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Purpose: This study aims to examine the connection between scholars' research performance and the multidisciplinary nature of their collaborative research. Furthermore, in response to mixed results regarding the effects of multidisciplinarity on research performance, this study explores how human resource management (HRM) practices may moderate this link. Design/methodology/approach: The authors built a model based on the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence found in the review of diversity and HRM literature. The authors also performed a quantitative study based on a sample of scholars in the field of management. Different econometric estimations were used to test the proposed model. Findings: The results of this empirical analysis suggest that multidisciplinary research has a non-linear effect on research performance. Certain HRM practices, such as development and collaboration, moderated the curvilinear relationship between multidisciplinarity and performance, displacing the optimum to allow higher performance at higher levels of multidisciplinary research. Originality/value: The paper provides advances on previous works studying the curvilinear relationship between multidisciplinarity and the researchers' performance, confirming that multidisciplinarity is beneficial up to a threshold beyond which these benefits are attenuated. In addition, the findings shed light on important issues related to team-oriented HRM practices associated with the outcomes of multidisciplinary research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing from the Ability–Motivation–Opportunity (AMO) framework, this paper aims to study the influence of academic researchers' ability, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and opportunity on their performance. We conducted an empirical analysis using a sample of 607 academic researchers to examine the relationships between the three AMO dimensions and scientific performance. The findings reveal that academic researchers' ability, intrinsic motivation, and opportunity are positively associated to their scientific performance, whereas extrinsic motivation has a negative nonlinear association. The results also show two- and three-way interactions between ability, motivation, and opportunity. This paper makes an essential contribution to the literature by showing the linear and nonlinear effects of AMO dimensions on academic researchers' performance. Thus, the study highlights the importance of each AMO dimension in the academic context, offering broad-scale guidance about which decisions on employee relations will advance scientific performance at universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Interdisciplinary research is increasingly recognized for its potential to advance scientific frontiers and address global challenges. However, its impact on scientific research is uncertain, due to numerous obstacles stemming from the established disciplinary systems. This study investigates faculty members from China's State Key Laboratories (SKLs) of universities and explores how interdisciplinarity relates to their subsequent research performance. The findings reveal that interdisciplinarity does not significantly impact faculty members' research performance, but it does contribute to the quality of research outcomes. Specifically, previous interdisciplinarity in the knowledge integration stage aids faculty in publishing articles in high-impact journals, while in the knowledge dissemination stage, it leads to more articles in high-impact journals and highly-cited articles. However, the study discovers that interdisciplinarity has not led to an increase in the applicability of research outcomes, underscoring the potential limitations of interdisciplinary research in tackling development challenges within the Chinese context. The paper proposes several insights for enhancing interdisciplinary research based on these findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines research performance of management academics in the Group of Eight (Go8) Australian universities using SCOPUS publication data. Normative research profiles for journal publications, book publications, citations, and h -index are provided for each academic level. The number of journal publications are reported for seven different journal ranking lists. The average Go8 management scholar increases the number of total journal publications per year by 56% over their entire publishing career, but does not increase the number of top international journal publications per year. Importantly, the top quartile of Go8 management scholars – who account for 70% of top journal publications and 79% of journal citations – already achieve world class productivity in the top international journals. We hope Go8 Deans and Heads of School use the research performance benchmarks to inform faculty recruitment, tenure and promotion decisions. JEL Classification: I23, M1, M19 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There has been an increasing interest in research performance in recent years. However, in previous studies, research performance has generally been measured by traditional methods. In this study, a model based on multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods is proposed to evaluate the research performance of universities. In order to apply the proposed model, the research performance of 88 universities was analyzed with MCDM methods. The research performance of universities was examined with six criteria in total in the dimensions of productivity and impact with the last 5 years of data from InCites Benchmarking and Analytics. First, the criteria were weighted by CRITIC, MEREC, and Entropy methods. Each of these criteria weights was analyzed separately with ARAS, MABAC, and TOPSIS methods and a total of nine different rankings were obtained. The different ranking values were combined using the Borda function and the final ranking of each university was determined. According to the results of the study, the most important productivity criterion in performance evaluation is "number of documents in Q1 per academic staff" and the most important impact criterion is "h-index excluding self-citations per academic staff." In this study, 88 universities were ranked according to their research performance with the proposed model. Validation and sensitivity findings showed that the proposed model is a robust, consistent and stable methodology for measuring research performance. With the methods proposed in this research, the research performance of researchers, countries and academic units as well as universities can be analyzed. Plain language summary: Examining the research performance of universities The research performance of universities is important for reasons such as financial constraints on universities, the benefits of prestige and reputation, performance-based grants, and the ability to attract students and academics. Therefore, there has been an increasing interest in research performance in recent years. However, in previous studies, research performance has generally been measured by traditional methods. In this study, a model based on multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods is proposed to evaluate the research performance of universities. In order to apply the proposed model, the research performance of 88 universities was analyzed using MCDM methods. The research performance of universities was analyzed by using the proposed model with a total of six criteria in the dimensions of productivity and impact. First, the importance level of the criteria, that is, the weight values, were determined by three different MCDM methods. Using these criteria weights, universities were ranked according to their research performance by three different MCDM methods. In this study, 88 universities were ranked according to research performance with the proposed model. Validation and sensitivity findings showed that the proposed model is an objective and robust methodology for measuring research performance. With the methods proposed in this research, the research performance of researchers, countries and academic units as well as universities can be analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Higher education is grappling with challenges from globalization. The competition between worldwide universities