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. 2015 Sep 15;10(9):e0138176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138176

Table 3. OLS Panel Regressions. Determinants of Publications, Citations, and Average Citations per Publication, by University Type.

Full sample Private Public not Research l Research l
Panel A-Dependent Variable: Number of Publications
L.Federally Funded R&D 0.00609*** 0.00652*** 0.00611*** 0.00404* 0.00523***
(0.00125) (0.00173) (0.00171) (0.00172) (0.00131)
L.Non-Federally Funded R&D 0.00669*** 0.00293 0.00775*** 0.00294 0.00536**
(0.00177) (0.00347) (0.00198) (0.00177) (0.00201)
L.Full Time Faculty -0.213 -0.156 -0.282 0.0659 -0.228
(0.227) (0.418) (0.308) (0.203) (0.341)
Year Effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Constant 47.10*** 41.06 51.43*** 17.41* 82.24***
(11.86) (23.75) (14.50) (7.789) (18.25)
Observations 2933 940 1993 1256 1677
sigma_e 43.34 44.79 42.60 23.50 47.27
sigma_u 93.78 89.93 95.36 39.37 94.30
rho 0.824 0.801 0.834 0.737 0.799
r2_w 0.619 0.578 0.642 0.572 0.710
r2_b 0.751 0.799 0.718 0.605 0.675
r2_o 0.576 0.602 0.569 0.430 0.539
Panel B-Dependent Variable: Number of Citations
L.Federally Funded R&D 0.0645*** 0.0527 0.0749*** 0.0343* 0.0566**
(0.0177) (0.0338) (0.0201) (0.0131) (0.0202)
L.Non-Federally Funded R&D 0.0693** 0.0578 0.0760** 0.0289* 0.0607*
(0.0240) (0.0434) (0.0273) (0.0125) (0.0284)
L.Full Time Faculty -1.263 -2.391 -0.853 0.272 -0.427
(3.233) (4.238) (4.615) (2.039) (4.865)
Year Effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Constant 63.54 233.0 -29.95 -4.730 226.9
(155.0) (327.6) (190.4) (71.68) (251.6)
Observations 2933 940 1993 1256 1677
sigma_e 578.0 647.1 540.6 235.7 664.5
sigma_u 940.2 1252.2 733.1 284.4 1049.0
rho 0.726 0.789 0.648 0.593 0.714
r2_w 0.484 0.428 0.525 0.477 0.583
r2_b 0.615 0.632 0.673 0.466 0.478
r2_o 0.498 0.426 0.575 0.401 0.452
Panel C-Dependent Variable: Average Number of Citations per Publication
L.Federally Funded R&D 0.0000568 -0.0000453 0.000113** 0.000218* 0.0000349
(0.0000414) (0.0000805) (0.0000428) (0.0000821) (0.0000429)
L.Non-Federally Funded R&D 0.0000606 0.0000684 0.0000329 -0.00000232 0.000102
(0.0000476) (0.0000958) (0.0000492) (0.0000577) (0.0000598)
L.Full Time Faculty -0.00178 -0.0287* 0.0134 0.0184 -0.0124
(0.0119) (0.0112) (0.0114) (0.0133) (0.0115)
Year Effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Constant 6.929*** 9.662*** 5.588*** 4.355*** 8.741***
(0.477) (0.836) (0.516) (0.475) (0.631)
Observations 2933 940 1993 1256 1677
sigma_e 2.168 2.620 1.906 2.396 1.953
sigma_u 2.956 3.950 2.052 2.269 2.732
rho 0.650 0.694 0.537 0.473 0.662
r2_w 0.241 0.167 0.317 0.269 0.245
r2_b 0.188 0.226 0.383 0.130 0.00450
r2_o 0.154 0.00721 0.311 0.200 0.0968

Standard errors in parentheses.

* p<0.05,

** p<0.01,

*** p<0.001.