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Missing Evidence: Tracking Academic Data Use around the World

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dc.contributor.authorStacy, Brian
dc.contributor.authorKitzmüller, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorWang, Xiaoyu
dc.contributor.authorMahler, Daniel Gerszon
dc.contributor.authorSerajuddin, Umar
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-25T17:26:37Z
dc.date.available2024-01-25T17:26:37Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-25
dc.description.abstractData-driven research on a country is key to producing evidence-based public policies. Yet little is known about where data-driven research is lacking and how it could be expanded. This paper proposes a method for tracking academic data use by country of subject, applying natural language processing to open-access research papers. The model’s predictions produce country estimates of the number of articles using data that are highly correlated with a human-coded approach, with a correlation of 0.99. Analyzing more than 1 million academic articles, the paper finds that the number of articles on a country is strongly correlated with its gross domestic product per capita, population, and the quality of its national statistical system. The paper identifies data sources that are strongly associated with data-driven research and finds that availability of subnational data appears to be particularly important. Finally, the paper classifies countries into groups based on whether they could most benefit from increasing their supply of or demand for data. The findings show that the former applies to many low- and lower-middle-income countries, while the latter applies to many upper-middle- and high-income countries.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099503001172493286/IDU1ad0286b61aec014d8c19d3e1e651d3fe6286
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10673
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40965
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10673
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCOUNTRY DATA ANALYSIS
dc.subjectACADEMIA
dc.subjectACADEMIC RESEARCH ARTICLE SURVEY
dc.subjectNATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY RESEARCH STUDY
dc.titleMissing Evidenceen
dc.title.subtitleTracking Academic Data Use around the Worlden
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://reproducibility.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/88 Link to data and reproducibility package
okr.crossref.titleMissing Evidence: Tracking Academic Data Use around the World
okr.date.disclosure2024-01-17
okr.date.lastmodified2024-01-17T00:00:00Zen
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10673
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10673
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty and Policy
okr.unitDevelopment Indicators and Data (DECID)
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