心期刊? 抑或與鄰近國家從事具地域特色型研究可 得到較多的被引次數? (4)科學研究設備愈昂貴的領域，其國際合作的機會是否愈高? 而其國際合作的正面影響是否也較大?由本計畫的研究結果，我們可了解學術合作是否 有助於提升科學研究產出的水準？國際合作是否比國內合作更能提升學術研究水準? 此一結果有助於我們更有效率的從事學術資源的分配。
This research project intends to examine the impact upon the scientific research quality of academic collaborations, including international collaboration and domestic collaboration, among 14 major academic institutions. Three fields are studies, including physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The data are taken from the Science Citation Index – Expanded database. The quality of published article is measured by two variables: citations and whether published in cored journals or not. First, we will seek out the networks of international collaboration and domestic collaboration among three fields from the SCI-expanded dataset. Moreover, we will examine the impact of international collaboration and domestic collaboration on research quality. Then, we intend to answer the following questions: (1) whether collaborative research has higher quality; (2) which strategy of collaboration, international collaboration or domestic collaboration, is more effective in terms of upgrading research quality? (3) does the collaborative research with industrial countries produce more citations? (4) can the increasing trend in the international collaborations be attributed to the sharing of resources or equipment? The empirical results will help us understand the impact of academic collaborations upon Taiwan＇s scientific research quality, by which we can allocate the academic resources more efficiently.
