As the number of papers, books, and competitive funding obtained in the citation database increases, the promotion probability to become a professor increases, while the longer the period when research achievements are not announced, the lower the promotion probability.When the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology analyzed the relationship between research achievements and promotion of professors using a researcher database, the following results were obtained.
Ayano Fujiwara, Senior Researcher, 2nd Research Group, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, is in charge of research and analysis.Using the researcher database "Research Map" provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency, we analyzed how the research achievements of researchers belonging to Japanese universities affect promotion.
According to it, the number of papers and books recorded in the citation database, the number of competitive funding acquisitions, gender, whether or not there is a year with zero research achievements, and the period of zero achievements within the research career are factors that influence promotion. Was set and analyzed.
As a result, the greater the number of papers, books, and competitive funding in the citation database "Scopus" provided by the international information publisher "Elsevier", the better the promotion of professors. It turned out.
The longer the period of zero research achievement announcement, the lower the probability of promotion to a professor, but the negative impact was limited to the first 5 years from the start of research and the period of 20 to 30 years after the start. ..
The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy said, "The first five years are the time for researchers to lay the foundations in their respective fields of specialization and build human networks. Twenty to thirty years later, when deciding to promote a professor, it will be visible. Isn't it because research results are required? "
