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The Øresund Bridge boosts science ranking
Copenhagen nearly doubled its co-authored research papers when the Øresund Bridge was constructed, according to a new social science study by Christian Matthiessen.
According to Matthiessen, the more physical links cities have, the more successful research institutions will be overall.
He and his team of researchers identified the world’s largest research centres and ranked them in by the amount of research they produce and calculated growth rates. They found that the more connected cities were with other cities and their research institutions, the better they ranked among a series of qualifications. One such factor being co-authorship with other research centres.
- First, serendipitous encounters are more likely when two actors are in close vicinity. Secondly, the needed face-to-face interaction comes at a cost related to distance. Thirdly, the rules of the game in the form of funding, labour market regimes, intellectual property rights and languages constrain interaction, in particular between nation-states, says Christian Matthiessen to the University of Copenhagen University Post.
Copenhagen has, and still is, increasing its citations per paper. Combined with Sweden, Copenhagen is twice as ‘important’ as a research institution, Matthiessen says.
So what is the recipe for making it to the top, where cities like Tokyo and London reign?
- It will take, as it will all over the world, more money and more cooperative policy in the regions between research parks, private business and universities. They should be working together, concludes Christian Matthiessen.
