The Antarctica Treaty System and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regime

Abstract: The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) came into force intending to end litigation and promote scientific cooperation. The regime was originally criticized but managed to gain international recognition. There remains, however, a doubt about its effectiveness in advancing international cooperati...

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Autor principal: Portella de Aguiar,Mônica Heinzalmann
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Publicado: Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile 2019
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spelling oai:scielo:S0719-376920190003000432020-02-04The Antarctica Treaty System and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regimePortella de Aguiar,Mônica Heinzalmann Antarctic Treaty System Regime evaluation International scientific cooperation Bibliometric Analysis Antarctic productivity Abstract: The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) came into force intending to end litigation and promote scientific cooperation. The regime was originally criticized but managed to gain international recognition. There remains, however, a doubt about its effectiveness in advancing international cooperation. This paper aims to evaluate, through bibliometric analysis and counterfactual tecnique, the effectiveness of the ATS in promoting international scientific cooperation. Using international co-authorship rates of scientific articles as an indicator, a case study was conducted in a scientific journal. The results show that international co-authorship in the journal was superior to the one of science and technology. Despite the inherent limitations of a case study, we concluded that ATS was effective in fulfilling the purpose of promoting international scientific cooperation.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de ChileEstudios internacionales (Santiago) v.51 n.194 20192019-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-37692019000300043en10.5354/0719-3769.2019.55653
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topic Antarctic Treaty System
Regime evaluation
International scientific cooperation
Bibliometric Analysis
Antarctic productivity
spellingShingle Antarctic Treaty System
Regime evaluation
International scientific cooperation
Bibliometric Analysis
Antarctic productivity
Portella de Aguiar,Mônica Heinzalmann
The Antarctica Treaty System and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regime
description Abstract: The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) came into force intending to end litigation and promote scientific cooperation. The regime was originally criticized but managed to gain international recognition. There remains, however, a doubt about its effectiveness in advancing international cooperation. This paper aims to evaluate, through bibliometric analysis and counterfactual tecnique, the effectiveness of the ATS in promoting international scientific cooperation. Using international co-authorship rates of scientific articles as an indicator, a case study was conducted in a scientific journal. The results show that international co-authorship in the journal was superior to the one of science and technology. Despite the inherent limitations of a case study, we concluded that ATS was effective in fulfilling the purpose of promoting international scientific cooperation.
author Portella de Aguiar,Mônica Heinzalmann
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title The Antarctica Treaty System and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regime
title_short The Antarctica Treaty System and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regime
title_full The Antarctica Treaty System and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regime
title_fullStr The Antarctica Treaty System and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regime
title_full_unstemmed The Antarctica Treaty System and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regime
title_sort antarctica treaty system and the promotion of international scientific cooperation: an evaluation of the regime
publisher Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile
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