The Productivity of Economics Research in Slovakia

Pavel Ciaian, Drahoslav Lančarič and Jan Pokrivcak

Eastern European Economics, 2018, vol. 56, issue 2, 168-200

Abstract: The research productivity of economics departments and tenure-track staff (associate and full professors) in Slovakia is analyzed based on journal publications and citations extracted from the SSCI database. Results suggest that the current university system in Slovakia is ineffective in incentivizing associate and full professors to publish in peer-reviewed journals. The majority of tenure-track staff has done little or no research over the past twenty-six years. The research criteria imposed by the Accreditation Commission for awarding professors’ titles are not fully enforced. Economics faculties have low-quality standards in hiring tenure-track staff. Finally, results suggest that the majority of tenure-track staff (93%) do not have sufficient research skills to supervise Ph.D. students.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00128775.2018.1435286

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