depends not only on the availability of infrastructure and faculty members' teaching quality but also on their research performance. The research produced by faculty members has a significant impact on a university's standing, ability to acquire funds, and ability to enroll both domestic and international students. The objective of this paper is to identify factors affecting scientific research productivity in selected higher educational institutes. The paper reports the views of academic staff from different educational institutes on such issues as the determinants of research performance. A quantitative analysis approach, including correlation and regression, in addition to deep learning, was utilized to achieve the aim of the paper. The findings of this research demonstrate that the support of academic institutes for enhancing research and providing facilities and funds for such purpose has a great impact on research performance. The allocation of hours of scientific research to the faculty member also had a positive impact on the improvement of scientific research. Linking career promotion and scientific research encourages faculty members to publish more papers. Moreover, the level of qualification for faculty members has a great impact on their rate of publishing papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The standards of research depend on the maintenance and coordination of research activities that are conducted by the teachers in higher education institutions. The flexibility in ordinances and statutes empowers the higher education institutions to frame the guidelines that empower the research competence of the teachers. This descriptive research has collected the data from 451 regular teachers of higher education institutions from different areas of discipline for the research. The results of the study show that there is a significant difference in measures of the perceptions of the teachers towards the relationship between organization ethos and research competence in higher education institutions. The study indicates the practical and academic importance for teachers to enhance research performance of higher education institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research excellence is one of the key missions of universities and an important engine for socio-economic development. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected academic research in many ways. This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research performance of science and engineering faculty members in China's top research universities. It is found that the pandemic caused a decline in the numbers and quality of published articles, and the effects persisted over time. The negative effect of the pandemic on research excellence was more pronounced in the older faculty groups and departments of science. In addition, the pandemic has harmed international research collaborations among academics, which is likely to obstruct research excellence in the long run. In the end, this paper proposes several policy recommendations to reinvigorate universities' capacity for research innovation in the post-pandemic era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of national research systems is a top priority on the policy agendas of many countries. This study focuses on one aspect of the macroeconomic efficiency of research systems: whether research institutions specialize in scientific domains where they have a competitive advantage. To evaluate this, we developed a novel methodology. This methodology measures the scientific specialization indices of each organization in various research fields and assesses their relative research productivity. It then examines the correlation between these scores and between the resulting rankings. We applied this methodology to Italian universities. We found that a significant rank correlation between universities' field specialization and their performance appears only in a few areas, and overall, the rankings are completely unrelated. Providing such data to research managers and policymakers can help inform strategies to enhance both micro- and macro-level efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the effects of administrative positions and research performance on the probability of winning the Outstanding Achievement Award for Research in Institutes of Higher Education (Humanities and Social Sciences) using a unique dataset of faculty members from a prestigious university in China. The following findings are derived. First, administrative positions significantly affect the probability of winning the award, with higher administrative positions correlating with a greater likelihood of winning the award. Second, research performance also significantly affects the probability of winning the award, with better research performance correlating with a greater likelihood of winning the award. Third, administrative positions further amplify the impact of research performance on the probability of winning the award. These findings imply that academic awards may be influenced by administrative power in the universities in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the measurement of research performance. These studies evaluate a country or groups of countries according to their research performance and make some inferences to improve their performance. This study analyses the research performance of Turkish higher education, which aims for higher positions in international rankings, in the context of publication productivity, impact and collaboration with data based on Web of Science and comprehensive indicators for the years 1980–2022. In addition, research area-based analyses were also made. In this way, by presenting Türkiye's performance from past to present in a comprehensive manner, rich information has been provided to policy makers, decision makers, and practical implications have been made for the improvement of performance. According to the results of the study, Türkiye has been faced with low productivity for many years. Both the area-based analyses and the results for the overall publication impact revealed that although there has been an increase in publication impact in recent years, Türkiye's publication impact has performed below the world average in all years examined. The results indicated that Turkish higher education has some problems in terms of quality. As for research collaboration, the results showed that Türkiye gives more importance to domestic collaborative publications rather than international collaboration, while industry collaboration continues to remain in the background. Based on the results of the study, practical implications for policy makers and decision makers were made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to identify, review, and study trends in scientific publications on organizational ecosystems for inclusive development in Indonesia. This study examines how organizations can address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), in order to make a significant difference internally and externally in Indonesia. This study identifies, reviews, and determines the different discussions and literature regarding the extent to which organizations can address DEI issues to promote inclusive development policies in Indonesia. To evaluate how the organizational ecosystem considers the concept of inclusive development in Indonesia, this research also explores trends in how organizations engage and relate in promoting inclusive development. This study identified several factors that should be considered to promote inclusivity in various countries, including Indonesia. These factors include: (1) establishing appropriate institutional governance arrangements; (2) ensuring proper planning and development; (3) fostering a shared understanding of the technical term ‘sharing economies’ to facilitate sustainable and inclusive development; (4) comprehending the framework of the inclusive development process; (5) utilizing information and communication technology (ICT) in a user-friendly manner for the community; and (6) implementing diverse multi-level approaches, if necessary, in the inclusive development process. This research provides guidance to the Indonesian government in creating a just, equal and inclusive organizational climate and encourages inclusive development in several areas that are still exclusive.

