An Examination of Biomedical Intellectual Reputation in Relationship to Graduates’ Productivity, Regional Innovation and Absorptive Capacity at Selected Universities Worldwide

The purpose of this study was first to determine factors associated with intellectual
reputation. Second, the study aimed to examine intellectual reputation in relationship to doctoral
graduates’ productivity in the biomedical sciences and in relationship to organizational
biomedical advancement and productivity. Third, the study aimed to visualize a spatial
relationship between intellectual reputation and local organizational biomedical advancement
and productivity. Finally, a simulated research-based model was proposed for understanding
hospital productivity.
The study used quantitative analysis and The Geographic Information System GIS. The findings
from this study suggest that university’s research intensity, having a Nobel Laureate on staff,
Hirsch Index of the most prominent researcher on staff, scientific patent, scientific publications,
and affiliation with multiple countries are good predictors of intellectual reputation. Correlation
analysis suggests that university intellectual reputation is associated with doctoral graduates’
productivity. When examining the relationship between the university and hospitals, university
intellectual reputation was positively correlated with hospital biomedical advancement. Hospital
productivity was significantly correlated with university intellectual reputation. University
intellectual reputation was significantly correlated with hospital capacity to absorb knowledge
and knowledge spillover. Regression analysis also reveals that hospital capacity to absorb
knowledge and knowledge spillover are good predictors of hospital biomedical advancement, F
2, 176 62.637, p 0.001.Visual examination of the hospitals suggests that when universities
publish at a large quantity, this influences hospitals within the area to publish as well.
Additionally, hospitals that are more productive tend to cluster around universities with higher
intellectual reputation.