Sources of convergence and divergence in university research quality
Evidence from the performance-based research funding system in New Zealand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21443278 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert A Buckle (0000-0002-8708-0669, Victoria University of Wellington, corresponding author), John Creedy (0000-0001-5061-0075, Victoria University of Wellington), Norman Gemmell (0000-0001-6419-4260, Victoria University of Wellington) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3021-3047 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scientometrics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0138-9130 • E-ISSN: 1588-2861 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11192-022-04376-9 |
| OpenAlex | W3186498275 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
The introduction of performance-based research funding systems (PBRFS) in many countries has generated new information on their impacts. Recent research has considered whether such systems generate convergence or divergence of research quality across universities and academic disciplines. However, little attention has been given to the processes determining research quality changes. This paper utilises anonymised longitudinal researcher data over 15 years of the New Zealand PBRFS to evaluate whether research quality changes are characterised by convergence or divergence, and the processes determining those dynamics. A unique feature is the use of longitudinal data to decompose changes in researcher quality into contributions arising from the entry, exit and quality transformations of retained researchers, and their impacts on convergence or divergence of research quality across universities and disciplines. The paper also identifies how researcher dynamics vary systematically between universities and disciplines, providing new insights into the effects of these systems
Convergence (economics) · Data science · Divergence (linguistics) · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Management science · Quality (philosophy) · Regional science · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Health Workforce Issues · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
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Performance-based university research funding systems
Galton's Fallacy and Tests of the Convergence Hypothesis
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Government Oversight of Public Universities
Convergence
Catching Up, Forging Ahead, and Falling Behind
Industrialisation, Catching Up and Economic Growth
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |