engElPub - ELectronic PUBlishing2018-06-20Connecting the Knowledge...Long Papers10.4000/proceedings.elpub.2018.244613journal articleGlobal Scholarly Collaboration: from Traditional Citation Practice to Direct CommunicationSergey Parinov0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8333-2657Victoria Antonova1Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics of the RASHigher school of EconomicsThe development of recent research information systems allows a transformation of citations in the full text of research papers into interactive elements. Such interactivity in some cases works as an instrument of direct scholarly communications between citing and cited authors. We discuss this challenge for research e-infrastructure development including opportunities for improvements in research cooperation and in collaboration mechanisms for the global research community.http://elpub.episciences.org/4613/pdfscholarly communicationCitations as interactive elementscollaborationcooperationshared mental models[SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences