The national system of researchers in Mexico: implications of publication incentives for researchers in social sciences

Sandoval-Romero, Vanessa; Larivière, Vincent

doi:10.1007/s11192-019-03285-8

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“…for its Spanish acronym). This is a system of monthly granted bonuses calculated according to an ex‐post peer review which provides the most prestigious local recognition for national researchers (Sandoval‐Romero & Larivière, 2020). In our sample, 71.1% of interviewees are members (12.5% level Candidate, 31.3% level 1, 31.3% level 2%, and 25% level 3), while 28.9% are not.…”

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The circulation of knowledge beyond the academia: On scholarly couplers at porous borders

Medina

2023

Sociology Compass

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With strong pressure to make academic research socially and economically relevant, academics face the problem of reconciling inherently academic products through which they are assessed (e.g. scientific articles) with other products that are often demanded by non‐academic social actors. These products, which we call scholarly couplers, make up an important part of academic work, often ignored or underestimated in evaluation instances. In this article, we show how these types of products articulate with traditional ones and argue that academic production should be observed (and evaluated) through heterogeneous product chains, fostering more diverse academic profiles.

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The circulation of knowledge beyond the academia: On scholarly couplers at porous borders

Medina

2023

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“…Over the past decade an assessment of research productivity and impact using various performance indicators has become common (Glanzel et al, 2016;King 2004). One of such widely used approaches is scientometrics, part of science and technology policy in many countries, with dedicated international associations, journals, and conferences (Sandoval-Romero et al, 2019;Guskov et al, 2016;Heilig et al, 2015). The term «scientometrics» (naukometriya) was created by the Russian scientist Nalimov in 1969, and means «measuring the science».…”

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2021

Bul. Kar. Univ. - Econ.

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In the article, the authors consider human capital as the driving force of the economy, identification of trends in relations, dynamics, prospects and results, where human capital influences the economic development of Kazakhstan. The aim of the study is to assess the critique of human capital development.Methods: The results of the research are based on the fundamental theoretical and empirical work of leading Kazakh and foreign scientists devoted to the analysis of the processes of accumulation and use of human capital. General scientific principles and methods were applied: analysis and synthesis, system approach.Findings: The basic components of basic human capital, such as education and training, Gross domestic product (GDP) growth, have been analysed. The authors analysed data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), which is an index illustrating the number of students enrolled at a given level of education. The results of the study showed that that health is the main component of human capital formation. T. Schultz suggested that health is a vital part of human capital formation, as it reflects living conditions. Life expectancy is the best indicator for determining health status.Conclusions: The need for investment in research and development was noted since any investment in science and technology increases human capital in the country. Therefore, the next indicator to be considered is an investment in research and development in Kazakhstan. An analysis was made of the main criteria for the development of human capital in Kazakhstan, which revealed the strengths and weaknesses of the current situation in the country. An assessment of the different levels of education shows that the gross enrolment ratio in primary and secondary schools is quite high. However, the GER for higher education is quite low compared to other developed countries.

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“…Besides, the outcomes of higher education include science popularization activities, and higher education activities increases the spread impacts and effectiveness of science popularization; for instance, by organizing various science and technology related competitions, universities promote students’ interests in sciences so that the influence of science popularization activities increases [ 15 , 16 ]. In addition, some elements of higher education, such as the latest research hotspot in academia, the key persons in research fields, the supportive actions or regulations of universities, etc., are more likely to guide the development direction of science popularization, and to enhance the authoritativeness of science popularization [ 17 – 20 ]. It is also found that the experimental research results in universities can be directly applied in science popularization activities, and then make positive effects [ 21 , 22 ].…”

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Higher education and science popularization: Can they achieve coordinated growth?

Geng

Yan

2021

PLoS ONE

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This study aims to explore whether higher education and science popularization can achieve coordinated growth with temporal and spatial characteristics. Selecting the provincial regions of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China as cases with data from the national statistics administrations (such as China Statistical Yearbook), this study uses entropy weight analysis, TOPSIS, GM(1,1) gray prediction methods and coupling coordination degree model to evaluate the coordinated growth status. The key findings are: (1) the annual budget per student, and the number of science and technology museums affect both systems more obviously; (2) the overall performances of science popularization fluctuate more obviously than those of higher education; (3) the coordinated growth performances of the two systems in most regions remain mild fluctuations and keep relatively stable coordinated status, however, temporal and spatial variation tendencies do exist among regions. Therefore, corresponding countermeasures should be implemented: generally, national authority needs to involve in coordination activities among regions; the regions with satisfactory coordinated growth performances need more creative approaches to maintain the coordinated growth interactions; the regions at the transitioning status need to prevent the grade decline and upgrade the performances; the regions with lagging performances need to stop the decline and reduce the gaps with others. The novelties include analyzing the coordinated growth interaction mechanism between the two, selecting indices to assess the abstract interaction mechanism precisely, proposing suggestions based on temporal and spatial comparisons of the coordinated growth performances, etc.

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The national system of researchers in Mexico: implications of publication incentives for researchers in social sciences

Cited by 15 publications

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The circulation of knowledge beyond the academia: On scholarly couplers at porous borders

The circulation of knowledge beyond the academia: On scholarly couplers at porous borders

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Higher education and science popularization: Can they achieve coordinated growth?

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