Academic Output Research Articles

Barriers for research activities in residency programs: A mix-methods study.

Introduction: Research activities have a positive impact on the performance of residents. However, information on research conducted by residents from developing countries is scarce. Our study sought to identify the barriers and facilitators for developing research in medical residency programs in a Latin-American faculty of medicine. Methods: A mixed methodology study design was carried out. We used a grounded theory approach for the qualitative phase, collecting data through semi-structured interviews and focus groups with faculty and residents. For the quantitative phase, surveys were administered to residents and teachers. We used factor analysis and scree plot (validity), Cronbach's alpha, and Intraclass correlation coefficient (reliability) to evaluate the surveys' psychometric properties. Results: Focus groups involving ten faculty members and 15 residents were conducted, and the following domains were identified: a) facilitators for resident participation, b) barriers, c) strategies for introducing research into the curriculum, d) arguments supporting research activities throughout medical residency, and e) profile of research-motivated residents. Both residents and faculty members identified a lack of protected time and adequate mentoring as the major barriers. A gender gap was found related to international publications (34% vs. 66% women/men); women perceived that research activities 'compete with other activities' (OR: 2.04, 95% CI 1.03 to 4.07). Conclusions: Research is highly valued by both residents and faculty members at a Latin-American university with a strong academic output. Major barriers to promoting research in this context include lack of protected time and effective mentoring, and gender gaps. Strategies proposed to improve research within medical residency programs include: establishing an interdisciplinary mentoring program between residents and researchers, promoting elective rotations, and rewarding proposals that consider gender equity.

Spitting at Jim Crow

Spitting at Jim Crow

Open-access vs. paywalled journals in translation and interpreting studies: is it the time to abolish stumbling blocks?

The present research bibliometrically analyses the trend of free/open-accessibility of published documents in translation and interpreting (T&I) studies. To assess open-access trends, data was gathered from 106 translation-interpreting and translation-related journals from 1956 to 2020. A total of 321,964 entries (published documents) were extracted, of which 19,271 (open-access and non-open-access) entries were in the fields of T&I studies. Simply put, only 3,758 (1.16%) of entries in 106 journals were open-access (OA). This research paper used linear regression analysis to prognosticate the trend of OA in T&I studies. According to the provided regression equation, T&I paywalled journals require 53 years to fully become OA, which is indispensably regarded as a critical juncture in T&I scholarly outputs. In this light, it is time to remove any stumbling blocks through a worldly summation of open-access by translation and interpreting scholars/researchers across the globe. In the meantime, additional investigations are required to assess whether ongoing business models of publishing academic outputs foster an open-accessibility movement or impose indispensable constraints.

Guitar Music in the Academic Output of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Guitar Music in the Academic Output of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Postgraduate Supervision: Opinion Based on Personal Experience

Supervision of postgraduate students at universities is one of the core responsibilities of academics and is considered a measure of academic output.1 De Gruchy and Holness2 described graduate supervision as being “situated at the interface of teaching and research, and having to do with the transference of research and related skills”. Supervisors are tasked with the responsibility to support and guide students to identify feasible research topics and questions, develop study protocols, provide oversight of the research process, complete their projects on time and to integrate candidates into academia.3 In view of the significant role that supervisors play in postgraduate education, Mapasela and Wilkinson4 asserted that good supervision is central to successful postgraduate research. Similarly Mothiba5 and Igumbor.6 affirmed that the quality and success of postgraduate education and training largely depend on effective and efficient supervision.

