An international comparison of relative contributions to academic productivity

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Wen-Chi Hung
Ling-Chu Lee
Min-Hua Tsai
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[1] Science & Technology Policy and Information Center,
[2] National Chiao Tung University,undefined
来源：
Scientometrics | 2009年 / 81卷
关键词：
Data Envelopment Analysis; Capital Accumulation; Decision Make Unit; Citation Impact; Efficiency Change;
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This paper presents a methodology for measuring the improvements in efficiency and adjustments in the scale of R&D (Research & Development) activities. For this purpose, this study decomposes academic productivity growth into components attributable to (1) world academic frontier change, (2) R&D efficiency change, (3) human capital accumulation, and (4) capital accumulation. The world academic frontier at each point in time is constructed using data envelopment analysis (DEA). This study calculates each of the above four components of academic productivity for 27 countries over 1990–2003, and finds that the components which contribute to academic productivity growth vary with the different countries’ characteristics and development stages. Human capital has more weight in terms of the quantity of academic research, and capital accumulation plays a more important role in the citation impact of academic research.
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页码：703 / 718
页数：15
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