Collaboration in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia (AUR 59 01)

By Ian Dobson. A report into the humanities, arts and social sciences in Australia stated: ‘In an era when collaboration is encouraged by institutions and by funding mechanisms, the pattern of collaboration is becoming an important consideration’ (Turner & Brass, 2014, p. 69). This paper seeks to explore aspects of collaboration in specific humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) fields in order to identify the extent of collaboration, the countries Australian HASS authors are collaborating with, and to test whether collaboration is associated with higher impact as reflected in citations. More...