Impact of the funding system on the research performance of government-funded research institutes: The impact of PBS on the patent quality of government-funded research institutes

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-307
Author(s):  
Hong Rae Lim
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Patent Quality ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Funding System ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Exploring the Factors Affecting Technology Transfer in Government-Funded Research Institutes: The Korean Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
Sehwan Ko ◽  
Woojoong Kim ◽  
Kangwon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
The Impact

Based on the resource dependence theory and the resource-based view, this study examined the impact of the resources and capabilities of government-funded research institutes (GRIs) on technology transfer. Panel analysis was performed on 21 GRIs in South Korea representing three mission types—basic future leading, public infrastructure, and industrialization—for the 2015–2019 period. The analysis confirmed that the factors affecting technology transfer performance differed among GRIs depending on their mission type. For basic future leading GRIs, the number of technology transfer cases was strongly associated with the number of research personnel, while there was a negative relationship between technology transfer and the total budget, the number of research publications, and the number of patent registrations. None of the variables affected the revenue from technology fees. Researchers at these GRIs appear to have a strong motivation for technology transfer, but the priority for resource allocation at the institutional level is the production of papers and patents rather than technology transfer. For public infrastructure GRIs, the number of patents held and the number of technology licensing office (TLO) personnel had a positive impact on the number of technology transfer cases, while none of the variables affected the revenue from technology fees. Thus, the number of patents is more favorable for technology transfer at this type of GRI compared to those that pursue a mission of basic future leading, possibly because their research focus is more related to engineering than to basic science. For industrialization GRIs, the number of TLO personnel affected the number of cases of technology transfer, and the number of patent registrations and TLO personnel affected the revenue from technology fees. The speed of technology development and industrial application is thus much faster in industrialization GRIs than in the other GRI types. The results of this analysis show that mission attributes are important drivers of technology transfer performance. This study thus offers policy implications by illustrating those different resources should be provided to different types of GRI to optimize their technology transfer performance.

scholarly journals Challenges in Education Research in Taiwan: Research Institutes and Organizations, Research Policies, and Problems

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1&2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Li Huang
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Research Institutes

Since the 1990s, many education researchers and policy makers worldwide have reviewed education research to attempt to provide strategies to improve the quality of such research in their countries. Taiwan’s government has launched policies and funded support to set the benchmark for Taiwan’s leading universities in international academic competition. The external environment of global competition based on research policy influences the ecosystem of social science research production. To assure the quality of education policy, peer review from within the education community is one approach to supplementing the government’s governance, including the establishment of research institutes, promotion, rewards, and research value. This study tracked the mode of academic research and provides an overview of the status of academic education research in Taiwan. Because education research is part of the humanities and social sciences fields, this study identified the challenges in educational research by examining the trend of social science research and by analyzing research organizations, policy, and the evaluation of research performance. Due to the environment of education research in Taiwan is not friendly to education researcher to accumulate papers in SSCI or international journal, additional concerns entail how education research communities can develop and agree on its quality.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Indicators of Russian Journals by JCR-Science Edition, 1995-2010

Acta Naturae ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Libkind ◽  
V. A. Markusova ◽  
L. E. Mindeli
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Full Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Journal Citation Reports ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

A representative empirical bibliometric analysis of Russian journals included in the Journal Citation Reports-Science Edition (JCR-SE) for the time period 19952010 was conducted at the macro level (excluding the subject categories). It was found that the growth in the number of articles covered by JCR (a 1.8-fold increase compared to 1995) is ahead of the growth rates of Russian publications (1.2-fold increase). Hence, the share of Russian articles covered by JCR-SE was down from 2.5% in 1995 to 1.7% in 2010. It was determined that the number of articles published in an average Russian journal reduced by 20% as compared to the number of articles in an average journal of the full data set. These facts could partly shed light on the question why Russian research performance is staggering (approximately 30,000 articles per year), although the coverage of Russian journals has expanded to 150 titles. Over the past 15 years, a twofold increase in the impact factor of the Russian journals has been observed, which is higher than that for the full data set of journals (a 1.4-fold increase). Measures to improve the quality of Russian journals are proposed.

scholarly journals 10 Years of Evaluation Practice in Media Assistance: Who, When, Why and How?

