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. 2020 Jul 21;15(7):e0236307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236307

Table 9. Regression analysis of the rate of pairwise collaboration between China and the United States in COVID-19 and pre-COVID-19 research.

Independent variable Dependent variable—China-United States Collaboration
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
COVID-19 0.014*** (0.004) 0.069*** (0.012) -0.060*** (0.014) -0.055 (0.036) 0.091*** (0.014) 0.20*** (0.026)
Sample Full Internationally collaborative articles Chinese authored articles Chinese authored articles with international collaborations United States authored articles United States authored articles with international collaborations
p-value .001 .000 .000 .131 .000 .000
N 10,432 3,915 3,012 976 3,324 1,662

Estimates stem from linear probability models specifications with dependent variables being dummy variables taking the value of 1 if the article contains a China-United States collaboration and independent variable being COVID-19 period or pre-COVID-19. All models include controls for type of article (formal/informal). The samples for the regression in model 1 is the full sample of articles, model 2 is just the set of internationally collaborative articles, model 3 is just Chinese authored articles, 4 is just Chinese articles authored with international collaborators, model 5 if just United States authored articles and model 6 is just United States authored articles with international collaborators.

Robust standard errors in parentheses.

*, **, *** denote statistical significance at p values of 0.1, 0.05 and 0.01.