Report of "Survey on the impact of response to the COVID-19 epidemic on research productivity"

Report of "Survey on the impact of response to the COVID-19 epidemic on research productivity" is published.

NISTEP published "Survey on the impact of response to the COVID-19 epidemic on research productivity" as Research Material 313.

 [Main points of the results]

• In the survey, the respondents were asked about their real research productivity, assuming that it would be 10 if there were no COVID-19 epidemics and its responses.The percentage of respondents whose research productivity decreased to 9 or below due to the epidemic and response to COVID-19 was 73% in doctoral students and 69% in doctoral graduates.

• In the free-description responses about national and local governments should do, many of the respondents hoped for financial support for living and research expenses, as well as flexible extension of research funds.

Though the main report is written in Japanese, you can read the report from the link below.

Library：Survey on the impact of response to the COVID-19 epidemic on research productivity - Web Questionnaire Survey on Japan Graduates Database (JGRAD) - [Research Material-313]