Do scholars' collaborative tendencies impact the quality of their publications? A generalized propensity score matching analysis

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Qiuling Liu, Lei Guo, Yiping Sun, Linlin Ren, Xinhua Wang, Xiaohui Han

Published: 2024, Last Modified: 06 Feb 2026J. Informetrics 2024EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•We introduce a novel GPSM method to establish causal links between collaboration modes and paper citation numbers.•We uncover a significant “inverted U-shaped” relationship between authors' participation tendencies and papers' quality.•We innovatively incorporate authors' structural attributes in cooperative networks into covariates.