ERIC Number: EJ1358241
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr-26
Pages: 19
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Response of Local Academia to the Internationalization of Research Policies in a Non-Anglophone Country
Moldashev, Kairat; Tleuov, Askat
Education Policy Analysis Archives, v30 n56 Apr 2022
World University Rankings (WUR) are growing in prominence in the eyes of governments and universities around the world. Often this encourages the introduction of state- or institution-wide policies and regulations that put academics and graduate students under performative pressure to publish in international, peer-reviewed journals with a high impact factor (e.g., Scopus- or Web of Science-indexed journals). Such publication requirements are part of the broader internationalization of research (IoR) policies being implemented in many countries. This article adopts a faculty-based perspective and explores the response of academia to IoR policies in Kazakhstan, a developing country that actively pursues a strategy of integrating local academia into the global scientific community. The authors develop a typology of responses based on a literature review to guide the data collection and interpretation. Data for this study were collected through document analysis and semi-structured interviews. Findings suggest that IoR policies lead to a variety of responses from academia, including gaming and token conformity.
Descriptors: Universities, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Research Administration, College Faculty, Graduate Students, Publish or Perish Issue, Faculty Publishing, Developing Nations, Policy Analysis, Scientific Research, Classification, Foreign Countries, Integrity, Researchers, Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kazakhstan
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