Do central country authors of an international co-authored publication network obtain a high research impact from their international co-authored publications? This study addressed the issue by examining countries’ quantity of scientific publications. We proposed that countries with fewer scientific publications would gain more benefits from their central positions (both degree centrality and betweenness centrality) because their authors’ limited domestic scientific knowledge motivated them to share and access more knowledge during the collaborations. Data from international co-authored publications in the creativity field from 29 countries during 2000-2014 provided support for the hypotheses. Suggestions for international research collaboration policy making are discussed.

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国际合着出版网络的中心国家作者是否获得了很高的研究影响？

国际合着出版网络的中心国家作者是否从他们的国际合着出版物中获得了很高的研究影响？这项研究通过检查各国科学出版物的数量来解决这个问题。我们建议科学出版物较少的国家将从其中心地位（程度中心性和中介中心性）中获得更多好处，因为作者有限的国内科学知识促使他们在合作期间分享和获取更多知识。2000-2014 年期间来自 29 个国家的创意领域国际合着出版物的数据为假设提供了支持。讨论了国际研究合作政策制定的建议。