Title

Participation In University-Based Research Centers: Is It Helping Or Hurting Researchers?

Keywords

Career trajectory; Collaboration; CV analysis; Multidisciplinary; Research productivity; University research center

Abstract

In general, affiliation with a university research center is considered to be an activity that can improve the research activities of scientists and academics. Yet there have only been a few studies examining whether research centers are positive institutional structures for individual researchers. Our research examines how affiliation with a research center in the United States can impact research productivity, collaboration, and careers of faculty members in the multidisciplinary field of learning sciences. This study utilizes data from a curriculum vitae (CV) analysis of 402 faculty members who are currently employed at research universities. The results indicate that, on average, the research productivity of faculty members affiliated with a research center is higher than non-center affiliated faculty members. The effects, however, disappear when controlling for factors such as years since Ph.D.; gender, post-doctoral status, quality of publications, and quantity of other research outputs. Senior tenured faculty members appear to benefit greatly from affiliation with a research center, while center affiliation does not positively correlate with the productivity of junior faculty members. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

Research Policy

Volume

42

Issue

6-7

Number of Pages

1301-1311

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2013.03.005

Socpus ID

84878879809 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84878879809

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