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (s1) ◽  
pp. 41-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Noske-Turner
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Evaluation Practices ◽  
Media Assistance ◽  
Problematic Area ◽  
Evaluation Approaches ◽  
The Impact

AbstractEvaluating the impact of media assistance is challenging for several reasons. Primary among them is that these kinds of initiatives operate in a complex political, social, and cultural environment. Although there has been increased attention to evaluation of media assistance, with a series of international conferences, funded research projects, and publications addressing this topic, it remains a problematic area of practice. This paper provides a survey of recent media assistance evaluation practices through an analysis of 47 evaluation documents of programs and projects from 2002–2012, identifying trends in methodology choices, and critiquing the quality of the evidence enabled through different evaluation approaches. It finds clear patterns in how, when and by whom evaluations are undertaken, but finds that these practices rarely generate useful, insightful evaluations.

Scientific collaboration networks in Pakistan and their impact on institutional research performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahad Sabah ◽  
Saeed-Ul Hassan ◽  
Amina Muazzam ◽  
Sehrish Iqbal ◽  
Saira Hanif Soroya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Collaboration ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
External Information ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Institutional Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the scientific collaboration of institutions and its impact on institutional research performance in terms of productivity and quality. The researchers examined the local and international collaborations that have a great impact on institutional performance. Design/methodology/approach Collaboration dependence measure was used to investigate the impact of an institution on external information. Based on this information, the authors used “index of gain in impact through collaboration” to find the impact of collaborated publications in institutional research performance. Bibliographic data between 1996 and 2010 retrieved from Scopus were used to conduct current study. The authors carried out the case study of top institutes of Pakistan in terms of publication count to elaborate the difference between high performing institutions and those who gain disproportionally in terms of perceived quality of their output because of local or international collaboration. Findings The results showed that the collaboration of developing countries institutes on international level had a great impact on institutional performance and they gain more benefit than local collaboration. Altogether, the scientific collaboration has a positive impact on institutional performance as measured by the cumulative source normalized impact per paper of their publications. The findings could also help researchers to find out appropriate collaboration partners. Originality/value This study has revealed some salient characteristics of collaboration in academic research. It becomes apparent that collaboration intensity is not uniform, but in general, the average quality of scientific production is the variable that most often correlates positively with the collaboration intensity of universities.

scholarly journals how the quality of patents contributes to revitalising the innovation system?, evidence from the renewable energy sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-242
Author(s):  
Milton Mauricio Herrera-Ramírez ◽  
Edgard Alberto Méndez-Morales ◽  
Diana Marlene Barrios-Campos
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Dynamic Behaviour ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Patent Value ◽  
Patent Quality ◽  
Energy Diffusion ◽  
The Impact

There is an intense discussion on the impact of the quality of patents on innovation and economic development. Consequently, measuring the quality of patents becomes an essential issue to understand how it affects the innovation system (IS). This paper shows a systematic review of patent quality indicators and their contribution to the literature. Additional to the systematic review, a dynamic behaviour hypothesis is developed to comprise how patent value indicators can be used to create a set of strategies to improve the innovation of the renewable energy sector. Our results show a novel framework for analysing the effects of patent value on the IS that could be useful for renewable energy diffusion in Latin-America.

Self-Compassion and Quality of Life in Adults Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Adults Who Stutter ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.

Surgery for Lung Cancer and the Consequences for the Swallow

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Pippa Hales ◽  
Corinne Mossey-Gaston
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Vocal Cord Palsy ◽  
Subsequent Treatment ◽  
Physiological Reserve ◽  
Palliative Phase ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Swallow Function

Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers across Northern America and Europe. Treatment options offered are dependent on the type of cancer, the location of the tumor, the staging, and the overall health of the person. When surgery for lung cancer is offered, difficulty swallowing is a potential complication that can have several influencing factors. Surgical interaction with the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) can lead to unilateral vocal cord palsy, altering swallow function and safety. Understanding whether the RLN has been preserved, damaged, or sacrificed is integral to understanding the effect on the swallow and the subsequent treatment options available. There is also the risk of post-surgical reduction of physiological reserve, which can reduce the strength and function of the swallow in addition to any surgery specific complications. As lung cancer has a limited prognosis, the clinician must also factor in the palliative phase, as this can further increase the burden of an already compromised swallow. By understanding the surgery and the implications this may have for the swallow, there is the potential to reduce the impact of post-surgical complications and so improve quality of life (QOL) for people with lung cancer.

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