ERAnets Evaluation of Collaboration Among Participants of IST Research and their Evolution to Collaborations in the European Research Area (ERA)

TL;DR

This paper evaluates collaboration networks in IST research within the European Research Area using developed tools, providing insights into their evolution and impact on European research integration.

Contribution

It introduces specific tools and methods for assessing collaboration networks in IST research within the ERA, focusing on FP6 calls 1 and 2.

Findings

Assessment of collaboration network structures

Insights into evolution of research collaborations

Impact analysis on European research integration

Abstract

This report presents the final results of a study, 'Evaluation of Networks of Collaboration in IST Research within the European Research Area' (ERAnets), conducted for the European Commission. The ERAnets project developed and applied tools and methods to evaluate the networks of collaboration in information society technologies (IST) within the European Research Area (ERA), focusing on calls 1 and 2 of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).