ERIC Number: EJ1445626
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Publication Date: 2024-Oct
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-5224
EISSN: EISSN-1468-2273
Catching up with the Core or the Red Queen Phenomenon? Publication Strategies of Top Local Government Scholars in the Context of Centrality, Institutional Reforms and Career Length
Higher Education Quarterly, v78 n4 e12528 2024
This paper investigates publication strategies of the most distinguished local government researchers in eight European countries. Drawing upon dependency theory, accumulative advantage theory and 'utility maximizing' theory, we compare publication strategies of scholars from countries that vary in terms of the distance from the core of academic knowledge production, also taking into consideration their career length (academic age). The two publication strategies compared are international visibility and domestic visibility. The analysis confirmed the hypothesis that younger scholars are more prone to adopt internationalization strategy which has been institutionally incentivized by NPM reforms. However, the difference among core, catching-up and peripheral countries is not as sizeable as expected.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Writing for Publication, Publishing Industry, Scholarship, Strategic Planning, Publications, Reputation, Local Government, Tenure, Productivity, Age Differences, Selection Criteria
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Europe
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