Research centers of the world: Strength, networks and nodality. An analysisbased on bibliometric indicators

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This paper is the first presentation of the major research metropoles of the world in terms of research strength, interrelations and nodality within the global research networks. The data are papers in Science Citation Index 1996–98 produced by authors from “greater” urban regions of the world analyzed in general terms using indicators as coauthorship and citings. The recent shifts in the industrial geography combined with the advancement of regional and urban competition setfocus on different themes. The importance of the knowledge base in regional and urban competition is generally recognized although relations between urban and regional economic growth and knowledge level are far from clear. The nine top-level international research nodes of the world are Amsterdam-Hague-Rotterdam- Utrecht, Basel-Mulliouse-Freiburg, Copenhagen-Lund, Genéve-Lausanne, London, Mannheim-Heidelberg, Montreal, Paris and the San Francisco Bay Area. When also counting national links five other centers find their way into the top-level as research nodes, Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia. Most United States centers of prominence are more national oriented than most of the European cities as are most of the centers of Great Britain and Germany. Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 100: 61–70.

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