TURKEY'S INTEGRATION TO RESEARCH NETWORKS AND RESEARCH NETWORKS’ EFFECTS ON SCIENTIFIC STUDIES: THE CASE OF METU

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Research networks are instrumental to improve scientific productivity. There is a vast literature on the influence of collaboration on scientific productivity and how to improve the collaborative environment. Due to their critical position in scientific production, universities are the appropriate venue to focus on working on scientific productivity. Turkey employs global university rankings as a benchmark for tracking scientific productivity of universities. In the 11th Development Plan, Turkey aims to have at least two universities among the top 100 universities with respect to international academic rankings by 2023. Thus, this study aims to answer how should Turkish scholars be integrated into international research networks considering this target. In this respect, using a mixed methods approach —a combination of bibliometric assessment and semi-structured interviews— the study provides an overview of Turkey’s integration to research networks, factors affecting network integration, and an evaluation of the effects of networks on research in the case of METU. Findings reveal that geographical, social/cultural, or organizational proximity and using the same language and policies of the government could facilitate the strengthening of the integration with the research networks; infrastructure, capabilities of the partners, and funding channels are critical factors for network preferences. Factors facilitating or challenging the integration are classified under six main pillars: regulation, financial resources, human resources, infrastructure, ethics, and democratic issues. Focusing on the swift and easiest but the most important issues, the study also recommends actions to be taken on finance and human resources and logistics and infrastructure.

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Research Networks, Scientific productivity, Global university rankings, Collaboration, Turkey

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A. Işılak, “TURKEY’S INTEGRATION TO RESEARCH NETWORKS AND RESEARCH NETWORKS’ EFFECTS ON SCIENTIFIC STUDIES: THE CASE OF METU,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.