scholarly journals The value of academics’ research-related online writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-64
Author(s):  
Niina Hynninen ◽  
Kathrin Kaufhold
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Strong Orientation ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Writing Genres ◽  
Productivity Indicators ◽  
Merit Systems ◽  
Additional Value

Research productivity indicators tend to ignore online and social media writing of academics, nevertheless, many academics for instance tweet and blog. It thus seems that there is additional value for writing in these genres. This study sets out to explore what roles writing in these hybrid online genres plays in relation to academics’ research activities. Drawing on in-depth research interviews with 29 academics with various L1s from three different disciplines, the study focuses on the participants’ perceptions of tweeting and blogging, and how they value writing in these genres in relation to core research-writing genres in their fields. Besides some differences in the evaluations between the disciplines, in general the academics expressed a strong orientation towards evaluative regimes related to writing in their core genres, particularly institutional merit systems and peer review systems. At the same time, the hybrid genres seemed to gain value beyond these systems in providing opportunities for self-actualisation and communicating on one’s own terms. The findings provide important insights into the ecology of genres academics make use of in the process of knowledge production.

Psychology of the Scientist: XXXII. God at the Synapse: Research Activities of Clinical, Experimental, and Physiological Psychologists

1975 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 671-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Pasewark ◽  
B. J. Fitzgerald ◽  
Robert N. Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Academic Affiliation ◽  
Research Activities

Compared to experimental and to physiological psychologists ( n = 482), clinical psychologists' research productivity is quite limited. Factors of age, membership status in APA, and academic affiliation are highly related to clinicians' but not to experimental or physiological psychologists' productivity.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Analysis of Publications in the Scopus Database: A Study at Diponegoro University during 2014-2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 23001
Author(s):  
Yos Johan Utama ◽  
Budi Setiyono ◽  
Jamari ◽  
Mohammad Tauviqirrahman ◽  
Heru Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
Scopus Database ◽  
Prolific Authors ◽  
The University ◽  
Productive Authors

This paper presents the strategy of Diponegoro University to increase its research productivity towards the world-class university. Bibliometric indicators are employed to characterize the research activities of Diponegoro University, Indonesia with production in the period of 2014-2018 in publications that are indexed in the Scopus database. The number of documents and their comparison with other universities, and productive authors are of particular interest. The results reflect that the university documents improve significantly during the research time frame. In comparison with other top ten universities in Indonesia, for the last five years, Diponegoro University has achieved the fastest rate of publication (up to 471%). However, compared to other universities in neighboring countries, Diponegoro University is still left behind. In addition, it is shown that prolific authors contributing to documents in Scopus are uneven in terms of origin of faculty. Based on these results, a recommendation with respect to the research productivity is discussed in this paper.

scholarly journals Research as Informal and Mutual Learning: Reflections on Two Feminist Studies in Nigeria.

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olutoyin Mejiuni
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Feminist Studies ◽  
Mutual Learning ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Educational Interactions ◽  
Participant Observer

Although all research involves knowledge production processes; research activities that explore the real life experiences of adult participants are also learning or educational interactions in and of themselves. This article focuses on the author's reflections on two feminist studies that she carried out in Nigeria that support this position. These educational interactions are reflected in her discussion of the framework on which her studies are based, the context of these studies, the identity politics of participants, and the enhancement and limitations (informal and mutual) learning among many participants and the researcher as a participant-observer.

scholarly journals THE DOMINANT FACTORS OF LECTURER'S RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY USING AHP: CASE STUDY OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF DE LA SALLE MANADO-INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef Richard Raco ◽  
Johanis Ohoitimur ◽  
James Krejci ◽  
Yulius Raton ◽  
Ronaldo Rottie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Great Emphasis ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Great Focus

Higher education places a great emphasis on research. In order to remain competitive, Catholic universities also place a great focus on research. The quality and quantity of lecturer research is one of the determining factors in the ranking of a tertiary institution. An evaluation of lecturer research productivity requires an instrument to measure lecturer research activities and understand determinants. Lecturer productivity involves many complex factors that are both objective and subjective, and is considered part of multi-criteria decision making. This study uses the AHP approach to determine the weights of the criteria and sub-criteria and their dominant factors. This method is used to evaluate the productivity of lecturers at Unika De La Salle Manado and has implications and applications for all universities.

Assessing Research Productivity in University Environment: Institutional Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Panikarova ◽  
Maxim Vlasov ◽  
Ivan Boyko
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The University

There is an ongoing discussion among experts concerning the result of university activities. One point of view is that universities should be considered as places of research and measured by their contribution to science. The aim of research is to formulate a methodological approach to assess scholarship and research productivity in universities based on the assumption that the growth transaction costs define higher education institution knowledge generation. The authors present a proposal of a new ratio, called the Knowledge Generation Efficacy Ratio (KGER), which assesses the research productivity in universities. To test this ratio, an empirical survey was carried out based on data collected from four different universities in Russia. The results of this study contribute to the development of scholarly and research productivity method. The KGER can be used as a tool for making decisions concerning the different research activities taking place in the university, the level of funding and return on investment.

scholarly journals Educational research productivity road map: Conclusions from the identified research barriers and variables

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1160-1175
Author(s):  
Roberto Suson ◽  
Reylan Capuno ◽  
Rebecca Manalastas ◽  
Nolasco Malabago ◽  
Amelia Girly Aranas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Likert Scales ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
The University

