Effect of the country of dispatch on the scientific production of the faculty member: Case Study Damascus University

Abstract

Scientific productivity is one of the main indicators of the academic performance of any university, and among the most important determinants of its status among universities. In most cases, the sources of overall productivity growth in universities are concentrated on their teaching staff. Based on scientific research reports at the University of Damascus, we examined the impact of the country of dispatch on the productivity of academic researchers in the university faculties.

 The analytical reference study showed three parts: (1) description of scientific productivity, (2) investigation of the impact of the country of dispatch on scientific productivity in the university system, and (iii) analysis of productivity levels at the university.

The most important results of the research were: (1) the weakness of the average productivity of researchers at the university, (2) the absence of differences in scientific productivity between colleges, and (3) the absence of differences in scientific productivity by country of dispatch. The study recommends encouraging participation and working in scientific teams with the need to explore the future through the benchmarking of the university's scientific productivity.