Distribution of publications and universities by year.

Records for 2022 are incomplete because the research database was compiled in early 2022.</p

Simplified schema of linked datasets.

PK = Primary Key, used to uniquely identify the records in a table. FK = Foreign Key, used to link records in different tables. NME = Nonprofit Management Education. IPEDS = The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. ACS = American Community Survey. FIPS = Federal Information Processing Standards (County Codes). EID = IDs for uniquely identifying publications. UNITID = IDs for uniquely identifying higher education institutions. INST. HAS ART. = Institution has articles.</p

Predicting knowledge production for practice.

This study theorizes and tests an institutional-logics framework to explain why some universities produce more practice-oriented peer-reviewed journal articles than others, using nonprofit studies as an example. Empirically, knowledge production for practice can be increased by (1) graduate degree programs with an emphasis on nonprofit management, (2) research centers on nonprofit studies, and (3) location in disadvantaged communities; however, (4) status as an R1 or R2 research university substantially decreases the production of practical knowledge. Furthermore, (5) research centers can mediate the influence of community needs on knowledge production, so that universities with nonprofit research centers are more responsive to solving community issues. Theoretically, knowledge production follows the institutional logics of both closed and open systems, and institutions such as research centers that can repackage the culture of open systems to make it acceptable to closed systems are essential mediators.</div

Methods and robustness analysis.

This study theorizes and tests an institutional-logics framework to explain why some universities produce more practice-oriented peer-reviewed journal articles than others, using nonprofit studies as an example. Empirically, knowledge production for practice can be increased by (1) graduate degree programs with an emphasis on nonprofit management, (2) research centers on nonprofit studies, and (3) location in disadvantaged communities; however, (4) status as an R1 or R2 research university substantially decreases the production of practical knowledge. Furthermore, (5) research centers can mediate the influence of community needs on knowledge production, so that universities with nonprofit research centers are more responsive to solving community issues. Theoretically, knowledge production follows the institutional logics of both closed and open systems, and institutions such as research centers that can repackage the culture of open systems to make it acceptable to closed systems are essential mediators.</div

Producing practical knowledge: An institutional-logics framework.

Producing practical knowledge: An institutional-logics framework.</p

Description of explanatory and dependent variables.

Description of explanatory and dependent variables.</p

Mediating role of research centers: Shifting logics from community to academia.

Mediating role of research centers: Shifting logics from community to academia.</p

Topic keywords and the number of corresponding articles.

Topic keywords and the number of corresponding articles.</p

Nonprofit scholarship published by U.S. universities with NME focus.

Nonprofit scholarship published by U.S. universities with NME focus.</p

Explanatory variables: Definition, data type, and source.

Explanatory variables: Definition, data type, and source.</p