Research has been a buzz word in Philippine education, especially in HEI’s. This study was conducted to determine the barriers that undermined the research activities of the post-graduate students. A total number of 136 students were selected as respondents. The instruments used in this study consisted of a set of questionnaires containing 36 question items in perceived research barriers using 5 point likert scales and checklists for demographic profiles. The reliability value (Cronbach’s alpha) instrument for all variables obtained an alpha value exceeding 0.60. The results of the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics that derived means, standard deviations and correlation coefficient. Findings reveal that respondents have poor performance in research and publication. This could be attributed to the following aspects; the respondents were not fully equipped with skills on how to do research, lack of time in doing research due to heavy teaching workload, and limited financial resources. Lack of peer support and research experts contributes to the overall research barriers. The results reflect critical attention from the university. Thus, training, workshops and mentoring should be considered a priority for promoting and elevating the research productivity of the respondents. Meanwhile, financial supports from the university could also help overcome the barriers such as lack of incentives and article processing charge. Keywords: Research productivity, research barriers, skills development, financial supports

scholarly journals Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Wastewater: Analysis of the Past and Present Global Research Activities

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 2353
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Leyva-Díaz ◽  
Ana Batlles-delaFuente ◽  
Valentín Molina-Moreno ◽  
Jorge Sánchez Molina ◽  
Luis J. Belmonte-Ureña
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Emerging Contaminants ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Productivity Indicators

Water pollution is a worldwide problem. Water consumption increases at a faster rate than population and this leads to a higher pollution rate. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) include proposals aimed at ensuring the availability of clean water and its sustainable management (Goal 6), as well as the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and seas. The current trend consists in trying to reconcile economic growth with sustainability, avoiding the negative externalities for the environment generated by human activity. More specifically, the objective of this article is to present the evolution of the research regarding the removal of polluting pharmaceuticals that are discharged into wastewater. To do that, a bibliometric analysis of 2938 articles comprising the period 1979–2020 has been carried out. This analysis includes productivity indicators in the scientific field: journals, authors, research institutions and countries. In addition, keyword analysis allows the identification of four main axes of the research regarding the removal of pharmaceutical residues found in wastewater. The first group of articles is aimed at identifying the pharmaceuticals present in polluting effluents. The second and third groups of articles focus on presenting the procedures that enable the treatment of emerging contaminants, either from a biological point of view (second group) or a physicochemical point of view (third group). The fourth group refers to water quality and its possibilities to be reused. Finally, there is a growing trend of worldwide scientific publications, which justifies the importance of polluting residues management, especially those of pharmaceutical origin, in order to achieve a more sustainable society.

Exploring the determinants of scientific productivity: a proposed typology of researchers

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis Ballesteros-Rodríguez ◽  
Petra De Saá-Pérez ◽  
Natalia García-Carbonell ◽  
Fernando Martín-Alcázar ◽  
Gonzalo Sánchez-Gardey
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Scientific Productivity ◽  
Scientific Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Academic Researchers

PurposeAlthough several previous studies were focused on examining the determinants of research productivity, the knowledge of the competences and motives that lead researchers to achieve relevant scientific performance remains unclear. This paper is aimed at contributing to this gap in the research by proposing a typology to understand academic researchers' traits and extending the traditional “more is better” approach, which assumes that higher levels of competence and motivation are always preferable.Design/methodology/approachCluster analysis was applied to a sample of 471 Spanish academics to examine diverse combinations of human capital attributes – knowledge, skills, and abilities – and two sources of motivation – intrinsic and extrinsic.FindingsFour researcher profiles were identified: (1) high vocational academics; (2) motivated academics; (3) self-starter academics and (4) reactive academics. Based on these preliminary findings, we present conclusions about the functioning and productivity of academic researchers.Originality/valueThis paper contributes a novel typology of researchers to the extant literature based on the variables of academic human capital and motivation. The findings indicate that a required and specific combination of attributes better fits the reality of research activities.

Moments and mechanisms of intervention along textual trajectories: Norm negotiations in English-medium research writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niina Hynninen
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
Appropriateness Criteria ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Written Comments ◽  
Text Production ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Detailed Text

AbstractAcademic text production usually includes various people intervening in the text at different stages of the writing and evaluation process. By focusing on trajectories of English-medium research papers, this article explores the moments and mechanisms of intervention in the text production processes, as well as the associated norm negotiations. The study takes a dynamic approach to text analysis, with focus on tracing the text histories of the research papers from the perspective of how the writing is regulated by different actors and in different ways at various stages along the trajectories. The data include two detailed text histories, covering research interviews with authors and their colleagues, copies of several drafts of the texts, language revisions, written comments from different brokers (reviewers, editors and colleagues), and recordings of research group meetings around writing. The findings illustrate how various evaluation mechanisms and practices function to enable and restrict interventions by specific actors, and how these actors may evoke different evaluating authorities. It is concluded that the moments of intervention serve as sites for (re)negotiating norms and appropriateness criteria.

scholarly journals WAYS OF IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (39) ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Hanh Thi Minh Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Proposal ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Proposal Writing ◽  
Research Questions

Writing a research proposal is one of the crucial stages for students to get acquainted with solving their studying issues scientifically. Simultaneously, this creates inspirations for students to do scientific research. Writing a research proposal also requires a lot of knowledge and some skills that students have collected from other subjects and even from their daily lives. However, the survey of research proposal writing from 84 students of English language, 17 (2017 – 2021) showed that students made some common mistakes such as too broad topics, unclear research questions, poor literature review and writing style. These mistakes affected the students’ ways of choosing research methods for their problems. This article presents mistakes that most of the students made and analyzes the factors causing these mistakes. It also presents practical ways to help students write better proposals and help them have more motivation and selfconfidence to do research activities.

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