Impact of institutional organization on research productivity and multidisciplinarity

Alberto García-Rodríguez; R. A. Barrio; Tzipe Govezensky; Julia Tagüeña; Miguel Robles Pérez; Humberto Carrillo Calvet; José Luis Jiménez Andrade; Ricardo Arencibia-Jorge; Kimmo Kaski

doi:10.3389/fphy.2023.1161019

Impact of institutional organization on research productivity and multidisciplinarity

Alberto García-Rodríguez^*
, R. A. Barrio
, Tzipe Govezensky
, Julia Tagüeña
, Miguel Robles Pérez
, Humberto Carrillo Calvet
, José Luis Jiménez Andrade
, Ricardo Arencibia-Jorge
, Kimmo Kaski

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Abstract

In this article, we will describe a model to examine the influence of differently organized institutions on their scientific productivity. We take two extreme cases, on one hand, an institution divided in departments with no collaboration between people in different departments. These could be disciplines or merely projects. On the other hand, we consider an institution that allows interactions between all individuals, without a departmental structure to a department. We compare the results with data from the Institute of Renewable Energy (IER) at UNAM, which has changed its organization and policies during the last 30 years, and we could quantitatively predict the changes observed in productivity and multidisciplinarity. This model can be applied to a broader set of institutions and processes.

Original language	English
Article number	1161019
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Frontiers in Physics
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2023.1161019
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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This work was partially supported by Conacyt through project 283279.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

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mathematical modeling of society
multidiscipline
research structure
scientific collaborations
social networks

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