Abstract
This study examines the research productivity of Hong Kong academics. Specifically, it explores the individual and institutional factors that contribute to their productivity while also comparing determinants across academic disciplines. We have conducted OLS regression analysis using the international survey data from “The Changing Academics Profession.” We found that Hong Kong academics are highly internationalized in terms of research activities. Moreover, research productivity is influenced by a number of factors, including personal characteristics, workload, differences in research styles, and institutional characteristics. In addition, considerable variation exists regarding the determinants of research productivity across disciplinary categories.
Highlights
In recent years, there has been increasing interest among researchers and policy makers in the notion of research productivity
We found that there are differences in research productivity according to an academic’s background
This study examined the research productivity and its predictors among Hong Kong academics
Summary
There has been increasing interest among researchers and policy makers in the notion of research productivity. There are many obstacles to developing a unified model that could be used to explain the varying levels of researcher productivity, for example: methodological rigor, limited empirical tests, and the effect of multiple different variables (Wood, 1990). These studies have focused almost exclusively on western countries (especially the U.S.) to the determinant of understanding research productivity worldwide. According to annual reports from the University Grants Committee (UGC), higher education institutions in Hong Kong show high research productivity in various types of publications, and research productivity is balanced across institutions and academic disciplines (See Table 1). According to ISI Web of Science data, in 1999, the number of articles published in Hong Kong was 999; in 2011, this number reached 10,533
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