| Abstract: |
Academic productivity has been studied by scholars all around the world for
many years. However, in Vietnam, this topic has thus far been
under-researched. This research therefore aims to better understand the
correlations between gender, age, research experience, the leading role of
corresponding authors and the total numbers of their publications, in the
specific realm of social sciences. The study employs a Scopus dataset during
2008-2017, containing publication profiles of 410 Vietnamese researchers.
Contrary to a range of previous studies, the results indicate that among
accomplished social scientists, males have not been more productive or
proficient than females with respect to academic publications (βmale = -0.179,
p = 0.60). On the other hand, the proficient skills and broad vision of
corresponding authors have proved to exert a rather strong influence on their
sheer number of papers (ρ = 0.832). Older age and longer research time also
contribute to more success in their academic careers (βage≥50 = 0.950, p |