How do universities encourage academics to buy into a shared vision while often setting punitive targets in teaching and research? This article explores possible antecedents of a university's shared vision and its relationships with academics' research and teaching performance in the era of managerialism. This cross-country study of two large universities in the UK and Vietnam draws on data from multiple sources to uncover the key components of a university's shared vision. A survey strategy was adopted. Data were collected from different sources, using a stratified random sampling technique from academics of different schools at those universities. A total of 431 survey responses from academics at these universities were included for analysis, employing structure equation modelling. It provides fresh insights into whether having a shared vision can benefit academics' research and teaching performance. The findings of this study show that while achieving a high degree of shared vision may enhance research performance, it may do little to improve teaching performance. The study provides empirical evidence indicating that a shared vision emerges as strongly rooted within individual employees rather than managers, challenging the common belief that a shared vision emanates primarily from the top down. This article advances social exchange theory (SET) by showing the interdependence of workplace antecedents, personal attributes, interpersonal connections, and performance. It introduces a framework for the relationship between universities' shared vision with its possible antecedents and with academics' teaching performance and research performance. The article also discusses useful implications for higher education leaders, based on the findings of the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teaching and research are essential functions of modern research universities, yet many studies have found that teaching often takes time away from research, which may have a negative impact on research performance. This article extends the concept of teaching by including research-oriented teaching in addition to traditional curriculum-based teaching. Using a sample of 917 science and engineering faculty members from 21 Chinese research universities, this study analyses the impact of the two modes of teaching on faculty members' research performance. The results show that faculty members in research universities devote more time to research-oriented teaching than to curriculum-based teaching. Time spent on curriculum-based teaching has a significant negative relationship with research output, while time on research-oriented teaching promotes faculty members' research productivity and research excellence. The study also found heterogeneity in the effect of teaching time on research performance across different groups. The negative impact of curriculum-based teaching on research was only observed in the group of assistant professors. The positive effect of research-oriented teaching on research is significant among associate professors and male faculty members. Based on the findings, we put forward policy implications for faculty teaching management and research evaluation systems to facilitate the integration of teaching and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This research aimed to examine the impact of input, process, output, productivity and outcome variables on university research performance and the indicators that represent them in order to improve academic quality and contribute to government policy. Design/methodology/approach: The quantitative approach was used through a survey method that obtained samples using questionnaires from 150 leaders of research institutions and continued analysis using the structural equation modeling-partial least square (SEM-PLS) to test the developed model. Findings: Except for the relationship between process and productivity variables, all variable relationships had a positive and significant effect. Furthermore, the input, process, output, productivity and outcome variables each include seven, twelve, four and ten indicators. Research limitations/implications: This study has several ramifications because it provides a clear policy input and advances science. As a prelude to developing research performance assessment tools that take into account variances in a tertiary institution, this research aids in the implementation of national policies for assessing research performance in postsecondary institutions. Originality/value: To improve the accuracy of the information acquired, we conducted a survey among the heads of research units at various higher-ranking Indonesian universities, taking into consideration their skill and experience in leading research organizations and conducting research. Other than that, our belief in the originality of our manuscript is strengthened by the way we applied systems theory to construct a performance evaluation model that examines each contribution made by each system aspect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We examine the link between a country's average citation impact and both national research assessment and international collaboration. Our analysis finds little synchrony between national policies and performance change. We do find extensive, synchronous, cross-national change, however, despite a diversity of national research strategies. Specifically, during 1981–2020, there are synchronous cross-national changes in bilateral, and later multilateral, collaboration. We deconstruct the citation indicators and show that the average citation impact of domestic research and of collaborative research changes little for most countries. Net increases in average national citation impact have instead been driven by rising collaboration and the emerging global network. Greater collaboration enables greater subject diversity, contributes to convergence of subjects, and influences performance indicators. Coincidentally, it also results in all large nations apparently achieving higher average impact than the world average. These effects suggest a need both to strengthen policy analysis of the global context and to construct proper performance indicators when developing research strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The advent of technology may dramatically alter academic research and performance. This study uses the Unified Theory of Adoption and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Task-Technology Fit (TTF) theories to examine how technology adoption influence Research Performance conducted with sample size of 1,354 South Indian private institution Assistant Professors, with perception as a moderating factor. The research uses Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with SmartPLS 4.0 to reveal that Performance Expectancy (PE) greatly influence Behavioral Intention (BI) to adopt technology. Higher Performance Expectancy (PE) leads to a stronger intention to use technology. Effort Expectancy (EE) also boosts BI, emphasizing the role of usability in setting user intentions. Technology adoption depends on Social Influence (SI), along with peer and social norms affect BI. Effective technology adoption requires Facilitating Conditions (FC) and enough resources and infrastructure. Task Characteristics (TC) and Technology Characteristics (TCh) greatly alter Task-Technology Fit (TTF), which enhances research procedures. TTF improves research practices but hurts research performance, demonstrating that improved techniques do not necessarily translate to better performance ratings, highlighting the intricacy of task-technology compatibility and research results.

This study aims to analyze the research performance of 38 OECD countries in the last 10 years. For this purpose, the research performance of these countries was analyzed using multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods with the productivity and publication impact data of 38 countries. The analyses were conducted both normal data and also with adjusted data based on the population and income level of the countries. Firstly, the importance level of research performance criteria was determined by three different MCDM methods. Using the weight values obtained from these methods, countries were ranked by three different MCDM methods used for ranking purposes. According to the results of the study, the publications in the highest cited 1% were determined as the most important and distinctive criterion. Secondly, the criterion expressing the relative impact of publications on the world was determined as the second most important criterion. In the analyses conducted without normalizing the data, USA showed the highest research performance. In the analyses conducted by considering the population of the countries, Switzerland showed the highest research performance. In the analyses conducted by taking into account the income level of the countries, Estonia has the highest research performance. As R&D expenditures, development level of countries and international collaboration increased, research performance of countries increased. However, with the increase in domestic collaboration, there has been a decrease in research performance. In addition, this research has shown how to use MCDM in the measurement of research performance by using objective methods with different backgrounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dissemination of knowledge through the publication of findings is a cornerstone of the academic research system. Doctoral dissertations document the findings made by early-stage researchers during their doctoral studies. However, prior research suggests that dissertations may not be effective in disseminating these findings to the broader community of researchers. We study how knowledge documented in doctoral dissertations is disseminated. Specifically, we investigate which dissertation characteristics and institutional factors are related to the number of journal publications based on these dissertations and the number of citations that these publications receive. Our analysis uses a random sample of doctoral dissertations from German universities in economics, political science, and sociology. We find that "cumulative" dissertations—dissertations consisting of a number of separate articles—are turned into three times more publications which receive three times more citations than monographic dissertations. We also find explorative evidence that dissertations written in English and empirical dissertations have higher publication-based outcomes. We conclude that a policy allowing doctoral candidates to write their dissertations in a cumulative format provides them with an opportunity to share the results of their research through publications in peer-reviewed journals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Computer science (CS) plays a crucial role in addressing challenges across various sectors, including education, finance, and healthcare. Investigating scholars’ topic switching behavior quantitatively is essential for understanding the driving forces behind technological development in CS. However, the continuous growth of scientific publications poses challenges in accurately tracking scholars’ topic switching. To address this, this study utilizes a large-scale dataset from the Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph (MAKG) to construct bibliographic coupling networks for 16,794 scholars, enabling the detection of their research topics using the Louvain algorithm. Subsequently, this study introduces a novel two-dimensional metric to quantify scholars’ topic switching behavior: topic switching degree and topic switching probability. This metric enables the classification of scholars into four distinct types: Type A, Type B, Type C, and Type D. Our analysis reveals that the majority of scholars belong to Type B, characterized by high topic switching probability but low degree, correlating with the highest quantity, quality, and citations of publications. Scholars categorized as Type A and Type D follow, while those falling under Type C, indicating low topic switching probability but high degree, tend to have the lowest publications and citations. Employing these new two-dimensional indicators to measure scholars’ topic switching behavior and exploring its relationship with research performance contribute to advancements in technology within the field of computer science.

