The relationship among research productivity, research collaboration, and their determinants

TL;DR

This paper analyzes how different types of research collaboration influence productivity and vice versa, revealing that intramural and domestic collaborations boost productivity, which in turn positively affects all collaboration forms.

Contribution

It employs cross-lagged panel models to clarify the directional relationships between research collaboration and productivity, highlighting the specific impact of intramural and domestic collaborations.

Findings

Intramural and domestic collaboration positively affect research productivity.

Research productivity positively influences all forms of collaboration.

The study informs policy and theory reexamination regarding research collaboration and productivity.

Abstract

This work provides an in-depth analysis of the relation between the different types of collaboration and research productivity, showing how both are influenced by some personal and organizational variables. By applying different cross-lagged panel models, we are able to analyze the relationship among research productivity, collaboration and their determinants. In particular, we show that only collaboration at intramural and domestic level has a positive effect on research productivity. Differently, all the forms of collaboration are positively affected by research productivity. The results can favor the reexamination of the theories related to these issues, and inform policies that would be more suited to their management.