Facts and figures on research and outreach
The evolution of IOB ’ s publication output for an academic and a non-academic audience is shown in Figures 3 and 4 respectively . A full list of publications in 2016 can be found at the end of this report . As a result of the research and publication strategy followed in recent years , we have seen a steady increase in both the quantity and quality of publications , especially in the two last years . Although there is a slight quantitative decrease in 2016 compared to the top year 2015 , the quality keeps improving , with IOB producing more CERES / EADI A and B publications ( i . e . publications in ISI-ranked journals or in academic books of equivalent quality ) in the past year than in any other year . Other indicators of research output are presented elsewhere in this report . This trend is also mirrored in the level and quality of external research funding . Although slightly below the 2015 level , in 2016 , we maintained the high levels of funding from the academic Research Foundation-Flanders ( FWO ) and several VLIR-Inter-University Development Cooperation ( VLIR-IUC ), while succeeding in gaining two DOCPRO PhD scholarships ( BOF / IOB ), BfinDEV and international funding from , among others , the International Growth Centre .
PhD Dennis Essers
FIGURE 2 : IOB publications for academic audience * FIGURE 3 : Publications for non-academic audience *
200
CERES / EADI A-papers CERES / EADI B-papers Other peer-reviewed papers Other papers
Other publications for non-academic audience Newspapers , magazines and blogs Reports
100
150
80
100
50
60
40
20
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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Data as available in February 2017 . Source : Academic Bibliography University of Antwerp .
18 • Annual report 2015