What are Research Expectations? A Comparative Study of Different Academic Disciplines

Abstract

This paper is intended to assist professors, administrators, librarians and other members of university level committees that must consider research expectations and research quality in academic fields that they lack. While this is not a problem for field experts, it is a difficulty when people are asked to make decisions in areas of study other than their own. This is commonly the case for senior university professors, librarians and administrators in regards to university wide decisions. The paper investigates this gap, through a study of 27 academic fields in 348 highly regarded universities. We find that there are almost always statistically significant differences in activity between academic fields, regardless of the metric one considers. However, it is possible to understand these differences by comparing the distribution of a known academic field to that of a field that one is not familiar with. Tables and information are provided to assist in the comparison of different fields of study on metrics such as: departmental publications and researcher level metrics of publications, citations, H-index, and total number of co-authors. The information can also be used to support decisions associated with promotion to senior posts such as endowed chairs and professorships. Information regarding specific universities and researchers are included in the data supplement.

Klinik Penulisan Artikel Ilmiah Untuk Dosen dan Mahasiswa Program Studi Keagamaan Di Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Indonesia

“…Artikel ilmiah adalah sebuah nonfiksi atau karangan faktual mengenai suatu permasalahan yang dimuat di dalam jurnal, buletin, atau majalah yang bertujuan untuk menyampaikan fakta dan juga gagasan untuk mendidik, menawarkan solusi dan meyakinkan suatu permasalahan (Salmaa, 2022). Diperguruan tinggi, artikel ilmiah yang terpublikasikan di jurnal bereputasi menjadi salah satu komponen yang penting dalam meningkatkan nilai akreditasi universitas (Darmalaksana, 2019;Linton, 2012;Gilinsky, 2016;UINKhas, 2022). Namun, hasil observasi penulis menemukan bahwasannya masih terdapat dosen dan mahasiswa di prodi keagamaan unusia yang belum memahami penulisan artikel ilmiah, bahkan masih ada yang belum mengetahui tentang artikel ilmiah.…”