An Analysis of the Effects that Industry-Academia Collaboration Activities Exert on the Productivity of Research Papers

Abstract

Based on the hypothesis that industry-academia collaboration activities of research institutes should exert positive effects on the productivity of research papers, this study analyzed the correlation between the production of research papers and the industry-academia collaboration activities that may have influence on the production of research papers in AIST. As a result, it is revealed that there are correlations with the implementation numbers of joint research (0.2&≤|R|&<0.4, weak correlation) and the acceptance numbers of technical trainees (0.4&≤|R|&<0.7, moderate correlation), and there are little correlations with the acceptance numbers of visiting (guest) researchers and the acceptance numbers of graduate students by collaborative graduate colleges. Although limited, the hypothesis is verified. Additionally, it requires careful handling to apply the total tendency to individual fields, because there are some fields that show different tendencies from the total tendency. In the future, it will be a challenge to study the qualitative effects of industry-academia collaboration activities based on the analysis of the contents and the coauthors of research papers.