Proximity at a distance: the role of institutional and geographical proximities in Vancouver’s infection and immunity research collaborations
研究了制度邻近和地理邻近如何影响温哥华感染与免疫研究人员的合作，发现两者都重要，但地理邻近不能完全弥补制度距离，且以个人为分析单位揭示了多重隶属关系的作用。
This article explores the role of proximity in facilitating scientific collaboration. It argues that multiple dimensions of proximity exist and analyses their influences on Vancouver, Canada’s infection and immunity research network based on individual-level co-authorship patterns. It finds strong support for institutional and geographic proximities and limited support that geographical proximity can compensate for a lack of institutional proximity.Using individuals as the unit of analysis, this article addresses a methodological shortcoming of previous studies that took organisations as the unit of analysis. In doing so, the role that multiple affiliations play within this network is highlighted.