When it comes to scientific collaborations, China’s cities are much less interconnected than those in the United States.
Although many cities boast multiple research institutions that readily collaborate with each other, research is rarely confined by city limits. The frequency and depth of collaborations between scientists who live and work in different places helps to create strong hubs of research and innovation. When mapping out which cities are collaborating with which, clear differences emerge between China and the United States.
The United States has a much more complex network of collaborations between its cities whereas China’s network is heavily centralized around Beijing and Shanghai.This graphics show the 40 biggest collaborations between cities in China and the United States in the Nature Index by bilateral collaboration score for the year 2021. The width of the connections represents the collaboration scores and the size of the circles show a city’s total Share in the Index.
Source: Nature Index; data analysis: Bo Wu; infographic: Tanner Maxwell, Simon Baker and Benjamin PlackettThe city collaboration network in the United States is centred around three primary hubs — the New York metropolitan area , Boston MA and San Francisco Bay Area. Compared with China, there are fewer cities within the US top 40 collaborations, but the cities tend to be more interlinked.
Source: Nature Index; data analysis: Bo Wu; infographic: Tanner Maxwell, Simon Baker and Benjamin Plackett
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