International Scientific Productivity of Selected Universities in the Philippines

• Main Author: Marshall Valencia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of the Philippines 2004-06-01
• Series: Science Diliman
• Subjects: international scientific publications; scientific productivity; ISI
• Online Access: http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/sciencediliman/article/view/105

This paper presents a survey of the productivity, in terms of international scientific publications, of 465PhDs in the science and engineering colleges of selected research universities in the Philippines. It coversthe period 1998-2002. Publication counts are based on research articles listed in the Science CitationIndex of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Results indicate that the average productivity of thefaculty surveyed is less than one (1) international publication in five (5) years. Only one of the academicunits included in the survey was able to achieve the world-class benchmark for research excellence, whichis at least one international publication per faculty member per year.