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webpages, the Scopus database, WebofScience, Google
Scholar, LinkedIn). For the purposes of our research,
complete information from secondary data was available
for 111 academics, resulting to a sample containing 30%
of the total observations of the initial population.
We then created multiple indexes, aiming to capture the
research productivity of academics and the research
quality of their publications for each of the promotion
periods described above. Throughout this process, the
calculation of indexes was based on the OM/OR
journals’ rankings of the respective ABS Academic
Journal Quality list valid in each case at the year of
promotion (i.e. the list of 2007 was utilized for 2007
promotion year and all years downwards- in the absence
of former official lists; the list of 2008 for 2008; the list
of 2009 for 2009; the list of 2010 for years 2010-2014;
finally, the list of 2015 was utilized for 2015 onwards).
Statistical analysis demonstrates how promotion
requirements change across promotion periods. Most
importantly, it highlights the evolution of promotion
requirements over time, and reveals promotion trends
within the OM/OR discipline. Indicative descriptive
statistics are presented in TABLE 1.
as 3 and 0,71 publications ranked as 4 or 4* were
required to reach the desired milestone. The average
number of 3-4* papers published per year to achieve the
1st promotion is 0,51. This result is compatible with the
findings of [10, pp.53], who found that “an average of
one refereed article per year would place the individual
among the most actively published in the field… two
articles per year, among the elite”. The average quality of
3-4* publications to achieve the 1st promotion is 3,16.
Average Quality is an index of values within the range of
[3, 4], designating the average ranking of publications in
question on the basis of the respective ABS Quality list
valid each time within the period of interest. Notice that
for the calculation of the index we excluded zero values,
i.e., those academics that have reached 1st promotion in
our sample having zero publications in OM/OR journals
of ranking 3-4*. It’s further worth noting that 27
academics (24,3% of the sample) do not have any
publication in 3-4* journals in the period prior to their
first promotion. Also, among the 111 academics only 26
(23,4% of the sample) have published in 4-4* journals
before they reach the milestone of tenure (first
promotion).
TABLE 1
Variables/ Indexes N Min Max Mean Std. Dev.
Entire Sample to 1 st Promotion
No of years to 1 st promotion
111 1 26 7,68 4,802
No of papers (ranked as 3) to 1 st promotion 111 0 16 2,90 3,191
No of papers (ranked as 4/4*) to 1 st promotion 111 0 11 0,71 1,856
Average No of authors per paper to 1 st promotion 84 1,00 4,67 2,7575 0,85638
No of Journals per year to 1 st promotion 111 0,00 5,00 0,5114 0,65807
Quality to 1 st promotion (journals ranked as 3-4*) 84 3,00 4,00 3,1644 0,29448
Professors to 1 st Promotion
No of years to 1 st promotion
44 1 26 7,86 5,056
No of papers ranked as 3 to 1 st promotion 44 0 16 3,07 3,830
No of papers ranked as 4/4* to 1 st promotion 44 0 4 0,55 1,130
Average No of authors per paper to 1 st promotion 34 1,00 4,67 2,3444 0,75961
No of Journals per year to 1 st promotion 44 0,00 2,00 0,4393 0,48282
Quality to 1 st promotion (journals ranked as 3-4*) 34 3,00 4,00 3,1847 0,33581
Professors from 1 st to 2 nd Promotion
No of years from 1 st to 2nd promotion
44 1 24 6,75 4,895
No of papers (ranked as 3) from 1 st to 2 nd promotion 44 0 19 3,59 4,099
No of papers (ranked as 4/4*) from 1 st to 2 nd promotion 44 0 4 0,64 1,102
Average No of authors per paper from 1 st to 2 nd promotion 39 1,00 4,00 2,4544 0,71455
No of Journals per year from 1 st to 2 nd promotion 44 0,00 3,00 0,7120 0,59112
Quality from 1 st to 2 nd promotion (journals ranked as 3-4*) 39 3,00 4,00 3,2410 0,37170
Professors from 2 nd Promotion until today
Average No of authors per paper from 2 nd promotion until today
39 1,75 6,50 3,0662 0,83322
No of Journals per year from 2 nd promotion until today 44 0,00 3,60 1,0402 0,82830
Quality from 2 nd promotion until today (journals ranked as 3-4*) 39 3,00 4,00 3,4438 0,32457
RESULTS
From the table below, we see that academics with a rank
above that of the Associate Professor level (or
equivalent), the average number of years required to
achieve the 1st promotion (equivalent of Associate
Professor - the milestone of tenure) is 7,68 years. Within
this period, on average, 2,9 OM/OR publications ranked
If we track the advancement path of the 44 academics in
our sample that have achieved a Professorship status, the
average number of years from receiving their Ph.D. to
achieving their first promotion is 7,86 years. On the other
hand, less time (6,75 years) was required from first
promotion to Professorship. For the first promotion, 3,07
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