Impact of research funding on nanobiotechnology scientific production: Does concentration in a few universities make sense?

This study measures the impact of university-funded research and collaboration on scientific production of Canadian nanobiotechnology academics. This paper analyses a time-related model of the impact of academic research financing and network structure on research output measured by the number of papers and on the number of citations received by these publications. Results suggest that individual funding and a strong position in the past collaborative network has a positive effect on research output. In contrast to a number of studies, contracts are not found to have a negative influence on publication, quite the contrary. No impact of research funding is found on the number of citations received by an article.