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
0
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Data as available in February 2017. Source: Academic Bibliography University of Antwerp.
18 • Annual report 2015