Importance of Collaborative Research

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Due to its many benefits, collaborative research has been greatly encouraged in the last decade. It helps researches from different disciplines share knowledge and resources. Furthermore, the government has specifically created grants for collaborate research as an incentive to collaborate research (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative). Besides the many benefits, there are also countless problems that may rise from collaborative research that must be dealt with at a very diplomatic level. These problems greatly increase when research is done overseas. Many discoveries have risen from the collaborate work of peers that hold different cultural and ethical backgrounds.

As technology and science phase their best era, international collaboration has increased tremendously. Communication across the globe is no longer a barrier and neither is transportation. Something that is lacking, however, is education about other cultures around the globe. This could prevent many problems that often attack the oversea research environment. Simple issues that are easy to overlook can become huge messes when not taken into consideration. Examples of this are measuring systems due to their inconsistency across the globe. Bribery is very common in most of the world and so is under wage, which can interfere with accurate results and length of research. In addition, terms vary among cultures and languages causing extreme confusion. Problems of these sources and others have been barriers to international researchers for decades, but its late popularity has brought it to the attention of governments. With this in mind, the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services jointly with the University of Mi...

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...nd the fund, but authors should be those who put intellectual knowledge into the work (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative)*. Partners should not be exploited. Credit must be giving to whom it deserves it (Glew 282).

Although not the focus when reading peer reviewed journals, much credit should be given to reports of this nature. The success of abroad study rests on a team that is open minded, patient, honest, unselfish, and for those who are not native, availability to learn and understand the culture. Open and sincere communication a throughout the research process is a key to success. No one should have to assume anything, everything must be set clear and transparent; “the crucial point is to presume nothing and to put everything on the table for discussion as early in the relationship as possible” (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative).

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