The principal distinction drawn in this study is between research “internationalists” and “locals.” The former are scientists involved in international research collaboration while the latter group are not. These two distinct types of scientist compete for academic prestige, research funding, and international recognition. International research collaboration proves to be a powerful stratifying force. As a clearly defined subgroup, internationalists are a different academic species, accounting for 51.4% of Polish scientists; predominantly male and older, they have longer academic experience and higher academic degrees and occupy higher academic positions. Across all academic clusters, internationalists consistently produce more than 90% of internationally co-authored publications, representing 2320% of locals’ productivity for peer-reviewed articles and 1600% for peer-reviewed article equivalents. Internationalists tend to spend less time than locals on teaching-related activities, more time on research, and more time on administrative duties. Based on a large-scale academic survey ( N = 3704), some new predictors of international research collaboration were identified by multivariate analyses. The findings have global policy implications for resource-poor science systems “playing catch-up” in terms of academic careers, productivity patterns, and research internationalization policies.

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国际主义者和当地人：资源匮乏系统中的国际研究合作

本研究中得出的主要区别是研究“国际主义者”和“当地人”。前者是参与国际研究合作的科学家，而后者则不是。这两种不同类型的科学家争夺学术声望、研究资金和国际认可。国际研究合作被证明是一种强大的分层力量。作为一个明确定义的子群体，国际主义者是一个不同的学术物种，占波兰科学家的 51.4%；他们主要是男性和年龄较大的人，他们拥有更长的学术经验和更高的学位，并占据更高的学术职位。在所有学术集群中，国际主义者始终出版超过 90% 的国际合着出版物，代表本地同行评审文章生产力的 2320% 和同行评审文章等价物的 1600%。与当地人相比，国际主义者往往花在教学相关活动上的时间更少，而花在研究上的时间更多，行政职责上的时间也更多。基于大规模的学术调查 (N = 3704)，通过多变量分析确定了一些国际研究合作的新预测因素。研究结果对在学术生涯、生产力模式和研究国际化政策方面“追赶”资源贫乏的科学系统具有全球政策影响。基于大规模的学术调查 (N = 3704)，通过多变量分析确定了一些国际研究合作的新预测因素。研究结果对在学术生涯、生产力模式和研究国际化政策方面“追赶”资源贫乏的科学系统具有全球政策影响。基于大规模的学术调查 (N = 3704)，通过多变量分析确定了一些国际研究合作的新预测因素。研究结果对在学术生涯、生产力模式和研究国际化政策方面“追赶”资源贫乏的科学系统具有全球政策影响。