ANALYSIS OF PUBLICATION PATTERNS OF CROATIAN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Prof.dr.sc. Mirjana Pejić BachKarmen Abramović, studentUniversity of ZagrebFaculty of Economics & Business - Zagreb

Content• Background• Goal of the paper• Methodology• Results• Conclusions

Background• Scientists that research economics and business from Eastern European

(EE) countries have a number of barriers towards publication. • First, economics and business research in capitalist and

communist/socialist societies was very different due to the ideological reasons until early 1990s (Brown, 2007).

• Second, researchers from EE countries had a hard time in catching the step with their colleagues from developed countries, since due to the diverse institutional milieu of scientific research (Olenik, 2012).

• Third, linguistic reasons due to the fact that English has become the main language of science are important for authors from non-English speaking countries, especially in social sciences (Gantman, 2011).

• Fourth, future professionals are rarely instructed on scientific writing and manuscript preparation, and usually learn the craft of scientific writing only through painstaking process of trials and errors (Keys, 1999; Pejić Bach, 2012).

Goal of the paper• In Croatia there is a number of public and private institutions

that offer educational programmes in economics and business. • Besides teaching, their role is also to participate in research in

the field of economics and business and to publish results of their research in scientific publications.

• The goal of the paper is to examine publication patterns and trends of economics and business science publications (EBS) in Croatia by applying bibliometric analysis to Croatian public and private educational institutions in peer-reviewed publication published between 1991 and 2012 (1st November).

METHODOLOGY

List of institutions• A source for finding a complete list of institutions that offer

educational programmes in economics and business was the website of the Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE).

• ASHE takes record on institutions that have the license to offer educational programmes from Ministry of science, education and sports of the Republic of Croatia.

A complete list of institutions that offer educational programmes in economics and business (1/2)

Institutions Type of programme TotalDiplomski sveučilišni studij

Poslijediplomski specijalistički studij

Poslijediplomski sveučilišni (doktorski) studij

Preddiplomski sveučilišni studij

Specijalistički diplomski stručni studij

Stručni studij Stručni studij u trajanju kraćem od 3 godine

Agronomski fakultet 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1Američka visoka škola za menadžment i tehnologiju

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Ekonomski fakultet i Fakultet organizacije i informatike u Varaždinu

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet organizacije i informatike u Varaždinu

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2

Fakultet za menadžment u turizmu i ugostiteljstvu, Opatija

1 1 2 1 0 1 0 6

Međimursko veleučilište u Čakovcu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Međunarodna diplomska škola za poslovno upravljanje Zagreb

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Međunarodno sveučilište u Dubrovniku 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Poljoprivredni fakultet

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Pravni fakultet 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2

RRiF Visoka škola za financijski menadžment 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Sveučilišni studijski centar za stručne studije 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4

Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Ekonomski fakultet

5 4 1 5 0 0 0 15

Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 10

Sveučilište u Dubrovniku 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 6Sveučilište u Rijeci, Ekonomski fakultet 3 7 1 3 0 0 0 14

Sveučilište u Splitu, Ekonomski fakultet 3 2 0 3 1 2 0 11

Sveučilište u Zadru 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Ekonomski fakultet 2 31 1 4 0 1 0 39

Veleučilište "Hrvatsko Zagorje", Krapina 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Veleučilište "Lavoslav Ružička" u Vukovaru 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Veleučilište "Marko Marulić" u Kninu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Izvor: Podaci generirani iz Mozvag modula Preglednik, Vrijeme generiranja: srijeda, 31. listopad 2012. 11:16:15, http://mozvag.srce.hr/preglednik/

A complete list of institutions that offer educational programmes in economics and business (2/2)

Izvor: Podaci generirani iz Mozvag modula Preglednik, Vrijeme generiranja: srijeda, 31. listopad 2012. 11:16:15, http://mozvag.srce.hr/preglednik/

Institutions Type of programme TotalDiplomski sveučilišni studij

Poslijediplomski specijalistički studij

Poslijediplomski sveučilišni (doktorski) studij

Preddiplomski sveučilišni studij

Specijalistički diplomski stručni studij

Stručni studij Stručni studij u trajanju kraćem od 3 godine

Veleučilište "Nikola Tesla" u Gospiću 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Veleučilište u Karlovcu 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2Veleučilište u Požegi 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3Veleučilište u Rijeci 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2Veleučilište u Slavonskom Brodu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Veleučilište u Šibeniku 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2Veleučilište VERN 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 8Visoka poslovna škola "Libertas" 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3

Visoka poslovna škola "Zagreb" 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Visoka poslovna škola PAR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Visoka poslovna škola s pravom javnosti, Višnjan

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

Visoka poslovna škola za turistički i hotelski menadžment "Utilus"

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Visoka škola tržišnih komunikacija AGORA

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

Visoka škola za ekonomiju, poduzetništvo i upravljanje "Nikola Šubić Zrinski"

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Visoka škola za menadžment u turizmu i informatici u Virovitici

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

Visoka škola za poslovanje i upravljanje "Baltazar Adam Krčelić"

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

Visoko gospodarsko učilište u Križevcima

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Visoko učilište "Effectus" - visoka škola za financije i pravo

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

Zagrebačka škola ekonomije i managementa

0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3

Total 21 51 7 25 23 36 1 164

Data source on publications• As the data source for the publications we used the Croatian

Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI), which evidences scientific papers published in the period from 1991 to the present. CROSBI bibliography is the important source of the Croatian scientific output, with the goal to increase the public awareness of Croatian research results.

Detecting publications of institutions• Possible approaches to detecting publications of institutions

that offer educational programmes in economics and business could be: (1) to trace publications by authors employed at these institutions or (2) by institutions themselves.

• Since list of employees of institutions are not publicly available, we had to trace publications by institutions.

http://bib.irb.hr

List of institutions• FOI (Fakultet organizacije i informatike u Varaždinu)• FMTUO (Fakultet za menadžment u turizmu i ugostiteljstvu, Opatija)• EFOS (Ekonomski fakultet Osijek)• EFRI (Ekonomski fakultet Rijeka)• EFST (Ekonomski fakultet Split)• EFZG (Ekonomski fakultet Zagreb)• VUK (Veleučilište u Karlovcu)• VUP (Veleučilište u Požegi)• VUR (Veleučilište u Rijeci)• VERN (Veleučilište VERN)• VŠPUBAK (Visoka škola za poslovanje i upravljanje "Baltazar Adam

Krčelić")• VGUK (Visoko gospodarsko učilište u Križevcima)• ZŠEM (Zagrebačka škola ekonomije i managementa)

Limitations• Not all of the publications published by Croatian researchers

are registered in CROSBI, and this represents the major limitation of this study, since authors themselves input the data on publications in CROSBI.

• We have analyzed the period from 1991 to 1st November, 2012.

• It is also important to mention that since we traced publications by institutions, some of the publications are recorded two or more times, if the authors come from two or more institutions.

RESULTS (1/2)

TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS(1991-november, 2012)

Author’s books, editor’s books, book chapters and textbooks and scripts recorded in Croatian scientific bibliography

Papers in scientific journals recorded in Croatian scientific bibliography

Scientific conferences recorded in Croatian scientific bibliography

RESULTS (2/2)

NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS PER ACADEMIC STAFF (2009-2012)

Author’s books, editor’s books, book chapters and textbooks and scripts (recorded in Croatian scientific bibliography) per academic staff

FOI

FMTUO

EFOS

EFRI

EFST

EFZG

VUK

VUP

VUR

VERN

VŠPUBAK

VGUK

ZŠEM

0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20

Average publications / academic employee

Textbooks and scripts Book chapters Editor's books Author's books

FOI

FMTUO

EFOS

EFRI

EFST

EFZG

VUK

VUP

VUR

VERN

VŠPUBAK

VGUK

ZŠEM

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200

Total publications

Textbooks and scripts Book chapters Editor's books Author's books

Papers in scientific journals (recorded in Croatian scientific bibliography) per academic staff

FOI

FMTUO

EFOS

EFRI

EFST

EFZG

VUK

VUP

VUR

VERN

VŠPUBAK

VGUK

ZŠEM

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Total publications

Papers in the publishing process Nonscientific papers in other journalsScientific papers in other journalsJournal articles and review articles in CC journals

FOI

FMTUO

EFOS

EFRI

EFST

EFZG

VUK

VUP

VUR

VERN

VŠPUBAK

VGUK

ZŠEM

0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80

Average publications / academic employee

Papers in the publishing process Nonscientific papers in other journalsScientific papers in other journalsJournal articles and review articles in CC journals

Scientific conferences (recorded in Croatian scientific bibliography) per academic staff

FOI

FMTUO

EFOS

EFRI

EFST

EFZG

VUK

VUP

VUR

VERN

VŠPUBAK

VGUK

ZŠEM

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Total publications

Abstracts in Book of abstractsNon-refereed conference paper Other refereed conference papers Scientific conference papers with international peer-review Published invited lectures Plenary/Keynote talks

FOI

FMTUO

EFOS

EFRI

EFST

EFZG

VUK

VUP

VUR

VERN

VŠPUBAK

VGUK

ZŠEM

0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80 2.00

Average publications / academic employee

Abstracts in Book of abstractsNon-refereed conference paper Other refereed conference papers Scientific conference papers with international peer-review Published invited lectures Plenary/Keynote talks

CONCLUSIONS

Concentration & Internationalization

• Publications are concentrated, and institutions from Croatian biggest cities (Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka, Split and Varaždin) generate the biggest number of publications.

• Number of publications per academic staff (working on employment contract and contractual agreement bases ) leads to the same conclusion

• Publications in scientific journal articles in recent periods (2007 – 1st November, 2012) are characterized by co-authorship from one or more foreign countries, indicating the trend of internationalization.

• Also, authors participate in an increasing number of international scientific conferences and this also contributes to the internationalization of EBS research.

Quantity and/or quality?• If we closely observe the number of publications by year we

can note an upward trend of published papers. For example, a number of book chapters have increased greatly, starting with 13 publications from 1991-1996, 275 publications from 1996-2002, 442 announcements from 2002-2007, and 770 publications from 2007-1.11.2012.

• One of the possible reasons for the increase in number of scientific publications is the changes in legal regulations regarding advancements in scientific careers that emerged in 1993, and was constantly improved in terms of the more strict advancement criterion

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