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Demographic factors as determinants of social scientists’ productivity: SDC-based Scopus data, 2008-2017

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  • Thu-Trang Vuong
  • Hong Kong Nguyen
  • Tung Manh Ho
  • Quan-Hoang Vuong

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As collaboration became widespread in academia and educational systems, and the number of authors per article increased, the count of publication is no longer an accurate indicator of scientific output in many cases. In order to overcome this limitation, the study defined and computed a relative count of publications called ‘CP’ (credit-based contribution point), based on the sequence-determinescredit (SDC) method, as a proxy for the output of authors taking into account their level of contribution of each author. Analyses were done on a sample of 410 Vietnamese social scientists whose publications have been indexed in the Scopus database during 2008-2017. Results showed that the average CP of Vietnamese researchers in the field of social sciences and humanities is very low: more than 88% of authors have CP

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  • Thu-Trang Vuong & Hong Kong Nguyen & Tung Manh Ho & Quan-Hoang Vuong, 2017. "Demographic factors as determinants of social scientists’ productivity: SDC-based Scopus data, 2008-2017," Working Papers CEB 17-030, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    • Handle: RePEc:sol:wpaper:2013/260382
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    Keywords

    scientific productivity; social sciences; Vietnam; science funds management; administration;
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    JEL classification:

    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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