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However, existing studies on data assets research rarely delve into key differentiating characteristics and core thematic priorities between Chinese and international samples of collaboration networks. Based on bibliometric methods and social network analysis, a systematic comparative analysis between Chinese collaboration networks and international collaboration networks is conducted via CiteSpace software by using core literature from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science Core Collection, developed by Clarivate Analytics (WoS). Through observation, we find that the number of publications in this field has reached a preliminary scale with distinct differences in research focus and collaborative features between cooperation networks in China (CNCs) and international cooperation networks (ICNs). In recent years, Chinese samples have primarily focused upon research themes related to data value realization, such as data rights confirmation, data assets accounting, and data trusts. The overall connectivity of CNCs seems relatively weak, and a stable core author group has not formed, while collaborations in CNCs are predominantly localized and short-term. In contrast, international samples in recent years have mainly addressed the contextual application of data assets, exhibiting a collaboration network characterized by multi-center, interdisciplinary, and cross-institutional synergy, while core authors in ICNs are closely interconnected and their connectivity and structure are generally stronger than those of CNCs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/publications13030038","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,18]],"date-time":"2025-08-18T13:28:22Z","timestamp":1755523702000},"page":"38","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["How Scholars Collaborate on Data Assets Research: A Systematic Comparative Analysis of Chinese and International Publications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2429-291X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yaqin","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Business, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China"}]},{"given":"Jinyuan","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Business, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7851-9230","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuequan","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"594","DOI":"10.1016\/j.joi.2011.05.007","article-title":"Identifying the effects of co-authorship networks on the performance of scholars: A correlation and regression analysis of performance measures and social network analysis measures","volume":"5","author":"Abbasi","year":"2011","journal-title":"Journal of Informetrics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"99","DOI":"10.1177\/014920639101700108","article-title":"Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage","volume":"17","author":"Barney","year":"1991","journal-title":"Journal of Management"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"892","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1165821","article-title":"Network analysis in the social sciences","volume":"323","author":"Borgatti","year":"2009","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_4","first-page":"5303","article-title":"Searching for intellectual turning points: Progressive knowledge domain visualization","volume":"101","author":"Chen","year":"2004","journal-title":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)"},{"key":"ref_5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"359","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.20317","article-title":"CiteSpace II: Detecting and visualizing emerging trends and transient patterns in scientific literature","volume":"3","author":"Chen","year":"2006","journal-title":"Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology"},{"key":"ref_6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1205","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bir.2024.07.008","article-title":"Does data assetisation improve corporate liquidity and corporate growth? 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