The Influence of International Activities on Academic Research Production in Canada
Academic research is an activity which transcends geographical borders and is built upon international expertise, resources, mobility, and collaborations. The objective of this article is to examine how professors from research-intensive universities in five Canadian provinces perceive the influence of internationalization on the production research. A survey to which 1,045 professors responded, followed by descriptive analyzes, paired sample tests and an ANOVA, reveal that internationalization is perceived to have a positive influence on research. International research collaborations, recruitment of international faculty and graduate students, as well as international research funding are considered to have a stronger influence than the recruitment of international undergraduate students and institutional partnerships.