Scholarly Productivity In Developing Countries: An Analysis Of Levels And Patterns Among Doctoral Holders In Uganda
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2013
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Contemporary Issues in Education Research
Abstract
Doctoral holders are considered to be key actors in the creation of innovation and knowledge.
However, this generalization may not hold true for doctoral holders in all countries. This study
sought to assess the scholarly productivity of these highly qualified individuals in Uganda. The
investigation is based on data sourced from the 2012 Careers and Productivity of Doctoral
Holders (CDH) Survey conducted in the country. The data adopted comprise a total of 534
records of doctoral holders who were 70 years or younger by 2010 and living permanently or
domiciled in Uganda. Journal Article(s) and book(s) (co)authored were adopted in this study as
measures of productivity of a doctoral holder. The status and pattern of (co)authored journal
article(s) and/or book(s) were assessed by doctoral holder characteristics using the Pearson Chisquare
Test and Complementary Log-log regression. The number of (co)authored journal articles
and books (including book chapters and monographs) was assessed by doctoral holder
characteristics using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Poisson regression. In the results, the proportion
of doctoral holders (29.2%) who had (co)authored journal article(s) and/or book(s) by the time of
the study points to low scholarly productivity of these highly qualified individuals in the country.
Though doctoral graduates of other African universities and those from international universities
were more likely to have (co)authored article(s) and/or book(s), the number of (co)authored
articles was significantly higher among graduates of Ugandan institutions. Further, the number of
(co)authored articles was significantly higher among the males and doctoral holders who
graduated before 2000. However, no significant variations in the number of (co)authored books
were noted among doctoral holder characteristics. Nevertheless, the low scholarly productivity of
doctoral holders in Uganda is certainly a mirror reflection of the situation in many developing
countries.
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Scholarly Productivity, Doctoral Holders, Uganda, Publication Output
Citation
Wamala, R., & Ssembatya, V. A. (2013). Scholarly Productivity in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Levels and Patterns among Doctoral Holders in Uganda. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 6(2), 163-172.