The Differences in Research Productivity Based on Gender, Age, Marital Status, and Academic Position Among Lecturers

This study aims to identify the figure of the research productivity among faculty members based on lecturer demographics at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan (Unimed). This study was conducted by a survey using an electronic questionnaire. Research respondents were all lecturers at the Faculty of Economics, Unimed. From 119 populations, researchers have collected 48 research responses as samples with random sampling techniques. The results indicated that Permenristekdikti no. 20 yr 2017 and PAK-Dikti 2019 impact lecturer research productivity in terms of differences in the number of lecturer publications concerning an academic position. Thus government policy has stimulated a new motivational format for lecturers in writing scientific articles. Future studies can explore institutional factors that can maintain the quality and productivity of research in higher education.