Sino-Norwegian collaboration in science: An analysis based on articles in Web of Science

Abstract

China is the world’s largest nation in terms of scientific publishing and now contributes to one third of all articles in Web of Science. China and the USA are the largest and most intense collaborators in the global network of scientific collaboration. Norway’s collaboration with China has increased over the years following a general European trend that reflects the growth of China in science and technology. However, Norway slightly deviates from the general trend by collaborating less with China than the other Nordic countries and the EU countries do. Nevertheless, China has become Norway’s largest collaboration partner in the technological sciences and in some of the natural sciences. The most active research collaboration of mutual interest is seen in research on climate change.