The effectiveness of innovative pedagogy in the industry 4.0: Educational ecosystem perspective

Higher education institutions have been aware of the mutually beneficial interaction between Higher Education 4.0 (HE4.0), Industry 4.0 (I4.0), and Work 4.0 (W4.0). Teaching and learning (T&L) are best accomplished through the novel and blended approaches in today's smart manufacturing, services, and labor processes. The traditional T&L methods no longer complement the fourth industrial revolution and the future of work skills. Little research has focused on innovative pedagogies in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) globally and especially in South Africa from the Learning Ecosystem Framework perspective. This paper begins to address this void via a review of academic literature, aiming to understand new pedagogies of teaching and learning in HEIs and their effectiveness as we move into HE4.0. The emphasis of higher education research worldwide should be on reviewing and synthesizing current research outputs rather than performing new studies since there are fewer systematic literature reviews and a blend of systematic-narrative literature review approaches published in higher education journals. In light of this, exhaustive systematic-narrative literature reviews have been conducted to aggregate research findings within the context of global higher education pedagogy. Combined, this encompasses an analysis of 138 papers across different academic databases. We concluded that integrating teaching and learning methodologies such as flipped classroom, SCALE-UP, and blended teaching and learning are the most effective, sustainable, and student-centered pedagogy. Combining these teaching and learning approaches will ensure that students receive dynamic support, hands-on activities, practical assessments, active collaboration, and inquiry-based learning. Overall, our findings revealed that we need all parts of the learning ecosystem to work together toward teaching and learning that is transgressive, innovative, transformative, diverse, and inclusive with the I4.0, HE4.0, and W4.0 in mind – that is, if we aim to achieve effective blended teaching and learning, and sustainable student-centered academic output. Here, we point out where these discoveries might take us in research and what policies should be revised.

An action research case study of the San tsî Khoen Digital Archive 2020-2022

The United Nations declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages[i] for the promotion of language development, peace, and reconciliation. One of the stated aims of the awareness campaign is the integration of indigenous languages into standard settings, bringing about empowerment through capacity building and through the elaboration of new knowledge. The San tsî Khoen Digital Languages Application & Archive is a project based in the San & Khoi Centre at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Established in 2020 and funded by the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, it is informed by a co-design digital curation process with the community. The project archives the endangered and erased languages of the indigenous San and Khoi communities of southern Africa, with an initial focus on N|uu and Khoekhoegowab. To obtain this, the project integrates decolonial scholarship within a digital environment of human languages technologies that creates a visibility of not only erased and endangered languages but also indigenous African feminist knowledges that have been lacking in scholarship. Its co-design digital curation process challenges the insular and fragmented nature of academic output, thereby allowing for a greater degree of critical analysis. This action research and digital curation processes are not without its challenges, as co-creating knowledge in an attempted decolonial framework that aims to foreground African feminist knowledge in a region of historical linguicide that was subjected to epistemic violence, as a consequence of colonialism and neo-colonialism is in itself not without its various contestations. This paper critically discusses this collaborative research and co-design knowledge production process engaged with over a process of forty research workshops [ii], over the past two years. The analysis and discussion in this paper are derived from a thematic analysis of this co-design digital curation process facilitated by the San & Khoi Centre between 2020 and 2022.

Explanation of the Midwifery Lecturers’ Experiences of the Challenges in an Undergraduate Midwifery Program: A Phenomenological Study

Background: Continuing professional development is an essential component of educational organizations in health care systems around the world. Such development has received attention in recent years with a broader perspective in the field of midwifery. Accordingly, the internal evaluation approach used to identify educational strengths and weaknesses can pave the way for a more purposeful future. This study aims to explore the experiences of midwifery lecturers of the challenges of the undergraduate educational program. Methods: This study employed a qualitative phenomenological approach using the data collected through individual interviews with midwifery lecturers at Kerman University of Medical Sciences, and analyzed from October to December 2020 for three months. To this end, eight semi-structured and in-depth interviews were conducted with eight midwifery lecturers who were selected using purposive sampling. The sampling was continued until the data were saturated. All interviews were analyzed after transcription using Colaizzi’s seven-step approach. Results: Analysis of the data revealed seven categories including inefficient policymaking, lack of motivation and confidence, lack of educational equipment and facilities (network of shortcomings), challenges of the curriculum and teaching methods, poor clinical conditions, disinterest in research activities, and inadequate academic output. Each category was divided into several subcategories. Conclusion: Along with achieving the fifth Millennium Development Goals, it is necessary to improve the quality of midwifery education. The challenges pointed out by midwifery lecturers highlight the need to make changes in the clinical and educational environment of the midwifery department to improve clinical skills and achieve the goals of the educational program following international education standards and consequently train skilled and educated midwifery staff.

EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION, ACADEMIC STRESS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS STUDYING IN BS (HONS.) FINAL SEMESTER AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN GILGIT-CITY

Academic procrastination and academic stress leaves decisive impact on the productivity and academic output of students. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between academic procrastination, academic stress and academic performance of students at university level in the context of Gilgit-Baltistan. By using stratified random sampling technique, 299 BS (Hons.) final year students were surveyed. Results indicated strong positive correlation between student’s level of stress and procrastination (r=.654**, p= .000). Results further indicated that students' final score has a moderate negative correlation with student’s level of procrastination (r = -.30, p= .000) and a weak negative correlation with students' level of stress (r= -.26, p=.000). These results reveal that increase in stress causes increases in procrastination among students and vice versa. Furthermore, increase in academic stress and procrastination among students decrease their academic performance (student’s final score). Future researchers can replicate this research study in the initial semesters, so the findings of the study would help the university management to gear their programs towards remedial strategies for reducing stress and procrastination in students. Keywords: Academic procrastination, Academic stress, Academic performance, Correlation, Procrastination

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media

Harvesting publication data to the institutional repository from Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions and Unpaywall using a custom R Script

Institutional repositories are established tools for archiving and increasing the visibility and availability of academic outputs. Although the potential benefits of institutional repositories are well researched and many funders and institutions already mandate open access publishing via gold or green open access routes, institutional repositories often struggle with lack of growth and sustained workflows for content recruitment. Institutions have come up with various (and often creative) workflows for populating their repositories, including institutional open access mandates, library-mediated self-archiving, fully or partially automated content harvesting and integrations between repositories and Current Research Information Systems (CRIS).Zayed University launched the ZU Scholars11https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae institutional repository in fall 2021. Since the beginning, a semi-automated workflow was introduced to populate the repository with publication data from Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions and Unpaywall using a custom R script. Full text files are added automatically for all Creative Commons licensed articles. This article describes the data harvesting and conversion process, its current limitations and plans for future development. The article also reviews similar content harvesting projects in the context of institutional repositories.

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the academic production of health researchers from public universities of the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Introduction: Knowledge about what may influence the academic output of researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic may help direct efforts to improve individual researchers’ capacity and minimize the impact of other aspects on their academic output. Aim: To evaluate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the academic production of researchers from public universities in the health area in the State of São Paulo. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional, online survey. Health researchers from public universities in the state of São Paulo were evaluated anonymously. Questionnaires addressed sociodemographic and professional characterization of researchers, their academic production and the scientific production related to research projects on COVID-19. Data were collected using the SurveyMonkey® program. Chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses were performed using IBM-SPSS v.21.0 software; significance was determined by p<0.05. Results: 568 researchers answered all questionnaires. Regarding research partnerships, 297 (50.51%) said they were negatively affected. 231 (39.29%) confirmed difficulty in obtaining financial support. The pandemic changed the way 91.1% of researchers deal with their work routine. The greatest workload of the research team was associated mainly with nurses (46.7%). Biologists have greater chance (OR=4.8) of encountering difficulties in relation to physicians, and researchers from UNIFESP (OR=2.75) are the ones who are more likely to encounter difficulties. FAPESP was the agency that most funded studies related to COVID. Conclusion: These findings reinforce the need to establish funding targets and research incentives, especially for early career researchers. Future studies are needed to determine the impact of the pandemic on researchers’ scientific output over time.

