{"376181":{"#nid":"376181","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Study: Recruiting Stars Bolsters Departments\u0027 Research Productivity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe hiring of \u0022star\u0022 professors -- defined by their research output -- results in improvement in the research productivity of the departments they join, according a study published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, The study (available to subscribers; abstract available\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w20012\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E), by scholars at the University of Toronto, Georgia Institute of Technology, and National University of Ireland, Galway, finds that the recruitment of research stars does nothing to lift the productivity of those already in the department (and actually leads to reduced productivity of some of them). But the productivity of researchers who join the department after a star joins increases significantly -- for scholars who work in related and unrelated fields alike. The study finds that the effects are most pronounced at mid-ranked institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-10 10:12:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:52","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"krystina madej","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/quicktakes\/2014\/04\/01\/study-recruiting-stars-bolsters-departments-research-productivity","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}