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Paulo Lopes Henriques (), Carla Curado (), Mírian Oliveira () and Antônio Carlos Gastaud Maçada ()
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Paulo Lopes Henriques: Advance/CSG - ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management - Universidade de Lisboa
Carla Curado: Advance/CSG - ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management - Universidade de Lisboa
Mírian Oliveira: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Antônio Carlos Gastaud Maçada: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2019, vol. 53, issue 3, No 11, 1324 pages

Abstract: Abstract The study based on an online survey covering 655 researchers from hard and soft sciences addresses the influence of different conditions on academic publishing. Results show that (1) hard sciences academics publish more than soft sciences; (2) there are resemblances in academic publishing; (3) there are differences in the sufficient conditions sets for the two groups of sciences which may be explained by differences in scientific conceptual frameworks and research methods applied in each group of disciplines; (4) conditions leading to the absence of publishing reveal similarities and differences among hard and soft sciences academics. The study contribute to: (1) the debate on the questionable generalization of scientific publications indexes and rankings due to the nature of research published coming from different scientific universes; (2) identify pathways for achieving higher performance in academic publishing; (3) allow research centers’ managers to better manage the centers aiming to achieve upper output levels.

Keywords: Research antecedents; Academic publishing productivity; Hard sciences; Soft sciences; Qualitative comparative analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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