| Abstract [eng] |
Publications Financed by the Research Council of Lithuania: On or Under the Wave? The aim of this thesis was to determine whether Research Council of Lithuania (RCL) finances research projects that represent the most promising emerging research trends or research fields that have a cumulative advantage. Hypotheses were formulated based on two branches of new institutionalism – sociological institutionalism and historical institutionalism. A bibliometric analysis was carried out, publications funded by RCL and other financial sources were evaluated and compared by researching their keywords. The hypotheses were tested by using binomial logistic regression, which allowed to estimate the implicit effects of independent variables on the scientists’ choice of the research topic, as well as try to reveal the differences and specificities of publications funded by RCL and other financial sources. The trends revealed in the paper were not particularly pronounced and the relationship between the research topic and the funding of RCL was statistically insignificant, so none of the hypotheses put forward at the beginning of the study proved to be valid. However, the study revealed that RCL does not essentially differ from other competitive research funding institutions. Thus, the introduction of RCL funding does not seem to have affected the incentives for Lithuanian scientists to alter their choice of research topics. |
