Stepping out of the shadow: internationalizing communication research in CEE Václav Štětka ECREA CEE Network Chair PolCoRe, Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Charles University in Prague CEECOM 2015 International Conference, Zagreb June 2015

Assessing/reflecting the East/West gap in social sciences European Social Foudation (2010) Promoting Internationalisation of the Social Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe. SCSS Position Paper. Palné Kovács & Kutsar (eds.) (2010) Internationalisation of Social Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe. The ‘catching up’ – a myth or a strategy? Routledge. Płoszaj A., Olechnicka A, (2015), ‘Running faster or measuring better? How is the R&D sector in Central and Eastern Europe catching up with Western Europe?’, GRINCOH Working Paper Series, Paper No “The slow and contested internationalisation”

Historical legacies: hindrance to internationalization “Catching up with Western Europe is blocked particularly by the several decades of isolation of the Central and Eastern European research community (primarily in the social sciences)” Kutsar & Palné Kovács (2010: 1-2)

Participation in ESF activities and proposals by scientists from Europe vs CEE, Source: ESF 2010

Coordinators of social sciences and humanities projects in EU Framework Programmes ( ) CEE coordinators: FP5: 3% FP6: 6% (source: ESF 2010) Coordinators of FP7 projects (all disciplines) from CEE countries (EU10) 3.7% Success rate of EU10 applications in ERC programmes: 4.3% (source: Rauch & Ulrich 2012)

Expenditure on R&D and employment in R&D: EU15 vs EU10 Source: Płoszaj & Olechnicka 2015 GERD as a % of GDPEmployment in R&D as a % of population

GERD as % of GDP by country Source: Płoszaj & Olechnicka 2015

R&D Expenditure vs FP7 success Source: Rauch & Ulrich 2012

Publications in WoS journals : CEE authors account for 10.9% of total production Source: Płoszaj & Olechnicka 2015

CEE countries’ share in articles and citations of EU10 (WoS, ) Source: Płoszaj & Olechnicka 2015

Citations per article in EU10 vs EU15 All WoS journals Excluding WoS journals published outside EU10 Source: Płoszaj & Olechnicka 2015

Citations per article by authors from EU10s (excluding WoS journals published in EU10) Source: Płoszaj & Olechnicka 2015

Percentage of articles with at least one foreign affiliation (excl. CEE journals) Source: Płoszaj & Olechnicka 2015

Examining publication outputs by CEE scholars in media/communication journals: an unexplored territory Braun and Schubert (1996): research on publications from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia Elena Tarasheva (2011) : The place of Eastern European researchers in international discourse: Critical discourse analysis. Discourse & Society 22 (2), a case study on eight ‘Western’ journals which publish CDA research to establish the number of articles by Eastern Europeans – Journals included Media, Culture & Society; Communication Research; Discourse & Society; Theory, Culture & Society Out of 5699 articles in the sample ( ), 39 (0.68%) came from authors from Eastern Europe

Research articles in 8 communication/linguistic journals (SAGE) published by CEE scholars between (Tarasheva, 2011)

Publication record of CEE scholars in international media & communication journals A pilot study

Methodology Method: content analysis of publication record of CEE-based scholars in selected international media & communication journals Sample: 15 key communication journals published by Western publishers (Sage, Taylor&Francis, Wiley); all indexed in WoS – time scope: – only articles with authors affiliated to universities residing in CEE countries – only research/review articles Variables: forms of authorship, types of methodologies, types of journal issue

Journal namePublisher IF (2013) Ranking in the WoS JCR – Communication (2013) Communication ResearchSage Journal of CommunicationWiley-Blackwell New Media & SocietySage Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Wiley-Blackwell Political CommunicationTaylor & Francis International Journal of Press-PoliticsSage Communication MonographsTaylor & Francis Information Communication & SocietyTaylor & Francis JournalismSage Media, Culture & SocietySage Communication TheoryWiley-Blackwell European Journal of CommunicationSage Discourse & SocietySage International Journal of Communication USC Annenberg Press Journalism StudiesTaylor & Francis

Time development: is there any progress at all?

Authors by countries

Universities with more than 1 article

Summary CEE media & communication scholars having marginal impact on the top-level international publictation scene – situation does not seem to be improving in time Virtually no presence in journals with highest IF With the exception of Slovenia, publication record of other countries limited to just a handful of articles Most universities represented by just one article Relative lack of empirical research & quantitative methodologies Low attention devoted to new/online/social media

So… what to do about it? International co-publishing activities: “simple and robust indicator of the internationalisation of science” (Kramberger & Mali, 2010: 199) – need to actively seek collaborative projects leading to co- publications with Western authors increasing international visibility: joint database of CEE institutions / projects / researchers for improving networking – > “match-making application” - ECREA CEE Network initiative overcoming “self-stigmatisation” of CEE scholars (Kutsar & Kovács, 2010: 222) Internationalization from below: promoting & enhancing international experience of graduate/PhD students – Encouraging participation at international graduate conferences – Joint PhD supervision with Western universities – Preventing from “brain drain”: creating conditions for young CEE scholars with international experience to return back to CEE

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