Internationalists excel in research/publications

Although an article comparing research and publication records of internationalists and locals in Europe indicates that no cause-effect can be determined, internationalists (those who engage across national borders) are almost twice as productive. The limitation of the study is that more productive scholars may have more access to international networks to support their work. Nevertheless, that there is a pattern of higher productivity when scholars reach across borders is an important finding in itself. As academics in other areas of the world consider whether or not the findings are applicable to them, the fact that Europe's Erasmus framework was created to establish greater access and mobility should be understood as the policy basis for such advances.