Study on the status of international cooperation in the field of advanced manufacturing technology—based on the Inspec database

Abstract

Abstract Based on the data of indexed papers from Inspec database, scientometrics and statistics‐related analysis methods are used to study the overall development trend of international cooperation in advanced manufacturing, the characteristics and evolution of major countries in four dimensions of cooperation scale, cooperation intensity, cooperation dominance rate, cooperation impact, and cooperation network from 2011 to 2020, and this article focuses on the changing trend of China and the differences existing with other countries. The study shows that cooperation in advanced manufacturing has an upward trend, with China and the US having a clear lead in cooperation scale and intensity. China leads the most in the aspect of international cooperation in the field of advanced manufacturing, while the US. is at the heart of a network of cooperation across the field.

Keywords

• advanced manufacturing
• cooperation intensity
• Inspec database
• international cooperation