Research Productivity in Business and Economics: South Korea, 1990-2016

This paper ranks higher education in Korea based upon research productivity in business and economics disciplines. The number of SCI-level journal articles are tabulated using the Web of Science search engine, over the sample period from 1990 to 2016. The league table shows that many private univers...

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Published inEast Asian economic review Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 89 - 107
Main Author Jin, Jang C
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 대외경제정책연구원 31.03.2019
Subjects
Higher Education
Research Productivity
School Competitiveness
SCI-level Journal Publications
University Ranking
School Competitiveness
Higher Education
Research Productivity
University Ranking
SCI-level Journal Publications
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Summary:This paper ranks higher education in Korea based upon research productivity in business and economics disciplines. The number of SCI-level journal articles are tabulated using the Web of Science search engine, over the sample period from 1990 to 2016. The league table shows that many private universities dominate top-tier ranks, which is consistent with the school reputations most commonly cited by the general public in Korea. In contrast, many national universities appear in the second-tier, and their scanty performance in business and economics is in sharp contrast with our earlier findings in which national universities performed well in science and engineering fields (Jin and Kim, 2018). In addition, the ranking order in lower-ranked schools is found to be sensitive to a small change in publications, whereas the publication gap among top-tier schools is relatively large. Finally, unlike our general perception, the size of school does not matter for collaborative research. Some policy implications are discussed as a conclusion.
Bibliography:Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO201913458200072
ISSN:2508-1640
2508-1667