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ES Latin America-China scientific cooperation through international co-publications: asymmetries and opportunities of a relationship below its potential
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Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (Fce). Instituto de Investigaciones en Gestión, Desarrollo y Control de las Organizaciones (IGEDECO)/Observatorio Latinoamérica-China (OLAC).
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5421-4556
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Andres Rabosto
Universidad de Buenos Aires
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6421-9044
Abstract
In recent decades, China has emerged as a global scientific power. This position has been accompanied by an expansion of its international scientific cooperation network. However, despite China's consolidation as one of Latin America's main economic and political partners, scientific integration with the region has not followed a parallel trajectory. This study analyses patterns of scientific cooperation through international co-publications, revealing asymmetries and opportunities in a relationship that is below its potential. The findings show that, although there has been an increase in the number of joint publications, the intensity of collaboration is still low and uneven. In terms of the number of joint publications, China ranks between 20th and 13th as a partner of the countries in the region, a position that is not related to its current scientific relevance or its economic integration with the region. On the other hand, the Latin American region as a whole participates in only 2% of China's international co-publications. The article argues that for the relationship between Latin America and China to reach its potential, it is necessary for Latin American countries to define a strategy for engagement with China in which scientific cooperation plays a prominent role, while at the same time developing appropriate cooperation institutions and funding mechanisms.
Keywords:
Latin America, China, Scientific Cooperation, Co-publicationsReferences
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