Indicator: H2020 regional typologies

This section answers how can regions be grouped according to their relatedness. By means of a cluster analysis, different regional typologies are identified able to group regions with similar levels of centrality and connectivity according to 5 groups. These typologies are obtained from the results of the key indicators above, for both 2015 and 2020.
Five typologies (# of regions in 2015/2020) emerge from the analysis, named according to their main characteristics:

1. The Mainstream Strugglers (n = 131 / 115): Regions with an overall below average performance.
2. The Mainstream Performers (n = 53 / 66): Leading regions with an overall above average performance.
3. The Silent Partners (n = 74 / 82): Regions that participate in projects but do not coordinate networks regions, which may have a negative overall impact on performance, as these regions also rank poorly across all other flow variables and external indicators.
4. The Constrained Dependents (n = 17 / 8): Regions that relate only to a small set of partners/networks.
These regions have an excessive dependence on a main partner, as senders and receivers, which comes associated with overall poor performance.
5. The Superstars (n = 12 / 14): Large, powerful regions that dominate the rankings consistently. They gather the size, density, GDP and population profile to enable a strong performance in research flows and often dominate their national flows.