Inbreds And Non-Inbreds Among Russian Academics: Short-Term Similarity And Long-Term Differences In Productivity

2018. No. 48EDU2018.

Alipova O., Litvinova L., Lovakov A., Yudkevich M. M.

This paper studies the publication productivity of inbreds and non-inbreds among Russian academics. The literature provides ambiguous results on the relationship between inbred status and productivity. This may be explained by the focus on different segments of academia as well as by using different indicators for measuring publication productivity. We exploit data from 3 datasets covering different segments of the academic population and included different indicators of the publication productivity to see whether inbreds and non-inbreds differ in their productivity. We did not find any difference in current publication productivity between s and non-inbreds. We found, however, a difference between inbreds and non-inbreds in whole career publication productivity; non-inbreds are more productive on an individual level. While focusing on Russian data, an analysis of the 3 datasets suggests an explanation for the contradictory existing results on the relationship between academic inbreeding and productivity in general.

Keywords: высшее образование, Russia, публикационная активность, academic inbreeding, академическая профессия, publication activity, academic profession, академический инбридинг, higher education, academic productivity

Publication based on the results of: The Influence of individual characteristics and institutional environment on the performance of key actors in higher education institutions (2018)