Philippine Research Productivity in Education Research: A Comparative Performance in Southeast Asia

This study presents Philippine research productivity as compared to the other 7 Southeast Asian countries. It aims to provide a systematic analysis of the progress and current state of research productivity of the Philippines in the context of education research among Scopus journal publications. The study utilized the Scimago database and was processed and cleaned using Python programming and with the different packages for scientific computing, presented data through Tableau software, and analyze data with the use of SPSS. The metrics were limited in (i) published research, (ii) number of citations, (iii) number of self-citations, and (iv) country ranking in a 23-year period. The data presented in the study discoursed the Philippines has a temporal trend compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.19% while maintaining 5th rank among the 7 southeast Asian countries and being forecasted to produce several education research publications more than Singapore by 2021. The comparative performance was also shown to compare Philippine performance to the 7 Southeast Asian countries. There are only a few citations of Philippine works, and self-citation is becoming a culture of research in the country. It is expected that the Philippines will maintain its growth rate as the publication is being required for faculty promotion and students’ degree requirements.

Keywords: Philippine research productivity; education research; Southeast Asia research