'external collaborator' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone who is working with you from outside your organization or company. For example, you could say "We are working on this project with the help of an external collaborator."
Contact the GCA if unsure which best categorizes the project's external collaborator.
An example of an external collaborator that has chosen to support XMetDB is the WikiPathways project [35], which contributed code to support exporting data in GPML format [36].
"I became our company's scientific contact for work that was being done by an external collaborator, and so it was my job to keep both parties up to speed on our mutual progress," Todd says.
Although these projects may have substantial value (both globally and locally), they are often dependent on the ongoing interests of the external collaborator and, therefore, fail to develop sustainable, broad-based research capacity in the country.
However, both internal and external stakeholders interviewed were more or less unanimous that the initiative for collaboration was coming more from external collaborators rather than the College.
Staff described communication and collaboration with a wide range of external collaborators, including: palliative care specialists from local hospices and hospitals; district nurses; the care home support team; physiotherapists; mental health specialists; counsellors; and complimentary therapists.
Designing incentives both financial and nonfinancial— that attract external collaborators is crucial with any of the four modes of collaboration.
Designing incentives both financial and nonfinancial that attract external collaborators is crucial with any of the four modes of collaboration.
External collaborators should be included in this enumeration.
The final consideration in staffing global projects is selecting these external collaborators.
Our results suggest that just over 10% of inventions involve an external co-inventor and about 23% involve external (non-co-inventor) collaborators (with 27% involving any external collaborators).