Quality research can positively impact the development of science and technology and improve the reputation of universities. This study investigates the determinant factors that affect the research performance of lecturers who obtain external funding. The sample was 41 lecturers who obtained external research funds from various institutions (e.g., Directorate of Research, Technology and Community Service, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia; National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia; and similar institutions) for the last three years (2021 - 2023). Cluster analysis using secondary data (Science and Technology Index or SINTA data) was conducted to determine research performance clusters (high and low). Discriminant analysis was conducted to determine the determinant factors affecting research performance achievement based on the cluster analysis results. The results revealed that internal factors, including mastery of English and interest in the research topics offered, are determinant factors that affect the research performance of lecturers receiving external funding. In external factors, eight determinant factors affect research performance, namely: support for dissemination of research results in journals, support from research assistant staff, satisfaction with awards from the university, satisfaction with awards from outside the university, support for research matching funds from the university, training in writing research proposals, ease of obtaining research permits from agencies outside the university, and adequacy of facilities at the university. Universities need to consider these factors to encourage the improvement of the research performance of lecturers receiving external funding.

Faculty members' research performance holds great significance for the development of a university. The primary objective of this study is to examine the influences of researchers' personalities on their research performance within universities, as well as the mediating role of research engagement in this relationship. The study encompassed 189 faculty members from a university and employed descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, measurement, and structural equation modeling as the analytical procedures. The results obtained from structural equation modeling reveal significant effects of faculty members' personalities on their objective research performance rather than self-reported performance. Specifically, conscientiousness and openness to experience exhibit a positive correlation with research performance. On the contrary, the neuroticism and social attributes of personality (the integration of extraversion and agreeableness) exhibit a negative correlation with research performance. Furthermore, research engagement mediates the effects of openness to experience and neuroticism on research performance. This study carries significant implications for the training and recruitment selection of faculty members in universities and enhances our understanding of how different personalities lead to a variance in research engagement and performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research was carried out to analyze the efficiency of research in Indonesian universities and explore performance differences between knowledge areas. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used to evaluate the efficiency based on the data of 47 universities in the Mandiri cluster between 2014 and 2018 and 11 research fields including 10 National Research Priority in Indonesia and one field of mathematics and natural sciences. For this assessment, a total of two inputs and five different outputs were defined. The results showed that the maritime sector consistently had an efficiency value below 1. In addition, the variable, number of employees had more influence on the efficiency value than budget. A significant degree of variety was observed in the difference between the lowest and highest efficiency for each research subject at the Decision-Making Unit (DMU) level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim/Purpose: This study captures and describes the discrepancies in the performance matrices of comparable Chinese and American scholars as recorded by Scopus. Background: The contributions of Chinese scholars to the global knowledge enterprise are increasing, whereas indexing bibliometric databases (e.g., Scopus) are not optimally designed to track their names and record their work precisely. Methodology: Coarsened exact matching was employed to construct two samples of comparable Chinese and American scholars in terms of gender, fields of work, educational backgrounds, experience, and workplace. Under 200 scholars, around a third being Chinese and the rest American scholars, were selected through this data construction method. Statistical tests, including logit regressions, Poisson regression, and fractional response models, were applied to both samples to measure and verify the discrepancies stored within their Scopus accounts. Contribution: This study complicates the theory of academic identity development, especially on the intellectual strand, as it shows ethnic scholars may face more errors in how their track records are stored and presented. This study also provides inputs for the discussion of algorithmic discrimination from the academic context and to the scientific community. Findings: This paper finds that Chinese scholars are more prone to imprecise records in Scopus (i.e., more duplicate accounts, a higher gap between the best-statistic accounts, and the total numbers of publications and citations) than their American counterparts. These findings are consistent across two samples and with different statistical tests. Recommendations for Practitioners: This paper suggests practitioners and administrators at research institutions treat scholars' metrics presented in Scopus or other bibliometric databases with caution while evaluating ethnic scholars' contributions. Recommendations for Researchers: Scholars and researchers are suggested to dedicate efforts to monitoring their accounts on indexing bibliometric platforms. Impact on Society: This paper raises awareness of the barriers that ethnic scholars face in participating in the scientific community and being recognized for their contributions. Future Research: Future research can be built on this paper by expanding the size of the analytical samples and extending similar analyses on comparable data harvested from other bibliometric platforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many recent higher education reforms worldwide have been legitimated by their potential impact on the performance of universities and colleges. However, we know less about the actual impact of the changes implemented. This article examines the extent to which research performance can be associated with specific organizational characteristics at the department level. The analysis is based on Norwegian university departments, where high- and low-performing departments have been selected as cases for further investigations. The policy context is the organizational reform in Norway from 2016 onwards aiming at reorganizing the higher education landscape through institutional mergers. The key findings indicate that there are few distinct departmental characteristics associated with research performance, such as elected or appointed leadership, single or multi-campus organization, or departmental size. However, the study reveals that highly productive individuals do matter and suggests that cultural dimensions and working conditions may be interesting factors to pursue in