Masaru Nishikawa (Tsuda University), “Career Trajectory of Political Scientists’ Publication in the First and Second Language: Japan as an example of internationalization of political science, 1971-2023”

U.S. ET: October 26 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM

JST: October 27 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM

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Authors: Akira Matsui (Yokohama National University), Masaru Nishikawa (Tsuda University), and Daisuke Sakai (Independent Researcher)

Abstract:
This paper discusses the “science of science” and bibliometrics, which have made new findings on scientific practices, such as scientific patterns, scientific impact, and citation, but these studies have focused primarily on Western countries. However, there is little research on non-Western countries, such as Japan: the existing research is biased towards Western countries. The authors emphasize the need to study the internationalization of political science, including themes such as international co-authorship. This paper also points out the limitations of major citation databases, which cover only academic journals published in English. As a result, the text proposes a case study of Japanese political scientists who incorporate English and Japanese publications into their careers as a unique opportunity to study the internationalization of political science. After a literature review and a research question on how to define the internationalization of political science, the authors adopt multiple methods –descriptive statistics, text analysis, and network analysis — to answer the RQs.

Presenter: Masaru Nishikawa (Tsuda University)

Discussant: Alexander J. Gates (University of Virginia)

Chair: Daniel M. Smith (University of Pennsylvania)