Characteristics and determinants of eminent scientists' productivity

Prpić, Katarina

doi:10.1007/bf02017313

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“…A stream of 4 We contacted Trieschmann and colleagues (2000) to obtain the ranking for the top 70 institutions because their article presents information only for the top 50 institutions. scientometric investigation focuses on research productivity (e.g., Gupta, Kumar, and Aggarwal 1999;Long et al 1998;Nwagwu 2006;Prpic 1996). This line of scientometric inquiry is consistent with Rosen's (1981) emphasis on imperfect substitution.…”

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What does it Take to Get Promoted in Marketing Academia? Understanding Exceptional Publication Productivity in the Leading Marketing Journals

Seggie

Griffith

2009

Journal of Marketing

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Institutional competition to retain and recruit marketing scholars capable of publishing in the leading marketing journals has intensified. Although increased emphasis has been placed on publication productivity in the leading marketing journals, little is known about questions such as (1) What level of publication productivity in the leading marketing journals does it take to get promoted in marketing academia? (2) What level of publication productivity in the leading marketing journals warrants exception? and (3) What drives research productivity in the leading marketing journals? The authors draw on the economic concept of imperfect substitution to address these questions using two data sets: (1) The authors also present findings related to promotion to full professor both from PhD conferral and from promotion to associate professor, as well as scholars identified as warranting exceptional publication productivity. The findings provide substantive implications for marketing academics, for those involved with the recruitment and retention of marketing academics, and for the field of marketing thought in general.

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“…Nwagwu 2006;Prpic 1996), we explored publication productivity on the basis of a faculty member's institution of academic training and gender.…”

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What does it Take to Get Promoted in Marketing Academia? Understanding Exceptional Publication Productivity in the Leading Marketing Journals

Seggie

Griffith

2009

Journal of Marketing

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“…Exceptions include a discussion of American ''big producers'' in Little Science, Big Science by Derek J. de Solla Price (1963); a study of ''star scientists'' in the context of gender differences in research productivity in Italy in Abramo et al (2009); and studies in the productivity of Croatian ''eminent scientists '' in Prpić (1996). Abramo et al (2009: 143) conclude that a star scientist ''is typically a male full professor.''…”

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“…Following a handful of previous studies focusing on the theme to varying degrees (de Solla Price 1963;Crane 1965;Prpić 1996;Abramo et al 2009;Postiglione and Jisun 2013;Marquina and Ferreiro 2015), our goal was to explore the ''European research elite'' through large-scale quantitative material. We sought to empirically test the expectations arising out of prior smaller-scale and single-nation research.…”

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The European research elite: a cross-national study of highly productive academics in 11 countries

Kwiek¹

2015

High Educ

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In this paper, we focus on a rare scholarly theme of highly productive academics, statistically confirming their pivotal role in knowledge production across 11 systems studied. The upper 10 % of highly productive academics in 11 European countries studied (N = 17,211) provide on average almost half of all academic knowledge production. In contrast to dominating bibliometric studies of research productivity, we focus on academic attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions as predictors of becoming research top performers across European systems. Our paper provides a (large-scale and cross-country) corroboration of the systematic inequality in knowledge production, for the first time argued for by Lotka (J Wash Acad Sci 16:317-323, 1929) and de Solla Price (Little science, big science. Columbia University Press, New York, 1963). We corroborate the deep academic inequality in science and explore this segment of the academic profession. The European research elite is a highly homogeneous group of academics whose high research performance is driven by structurally similar factors, mostly individual rather than institutional. Highly productive academics are similar from a cross-national perspective, and they substantially differ intra-nationally from their lower-performing colleagues.

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“…The group leader plays a key role in motivation. He/she should show strong commitment and involvement with the groups' research, e.g., by showing interest, by contributing technical competence, and by participating in research (Andrews and Farris 1967), as a strong research orientation is beneficial for performance (Blackburn et al 1978;Fox 1992;Gottlieb and Keith 1997;Harris and Kaine 1994;Porter and Umbach 2001;Prpic 1996;Ramsden 1994;Shin and Cummings 2010). In the model, we include the following variables: time used for research, focus on maintaining scientific expertise, and commitment and involvement with the group's research.…”

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Organizational factors influencing scholarly performance: a multivariate study of biomedical research groups

Verbree

Horlings

Groenewegen³

et al. 2014

Scientometrics

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Bibliometric studies often measure and compare scholarly performance, but they rarely investigate why universities, departments, and research groups do have different performance. In this paper we try to explain differences in scholarly performance of research groups in terms of organizational variables. In order to do this, we extensively review the relevant literature, and develop a model using two theoretical approaches. A multivariate analysis shows which of the independent variables do play a role in the various scholarly performance dimensions. The study shows what organizational strategies may help in optimizing performance in various dimensions. Implications are discussed.

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Characteristics and determinants of eminent scientists' productivity

Cited by 46 publications

References 34 publications

What does it Take to Get Promoted in Marketing Academia? Understanding Exceptional Publication Productivity in the Leading Marketing Journals

What does it Take to Get Promoted in Marketing Academia? Understanding Exceptional Publication Productivity in the Leading Marketing Journals

The European research elite: a cross-national study of highly productive academics in 11 countries

Organizational factors influencing scholarly performance: a multivariate study of biomedical research groups

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