further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Collaborative research papers are widely acknowledged to be more impactful than single‐authored studies in higher education amidst subject area known to alter citation counts. While preceding studies have mostly recognised these two as the antecedents of research impact separately, it needs to be clarified whether the interaction of research area and type of collaboration causes any moderation. Comprehensive knowledge of differences in impact caused by a certain combination of type and area is important because, if citation impact is associated only with a particular combination, the impact‐based research stimulation programs without regard to combination consequences may be cost‐ineffective if not self‐destructing. This study investigates how research collaborations in academia impact the productivity and impact of university faculty. The focus is on the impact variation due to the type of academic collaboration (internal, domestic, international) and the research area. For the empirical test of this study, publicly open data from 1368 faculty in one of the leading Russian higher education institutions—HSE University. Results have two‐fold nature. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) researchers are more likely to collaborate with domestic co‐authors. This result accentuates the specifics of the academic traditions in the research areas highly recognised for having a long and successful history and worldwide impact on science. The collaborations built on international coauthorship are associated with higher publication visibility rates for researchers from emerging fields in Russia, like those in social sciences and humanities, whereas institutional collaborations are found to be positively related to the share of cited documents. This article sheds light on the differences in academic collaboration mechanisms influencing research productivity and impact in two distinct research areas. It invites revisiting policies stimulating collaborative activities in universities, demonstrating their potentially discrepant consequences. The study's substantial contribution also refers to the use of panel data on personal attributes, research productivity and impact, which is a rare case for research collaboration studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mission of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has progressively developed from an educational role to knowledge production, innovation generation and engagement with society at large. At the same time, the HEIs space has been enriched with the evolution of 'non-university' institutions, and a clear drift between the university and 'non-university' sectors can be observed all over the world. This challenges current higher education (HE) non-unitary systems and questions the validity of criteria currently used to typify HEIs. This study was initiated to clarify the status of the HE divide in European countries, by assessing the research characteristics and performance of several HEIs. To this end, HEIs in France, Italy and Portugal were analyzed using a multi-dimensional set of quantitative and qualitative indicators. It can be observed that in Portugal the HE drift is both policy and practice driven. The evidence and conclusions of this study can be considered by policy makers when developing public strategies and policies aimed at the 'non-university' sector in contemporary research and innovation ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study provides an in-depth bibliometric assessment of the Library and Information Science (LIS) sector within the ASEAN region from 2018 to 2022, leveraging data from the Scopus core collection. The overarching goal was to uncover current research patterns, collaborations, and productivity, subsequently crafting a strategic blueprint to enhance ASEAN LIS research's global prominence. Methodologically, the research employed Scopus All Science Journal Classification Codes (ASJC) for LIS to retrieve a comprehensive set of relevant publications. Out of an initial count of 65,822 documents, refined search parameters narrowed this to 2768 outputs, or 4.2% of total LIS documents, for the specified timeframe and region. Key observations from the data depict a significant shift in 2020, likely influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the importance of timely, relevant research. Countries such as Malaysia and Singapore emerged as leading contributors, emphasizing quality research, while Indonesia's substantial output did not necessarily guarantee citation impact. The study accentuates the increasing importance of interdisciplinary collaborations, as evident from platforms like the International Journal of Information Management. For ASEAN's sustained growth in the global LIS arena, the emphasis should be on leveraging individual nation strengths, reinforcing international ties, and prioritizing globally relevant research themes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a new approach to the multicriteria evaluation of publication performance of research organizations by department using a specialized information resource that stores data on employees' publications and the ARAMIS method of group verbal decision analysis. The information service is designed to generate reports on organizations' research performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is a general understanding that higher education has characteristics of an "experience good" because the quality cannot be determined before receiving the service, which induces information asymmetry. In response to reducing the asymmetry, external assessment tools like international accreditations have emerged in higher education, which is especially evident in the field of business and management research. Quality is an integral part of reputation and legitimisation, so business schools actively engage in the accreditation race. In order to ensure legitimacy in the higher education market, business schools pay special attention to their intellectual output. It is reflected in the development of academic policies designed to encourage publication activities. It is pivotal to analyse how international accreditations contribute to the research performance and impact of business schools. The results of the study provide evidence that AACSB accreditation contributes to the research performance, however, it does not contribute to increasing the impact of the papers. Since the signalling research-based reputation is important for business schools, the study places attention on further examination of determinants of impactful research as international accreditation only determines the growth of quantity not the quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the phenomenon of continuous evaluation of the faculty members' performance at Farhanguian University with an emphasis on the research aspect and to provide a model for it. Methods: For this purpose, the researcher conducted a systematic study of the literature related to the subject under investigation and after examining and analyzing the theoretical and experimental bases of the research, the initial conceptual framework was designed. In the executive part of the research, qualitative research method was used to collect data. Using the semi-structured interview tool, the researcher interviewed with 17, an, using limited theoretical bases and analyzing the thematic content of the opinions raised, the researcher extracted the components and quality evaluation criteria of faculty members' performance evaluation. Results: The research findings were analyzed using thematic analysis and through the coding, the