Motivaciones y dinámica de la cooperación científica bilateral entre Argentina y Espa？a: la perspectiva de los investigadores

the cooperation activities between spanish and argentine researchers are analyzed in this article. the motivations, the origin, the development, the difficulties, and the benefits of the cooperation processes between the two scientific communities, could be studied through a survey made to authors -from both countries- of joint publications indexed in the isi web of science. the study provides an overall view of the experiences and subjective perspectives of the involved actors themselves, about the logics that guide and characterize the bilateral cooperation processes between these two ibero-american countries. the approach of the survey -an innovation in studies of international scientific cooperation- is useful to better understand the internationalisation of the science and technology nowadays.