Investigating the mentorship effect on the academic success of young scientists: An empirical study of the 985 project universities of China |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;1. Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, ul. Koszykowa 75, Warsaw 00-662, Poland;2. Deakin University, School of IT, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia;3. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Newelska 6, Warsaw 01-447, Poland;4. Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics, ul. Koszykowa 75, Warsaw 00-662, Poland;1. Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock, Germany;2. German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), Berlin, Germany;3. Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy;1. Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682022, India;2. Department of Statistics, Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram 695014, India |
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| Abstract: | This study intends to uncover the mentorship effect by investigating the impact of mentors’ academic titles and research performance on the academic success of young scientists. Drawing on the data of chemical scientists from China's 985 project universities, we demonstrate that the probability of young scientists acquiring academic success increases if their mentors are qualified Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) or Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) academicians. However, this positive effect may be insignificant or negative for improved academic performance. Additionally, the role of the mentors’ research performance in moderating the relationship between the young scientists' research performance and the probability of acquiring an academic title is not significant and may even be negative. Remarkably, our empirical results suggest that mentors with a CAS or CAE academician title and an increase of the young scientists’ H-index by 20 have equal effects on the probability that young scientists win an Excellent title. This raises concerns about the mentorship effect in China. The results have solid practical implications that are clarified at the end of this research. |
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