model resulting from the interviews with the experts, the focal group and the theoretical foundations of the research were designed and approved. The exploratory model showed that the research performance evaluation structure of faculty members includes 7 main components of "Research Outputs; Professional Development; Individual Characteristics, Research Consultation, Effectiveness and Social Responsibility of Research, Executive and Specialized Services, Needs-oriented Research”, and 34 subcomponents, and the path of continuous evaluation of research activities of faculty members passes through these dimensions. Conclusion: The use and preparation of the establishment of the estimated model and using its components and sub-components to evaluate the research performance of faculty members, It can lead to the efficient and effective realization of the study and research missions of Farhangian University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Medical education is vital in producing competent healthcare professionals and advancing medical knowledge. The integration of e‐learning has emerged as a transformative approach to enhance medical education by improving accessibility, cost‐effectiveness and interactive learning experiences. With the COVID‐19 pandemic further accelerating e‐learning adoption, analysing the trends, publication collaborations and publication patterns in this domain is crucial. This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of published documents on the Scopus database in e‐learning in medical education to explore the trends in scientific productivity. Publications in the domain has sporadically increased since the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The pandemic introduces a changing focus in research and emerging trends, with COVID‐19 becoming a dominant topic and emerging theme. A collaborative research environment exists between authors; however, there is a divide between developed and developing countries in publication distribution, emphasising the need for equitable participation. This study contributes to a comprehensive understanding of e‐learning in medical education, emphasising collaboration, publication patterns, emerging trends, and the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Researchers can leverage these findings to advance e‐learning in medical education and enhance the quality of medical training and education. Context and implicationsRationale for this studyThe COVID‐19 pandemic reshaped medical education, emphasising e‐learning's potential for teaching and learning continuity during lockdowns. Bibliometric analysis is needed to examine trends in e‐learning within medical education.Why the new findings matterThe landscape of publications in e‐learning in medical education has changed; the bibliometric analysis of trends in the domain reveals key themes, pandemic response, challenges and opportunities to inform future research in the domain.Implications for educational researchers and policy makersFunders and institutions need to encourage collaboration between developed and developing countries to bridge the publication disparities in the domain. Developed countries can share resources, while developing countries bring fresh perspectives in their context. It is important for educators and researcher in medical education to report the implementation of e‐learning with specific details on the critical success factor of e‐learning in their context. This can provide a baseline for others to understand how to optimise the implementation of e‐learning to make it more suitable in their context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Original article: Aguinis, H., Cummings, C., Ramani, R., and Cummings, T., "An A is an A:" The New Bottom Line for Valuing Academic Research, https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2017.0193 In this exchange we consider the article by Professors Aguinis, Cummings, Ramani, and Cummings (2020) in this issue within the context of a recent special issue of Academy of Management Learning & Education on the Rhythm of Academic Life in June 2019. The bulk of our exchange focuses on Aguinis et al.'s article in this issue of Academy of Management Perspectives, but two of the in-press articles for the AMLE special issue—Harley's article (2019) and Phillips's rejoinder (2019) on the Harley article—address the research evaluation concerns examined by Aguinis et al. In addition to comparing the three articles, we add several extensions not mentioned in any of the three articles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Original article: Aguinis, H., Cummings, C., Ramani, R., and Cummings, T., "An A is an A:" The New Bottom Line for Valuing Academic Research, https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2017.0193 In responding to Aguinis, Cummings, Ramani, and Cummings' (2020) article in this issue, I reflect on contemporary approaches to measuring and comparing scholarly success, as well as some important dimensions that are ignored in their article. I also summarize prior approaches to such comparative measurement, such as election to membership in the Royal Society and Académie des Sciences, and indicate that there will always be means of comparing success that will make some happy and others angry. This comparison makes evident that whatever the problems with contemporary indices, there is certainly less bias than in the past. Contemporary indices are part of a longer progression of measurement approaches that will continue to evolve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In sports, the phrase "a win is a win" refers to the bottom line in those competitions: winning a game. How the game was won is not as important as the fact that it was won. In many ways, we have reached a similar point in the management field. The increased pressure to publish in "A" journals means the new bottom line for valuing academic research is "an A is an A." Faculty recruiting committees and promotion and tenure panels readily discuss how many A's a candidate has published and how many A's are needed for a favorable decision, while conversations about the distinctive intellectual value of a publication are often secondary to its categorical membership in journals. We describe reasons why this new bottom line has taken hold and delineate its positive and negative consequences. Also, we offer insights for a variety of stakeholders, including (a) nonspecialist academics in all management domains, including scholars from universities worldwide because the new bottom line for valuing academic research is a global phenomenon, (b) university administrators and funding agencies interested in evaluating research quality and impact, and (c) individuals interested in responsible scholarship and in addressing the current credibility crisis in management. Finally, we offer a forward-looking analysis and policy implications of how to address challenges associated with the new bottom line for valuing academic research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractASEAN is predicted to be the world’s largest single market by 2030, after the US, China, and the EU. This study aims to discover research performance in all ASEAN countries, including identifying output levels, research focus, and influential authors in the region. The approach used in this study is a bibliometric analysis of publications indexed in the WoS database for the past two decades (2002–2021). Of the more than 20,000 documents analyzed, it was indicated that each ASEAN country has exclusive and non-exclusive keywords. Singapore has the highest number of citations among the other ASEAN countries.

