A1047
Title: Convergence in academic productivity
Authors: Maria Karantali - University of Macedonia (Greece)
Theodore Panagiotidis - University of Macedonia (Greece)
Theologos Pantelidis - University of Macedonia (Greece) [presenting]
Abstract: Academic productivity is a key indicator for researchers, educational institutions, and society as a whole, and it has a direct impact on the socio-economic growth of a country through the appropriation of knowledge. The existence of (club) convergence in academic productivity among various groups of countries is investigated by means of the methodology developed in past studies. More specifically, the focus is on (i) the OECD countries and (ii) the G20 countries, and the dataset covers a period of more than 25 years. Convergence in publications (per 1000 people) to measure the output level and convergence in citations (either per 1000 people or per publication) is examined to measure the impact of the research output. In a few cases, full convergence is supported, while in all other cases, convergence clubs are identified. Various robustness tests evaluate the sensitivity of the main findings.
