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Indo-French Cooperation In Water Sciences:Capturing Research Dynamics through Co-Authorship Analysis


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1 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies Campus, Pusa Gate, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, India
 

Water scarcity and quality are among the key challenges of the 21st century. Compelling necessity to address this problem has led to the emergence of various types of international collaboration. India is one of the countries seriously affected by water scarcity and quality. International collaboration has emerged as an important component of India’s strategy for mitigating the water-related challenges. One of the key linkages in India’s international cooperation in water sciences is observed with France. This cooperation has led to the establishment of two joint laboratories: Indo-French Centre for Groundwater Research and Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences.

The present study examines the structure of this research cooperation through co-authorship analysis. Analysis over a period of time showed that authors from the two laboratories played a key role in developing the network. The importance of this network is also discussed.


Keywords

Co-Authorship Network, International Collaboration, Research Dynamics, Social Network Analysis, Water Sciences.
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Authors

Shilpa
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies Campus, Pusa Gate, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, India
Sujit Bhattacharya
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies Campus, Pusa Gate, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, India

Abstract


Water scarcity and quality are among the key challenges of the 21st century. Compelling necessity to address this problem has led to the emergence of various types of international collaboration. India is one of the countries seriously affected by water scarcity and quality. International collaboration has emerged as an important component of India’s strategy for mitigating the water-related challenges. One of the key linkages in India’s international cooperation in water sciences is observed with France. This cooperation has led to the establishment of two joint laboratories: Indo-French Centre for Groundwater Research and Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences.

The present study examines the structure of this research cooperation through co-authorship analysis. Analysis over a period of time showed that authors from the two laboratories played a key role in developing the network. The importance of this network is also discussed.


Keywords


Co-Authorship Network, International Collaboration, Research Dynamics, Social Network Analysis, Water Sciences.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi09%2F1668-1674