Conservative pedagogical thought of Count Stanisław Tarnowski

Stanisław Tarnowski is a well-known nineteenth-century politician, expert in literary history, university lecturer, and rector of the Jagiellonian University. Analyses of his legacy have been conducted mainly in political science and Polish studies. The pedagogical aspects of his work, on the other hand, have so far received little attention, although reflections on the education of young people can be found in some of his publications. Therefore, in an attempt to study the pedagogical perspective adopted by S. Tarnowski, the aim of this article was to reconstruct the pedagogical thought contained in his academic, oratorical and journalistic output. Attention was drawn to the conservative character of these views, resulting from the ideological approach he presented.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Female Academics with Young Children in South Africa

Against the backdrop of an increase in research on the effects of COVID-19, this article uses the analysis of survey data of female academics from the 26 higher education institutions in South Africa to identify how female academics with young children coped with academic output during the pandemic-enforced lockdown. A growing body of research documents the influence of children and childcare on the careers of female academics. In this article, we see how female academics who stayed at home during the enforced lockdown period negotiated childcare and home-schooling, and how the lockdown influenced their academic output. An online survey questionnaire was administered, consisting of 12 Likert-scale questions followed by an open-ended section that solicited a narrative account of academic work and home life during the lockdown period. Data on female academics with children under the age of six years was extracted for this study. The quantitative and qualitative data that emerged from our study of 2,018 women academics at 26 universities across South Africa describes how academic mothers felt, and how they struggled to complete the academic work required by their educational institutions. Such academic work directly influences future career prospects. This study highlights the influence that the presence of young children in the home, the pressures of home-schooling, traditional gender roles, and household responsibilities have on the academic careers of women.

Academic research output on social capital: a bibliometric and visualization analysis

PurposeThis study describes and analyzes the output of academic research on the topic of social capital. The concept of social capital has attracted the interest of scholars from a range of academic disciplines, and it has been applied to explain a variety of phenomena.Design/methodology/approachUsing the bibliographic approach, I analyzed aggregate data obtained from the Web of Science database. The analyses were carried out using VOSviewer software.FindingsThe results show social capital to be a topic of interest in multiple fields of academic research. The findings highlight the important role that journals, including those from disciplines other than the social sciences, have played in divulging this concept, and show that some countries and institutions are more productive and engage in more collaborative research efforts than others.Research limitations/implicationsThe main implications of this study regard research on social capital. The results demonstrate how social capital continues to interest scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Future bibliometric research should include other sources (literature databases) and be expanded to consider other types of publication.Originality/valueThis paper furthers previous research by exclusively focusing on the concept of social capital. It analyzes the international trend in publications up until the end of 2021, thus expanding the publication period considered in previous studies. The results of this study highlight the relevance of bibliometric tools for assessing research performance.

Relationship between attendance and academic performance among student-athletes in Obuasi municipality, Ghana

Participation in sports is a topic that has gained considerable attention over the years. While many scholars argue that sports participation results in high academic output among student-athletes, others contended that it decreases academic performance. There is another school of thought that has established that participation in sports promote absenteeism. Despite these discussions, there is a gap in the literature on the relationship between absenteeism and academic performance among student-athletes particularly in a developing country like Ghana. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between absenteeism and academic performance among 203 student-athletes in two public senior high schools in the Obuasi Municipality of Ghana. A census was employed to gather data from all the student-athletes who were in form three and form two. A generated form that solicits student-athletes end of semester results in the core subjects English, Mathematics, Integrated Science, and Social studies, and attendance for two semesters was the main instrument used to gather the data. Data was analysed using percentages and correlation. The results showed that student-athletes attendance to classes was high and their academic performance was also good. The results further revealed that the academic performance of the student-athletes is linked to their class attendance. It is recommended that the management of senior high schools and other stakeholders within the Obuasi Municipality should find ways of encouraging students to participate in school sports and attend classes regularly since that might improve their academic performance.

Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on Chaos Theory and Applications during 1987 - 2021

The number of studies based on chaos theory is quite high. Therefore, it is important to analyze chaos theory’s development over the years deeply. However, there is no study in the literature examining the research status of this field. The article presents the bibliometric analysis of the studies on the keywords “Chaos Theory” and “Applications” indexed in Scopus between 1987 and 2021. This study aims to quantitatively evaluate the academic output in chaos theory research, make sense of the data, reveal the state of scientific knowledge in the field, and provide scientists with a general perspective on the subject. Bibliometrix and Microsoft Excel programs were used for bibliometric analysis. Nine thousand one hundred different authors identified a total of 5088 studies. Of these studies, 60.3% were research articles, and 32.9% were conference papers. Chaos Solitons and Fractals was the most published journal, with 206 articles. Only China and the USA contributed 39.7% to the studies. Vaidyanathan, S. was the most prolific author with 72 articles. Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology was the most productive institution with 74 studies. The most cited article was the econometrics of financial markets.

Gender disparity in academic advancement: exploring differences among adult and pediatric radiologists.

Gender imbalance in research output and academic rank in academic radiology is well-documented and long-standing. Less is known regarding this imbalance among pediatric radiologists. To characterize gender differences for academic rank and scholarly productivity of pediatric radiologists relative to adult radiologists. During summer 2021, faculty data for the top 10 U.S. News & World Report ranked adult radiology programs and the top 12 largest pediatric hospital radiology departments were collected. Information regarding self-reported gender, age, years of practice and academic rank was accessed from institutional websites and public provider databases. The h-index and the number of publications were acquired via Scopus. Group comparisons were performed using Mann-Whitney and chi-square tests. Three hundred and sixty-four (160 women) pediatric and 1,170 (468 women) adult radiologists were included. Compared to adult radiologists, there were significantly fewer pediatric radiologists in advanced ranks (associate or full professor) (P = 0.024), driven by differences between male (P = 0.033) but not female radiologists (P = 0.67).Among pediatric radiologists, there was no significant difference in years in practice (P = 0.29) between males and females. There also was no significant difference in academic rank by gender (P = 0.37), different from adult radiology where men outnumber women in advanced ranks (P < 0.001). Male pediatric radiologists displayed higher academic productivity (h-index: 9.0 vs. 7.0; P = 0.01 and number of publications: 31 vs. 18; P = 0.003) than their female colleagues. Academic pediatric radiology seems to have more equitable academic advancement than academic adult radiology. Despite similar time in the workforce, academic output among female pediatric radiologists lags that of their male colleagues.

A Systematic Review of Research on Sport Migration

Research on sport migration spans many disciplines and strands of inquiry, with some studies seeking to analyse the academic outputs. However, these studies sometimes are focused on certain specific contexts or offer only qualitative analysis. This present study aimed to analyse the literature on sport migration. Through a systematic review, we combined data from the articles to propose a classification of the sport migration research field. The results show that research in sport migration have focused on athletes who are mostly men, working in elite sports, and with attention to more globally practiced sports, such as football. Regarding migratory flows, they are often carried out from peripheral countries to central countries. Considering all advances in academic output on sport migration, this line of research needs to broaden, observing other dynamics involved, such as other migratory routes, groups of migrants, and social agents.

Public Sector Entrepreneurship: Scientific Mapping and Research Agenda

Abstract Background and Purpose: The concept of entrepreneurship within the public sector is one of the most fiercely debated areas of entrepreneurial research. It has been studied across several academic disciplines such as in management, public administration and political economy, among others. However, while academic output has increased, we found no prior studies providing a clear mapping of the field. Therefore, this research sought to comprehensively examine all peer reviewed articles on public sector entrepreneurship. Methods: Using the Scopus scientific database, our analysis included 133 articles from 1982 to 2022. Following a thorough manual review process, we used VOSviewer to provide a mapping of the field, before identifying research gaps and suggesting directions for future research. Our scientific mapping revealed the leading and emerging thematic clusters in the field. Results: Our results revealed that the leading themes in public sector entrepreneurship include innovation, entrepreneurship, public sector, governance, reinventing government, and public organisations, while emerging trends include public health entrepreneurship, public health innovation, public choice, sustainability, and entrepreneurial orientation, among others. Conclusion: Our research provides useful insights to all researchers interested in examining entrepreneurship within the public sector or in non-profit organisations.