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1. New Dynamics of the Development Aid Regime.

Author

Hook, Steven

Subjects
*INTERNATIONAL economic assistance, *INTERNATIONAL relations
Abstract

This paper reviews the current global context of foreign aid,particularly the distribution of development aid among the primary national donors -- the United States, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, and France. The chapter examines the stated objectives of these programs and the link between foreign aid and very differing foreign-policy agendas. A central assumption is that foreign aid is a reflection of donors' broader objectives in world politics. By examining both the quantity and "quality"of current aid programs, we gain a better comparative grasp of the global ambitions of the world's major industrial powers. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2007

2. Characterising the background incidence rates of adverse events of special interest for covid-19 vaccines in eight countries: multinational network cohort study.

Author

Xintong Li, Ostropolets, Anna, Makadia, Rupa, Shoaibi, Azza, Rao, Gowtham, Sena, Anthony G., Martinez-Hernandez, Eugenia, Delmestri, Antonella, Verhamme, Katia, Rijnbeek, Peter R., Duarte-Salles, Talita, Suchard, Marc A., Ryan, Patrick B., Hripcsak, George, and Prieto-Alhambra, Daniel

Subjects
MYOCARDIAL infarction risk factors, STROKE risk factors, ANAPHYLAXIS, DISSEMINATED intravascular coagulation, INTERNATIONAL relations, PULMONARY embolism, PERICARDITIS, CONFIDENCE intervals, COVID-19 vaccines, CARDIOMYOPATHIES, APPENDICITIS, POSTVACCINAL encephalitis, AGE distribution, POPULATION geography, DISEASE incidence, BELL'S palsy, SEX distribution, NARCOLEPSY, GUILLAIN-Barre syndrome, DRUG side effects, THROMBOCYTOPENIA, TRANSVERSE myelitis, LONGITUDINAL method, DISEASE risk factors
Published
2021
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3. Academic collaboration rates and citation associations vary substantially between countries and fields.

Author

Thelwall, Mike and Maflahi, Nabeil

Subjects
AUTHORS, AUTHORSHIP, CONFIDENCE intervals, INTERNATIONAL relations, INTERPROFESSIONAL relations, MEDICAL research, SERIAL publications, STATISTICS, TEAMS in the workplace, BIBLIOGRAPHIC databases, DATA analysis, PERIODICAL articles, CITATION analysis, IMPACT factor (Citation analysis), DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Abstract

Research collaboration is promoted by governments and research funders, but if the relative prevalence and merits of collaboration vary internationally then different national and disciplinary strategies may be needed to promote it. This study compares the team size and field normalized citation impact of research across all 27 Scopus broad fields in the 10 countries with the most journal articles indexed in Scopus 2008–2012. The results show that team size varies substantially by discipline and country, with Japan (4.2) having two‐thirds more authors per article than the United Kingdom (2.5). Solo authorship is rare in China (4%) but common in the United Kingdom (27%). While increasing team size associates with higher citation impact in almost all countries and fields, this association is much weaker in China than elsewhere. There are also field differences in the association between citation impact and collaboration. For example, larger team sizes in the Business, Management & Accounting category do not seem to associate with greater research impact, and for China and India, solo authorship associates with higher citation impact in this field. Overall, there are substantial international and field differences in the extent to which researchers collaborate and the extent to which collaboration associates with higher citation impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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