This paper summarises the findings from previous studies of research collaboration in New Zealand and presents a new analysis of collaboration in New Zealand universities.
Key Results
- the rate of inter-institutional collaboration in indexed journal publications by New Zealand university authors has increased since the PBRF was introduced
- the rate of increase has broadly matched that of other sectors in New Zealand (such as Crown Research Institutes), or rates of increase in universities in other countries
- although we cannot tell what would have happened to inter-institutional collaboration if the PBRF had not been introduced, the PBRF does not appear to have hindered growth in inter-institutional collaboration
- a feature of inter-institutional collaboration in New Zealand universities is a low rate of overall collaboration, but high relative rates of international collaboration.