The performance of Indian higher educational institutions (HEIs) in the US News 2022-23 Best Global Universities Rankings and Subject Rankings shows that engineering and natural sciences constitute most of the country's research base. There are many areas in which no Indian school has distinguished itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing mobility of elite research talents has become a widely discussed topic in recent years. This study aims to explore the effect of mobility experiences on the research performance of Chinese scholars by collecting work experience data from 666 recipients of the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (Jieqing) and their publicly available research output data. The study employed the entropy balancing matching method to minimize endogeneity bias in the sample. The study yielded several new findings. Firstly, the enterprise mobility experience has a positive effect on the quality of research output but does not affect the quantity of research output. Secondly, unlike in developed countries where "downward mobility" is found to have a suppressive effect on research performance, job mobility of elite research talents in China who move to non-first-class universities significantly contributes to research performance. This paper constructs the theoretical conditions for the innovative knowledge production of elite research talents and explains it. Using this theoretical condition, not only can we explain the mobility of Chinese scientific research talents, but we can also predict and explain the effect of the mobility of other research objects that have not been verified by data validation on scientific research performance in combination with their region environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although there is an increasing trend in bibliometric studies in almost all domains including accounting and management, the literature on determinants of research productivity is scarce. Hence, we aim to fill this gap by focusing on the research productivity of nations in accounting and management domains. Specifically, we examine the influence of the education system with three proxies on research productivity and also test the moderating effect of internet access availability in schools in this relationship. The data for research productivity were retrieved from Scopus between 2007 and 2018, and fixed-effects panel regression analysis was executed. The results indicate that the education system's quality, math education quality, and business schools' quality are all influential in stimulating research productivity both in accounting and management domains. Furthermore, internet access availability in schools positively moderates this relationship in all three education system proxies. The findings are robust to alternative sample specification, endogeneity concerns, the inclusion of additional control variable, and the adoption of the alternative methodology. The results suggest guidelines for policymakers in enhancing research productivity in accounting and management domains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Conducting research during the COVID-19 pandemic brought tremendous challenges in supporting the research capabilities of Filipino learners due to the remote learning set-up prescribed by the Department of Education. This study examined the self- efficacy, mentoring experience, and performance of Grade 12 STEM students employing distance learning modalities. A mixed method design was utilized with correlational emphasis to explore the self-efficacy, and research performance among systematically selected 231 student-respondents from eight (8) public senior high schools in the Division of Isabela. Based on the results, the respondents have moderate self-efficacy and mastery in research performance. Data revealed that the respondents are more familiar with qualitative research but need help synthesizing literature, formulating hypotheses, crafting conclusions and recommendations, sampling, proper citation styles, and identifying statistical methods. However, their mentoring experience level is very satisfactory. Moreover, there is a positive significant correlation between research performance and self-efficacy, and between self-efficacy and mentoring level. Nevertheless, no significant correlation exists between research performance and mentoring experience level. Thematic analyses of the challenges experienced by students in carrying out research in a blended learning environment predominantly include communication and technological barriers, protocol restrictions in carryingout data collection/experiments, delayed feedback on research outputs, and irregular one-on- one online supervision of teachers in tracking students’ research progress. Hence, it is recommended that training and seminars be conducted on recalibrating pedagogies, assessments, and strategies in teaching research using the blended set-up, which is pivotal for more productive research conveyance in senior high schools during crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]