20.500.12556/RUL-177245 Bridging borders or widening gaps? The dynamics of European scientific collaboration networks The study explores a dynamic co-authorship network among European countries between 1990 and 2023 that arose from an interplay of geographical, linguistic, and historical factors which influenced the scientific collaboration. In the analysis, bibliometric data from OpenAlex are used in Indirect Blockmodeling (IB) and Dynamic Stochastic Blockmodeling (DSBM) to examine patterns in three critical periods: rise of the Internet (1994–2003), enlargement of the EU (2004–2013), and the European Research Area (ERA) initiatives (2014–2023). The findings reveal exponential growth in the number of co-authored publications, an overall increase in intra-cluster collaboration, notably in the Balkan, Scandinavian, and Western clusters, coupled with persistent regional disparities. Despite EU policy interventions, collaborations between Western and non-Western regions remain limited. The study shows the need for targeted measures to ensure scientific networks across Europe are more inclusive and balanced. temporal co-authorship network European countries EU research policy stohastic blockmodeling blockmodeling OpenAlex časovna mreža soavtorstva evropske države raziskovalna politika EU stohastično bločno modeliranje OpenAIex bločno modeliranje stohastična analiza true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-12-18 16:58:22 2025-12-18 16:58:26 2026-06-10 11:35:14 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 7005-7030 iss. 12 Vol. 130 Dec. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 001.891 1588-2861 10.1007/s11192-025-05499-5 260663299 Cugmas_et_al_Scientom.pdf Cugmas_et_al_Scientom.pdf 1 EAF1AC543D147F299A0A9DBF1E633C67 138f7568c6279f422b47c24bfeeeca56d45ec0e8b44c319587132689da96ec8f b4bf2abb-01ad-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=227151 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-025-05499-5 0 bc913570-01ad-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=227153 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0