Differential Social Network Effects on Scholarly Productivity

Academic productivity is realized through resources obtained from professional networks in which scientists are embedded. Using a national survey of academic faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields across multiple institution types, we examine how the structure of professional networks affects scholarly productivity and how those effects may differ by race, ethnicity, and gender. We find that network size masks important differences in composition. Using negative binomial regression, we find that both the size and composition of professional networks affect scientific productivity, but bigger is not always better. We find that instrumental networks increase scholarly productivity, while advice networks reduce it. There are important interactive effects that are masked by modeling only direct effects. We find that white men are especially advantaged by instrumental networks, and women are especially advantaged by advice networks

Demographic economics · Differential effects · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Institution · Political science · Productivity · Professional association · Public relations · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Law · Psychology · scientometrics and bibliometrics research · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks

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