Peer Reviewed Research

Policy Networks in Complex Governance Subsystems: Observing and Comparing Hyperlink, Media, and Partnership Networks

Policy Studies Journal

2016

Hongtao Yi examines how methods for observing policy networks have not kept up with the development of new network analytic techniques required to understand governance in complex settings.

2016

This study, published in Environmental Politics, questions whether cities’ termination of their ICLEI affiliation diminishes their implementation of sustainability actions.

Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability

Public Administration Review

2017

Hongtao Yi investigates why various mechanisms of cooperation among local authorities are chosen using the theoretical lens of institutional collective action.

Measure of National Return in International Science Cooperation

STI 2018 Conference Proceedings

2018

This article suggests a measure for the impact of international collaboration in science

The Collaborative Era in Science

2018

This book, written by Caroline Wagner, argues that the global network of science has ushered in a new era of collaboration that is changing the playbook for science policy.

Research Policy

2019

Professor Caroline Wagner tests for novelty and conventionality in international research collaboration.

Global Science for Global Challenges

Handbook on Science and Public Policy

2019

Professor Caroline Wagner explores the application of complex systems theory to understand the rapid growth of international collaboration, particularly as it can be applied to global challenges.

Measuring the Impacts of Research Investments: Beyond the Economic Approach

Social Science Research Network

2020

Professor Caroline Wagner uses data to identify possible measures for the social benefits of research.

PLoS One

2020

Professor Caroline Wagner seeks to understand whether a catastrophic and urgent event, such as the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerates or reverses trends in international collaboration

China’s Scholarship Shows Atypical Referencing Patterns

Scientometrics

2021

Professor Caroline Wagner analyzes reference pairs in articles to search for unexpected referencing combinations at the journal–journal level