Research Evaluation
Examining how research quality, productivity, performance, and impact can be assessed to support evidence-based decision making within universities and research systems.
Research, Measurement and Evaluation
Dr. Valentine Joseph Owan
This website showcases the academic work of Dr Valentine Joseph Owan, including research, publications, teaching, editorial service, and professional activities. His research focuses on understanding how research performance can be measured, explained, predicted, and improved through research evaluation, scientometrics, scholarly communication, educational measurement, and research analytics.
Research Themes
The major themes that define the current research programme.
Scientometrics
Studying publication output, citation patterns, collaboration networks, bibliometric indicators, and university research performance through quantitative approaches.
Scholarly Communication
Investigating publication behaviour, peer review, research dissemination, research integrity, authorship, and strategies that strengthen scholarly publishing.
Educational Measurement
Developing and evaluating instruments, measurement models, and assessment practices that improve educational and behavioural research.
Research Analytics
Applying structural equation modelling, bibliometric analysis, machine learning, psychometrics, and multivariate statistics to answer complex research questions.
Higher Education Research
Examining research capacity, academic development, institutional culture, collaboration, and policies that influence research performance within universities.
Research at a Glance
A snapshot of scholarly activities and academic contributions.
100+
Scholarly publications across education, research methods, educational management, psychology, and higher education.
70+
Publications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.
3,000+
Google Scholar citations.
700+
Scopus citations.
International
Editorial appointments, peer review activities, and research collaborations.
Ongoing
Research projects focusing on research evaluation, scientometrics, educational measurement, and scholarly communication.
Featured Publications
Selected publications representing different areas of the research programme.
Research Evaluation
Collaboration and institutional culture as mediators linking mentorship and institutional support to academics' research productivity
Examines how mentorship, institutional culture, and collaboration influence research productivity among university academics using structural equation modelling.
Scientometrics
Construction and standardisation of an instrument measuring lecturers' persistence to publish in Scopus-indexed journals
Presents the development and validation of an instrument for measuring publication persistence among university lecturers.
Educational Measurement
Exploring the potential of artificial intelligence tools in educational measurement and assessment
Discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with the application of artificial intelligence in educational measurement and assessment.
Psychometrics
Academic staff emotional intelligence questionnaire (ASEIQ): Development, validation, and bifactor modelling in Nigerian universities
Development and validation of a multidimensional instrument for assessing emotional intelligence among university academics.
Artificial Intelligence
Multi-group analysis of demographic differences in higher education students' ChatGPT use behaviour within a modified UTAUT2 model
Examines demographic differences in the adoption and use of ChatGPT among higher education students.
Instrument Development
Lecturers' job satisfaction questionnaire (LJSQ): Development, construct validity, and bifactor modelling in Nigerian universities
Reports the development and validation of a multidimensional instrument for measuring lecturers' job satisfaction.
Current Projects
Ongoing studies contributing to research evaluation, scientometrics, and higher education research.
Research Evaluation and University Performance
Current work examines academic capacity, publication behaviour, institutional support, collaboration, and research productivity among university academics. The overall aim is to develop evidence that strengthens research systems and supports better institutional decision making.
Scientometric Studies
Ongoing studies examine publication trends, citation impact, collaboration networks, bibliometric indicators, and approaches for evaluating university research performance using quantitative and computational methods.
Artificial Intelligence in Research
Current projects investigate the responsible application of artificial intelligence to research design, academic writing, educational measurement, scholarly communication, and higher education.
Instrument Development and Validation
Continuing work focuses on the development, validation, and refinement of educational and psychological instruments for research, assessment, and programme evaluation.
Professional Activities
Contributing to research quality through teaching, editorial service, collaboration, and mentorship.
Teaching
Teaching research methods, educational measurement, psychometrics, quantitative data analysis, and related courses in higher education.
Editorial Service
Serving as editor and reviewer for international and national academic journals across education and related disciplines.
Research Mentorship
Supporting students and early-career researchers through supervision, collaboration, academic writing, and publication mentoring.
International Collaboration
Working with researchers across institutions and countries to advance research quality, scholarly communication, and evidence-based practice.
Academic Contributions
Advancing research, teaching, scholarly communication, and research capacity through professional engagement.
Teaching
Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in research methods, educational measurement, psychometrics, quantitative data analysis, and related areas while promoting critical thinking and evidence-based practice.
Editorial Service
Serving on editorial boards and reviewing manuscripts for international and national journals to support methodological rigour, research quality, and responsible scholarly publishing.
Research Mentorship
Supporting students, early-career researchers, and academic colleagues through supervision, collaborative research, academic writing, publication strategy, and capacity development.
Research Collaboration
Collaborating with researchers across disciplines and institutions to address important questions in research evaluation, scientometrics, educational measurement, and higher education research.
Latest News
Recent publications, appointments, presentations, workshops, and other academic activities.
Latest Publications
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Opportunities for collaboration, postgraduate supervision, research partnerships, peer review, and scholarly networking.
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Publications, datasets, instruments, presentations, and academic resources supporting research and professional development.