Following the Money? Performance Based Funding and the Changing Publication Patterns of Finnish Academics

• In Event: Global Issues on Performance and Accreditation

Abstract

This study examines the changing publication patterns among Finnish academics associated with the introduction of a national performance-based funding model. We find evidence Finnish academics increasingly target international (non-Finnish language) publication outlets and lower-tiered journals. We consider implications for the current funding formula for both Finnish academia and society.

Authors

• Charles Mathies, University of Jyväskylä

• Jussi Kivistö, University of Tampere

• Matt Birnbaum, University of Northern Colorado