Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index

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<p>These are the programs for which Cornell was rated among the top 10 in faculty scholarly productivity.</p>

<p>I think the index goes from 0-2.</p>

<p>The index examines faculty members who are listed on a Ph.D. program's Web sites, and includes a total of 217,254 names. A professor listed in both history and American studies would be counted twice. But at the next level of aggregation (the humanities in this case), the professor would be counted only once. The index creators call this "de-duplication." The total number of actual faculty members rated by the index is 164,843.</p>

<p>The productivity of each faculty member is measured, although the data are aggregated before being published. Faculty members can be judged on as many as five factors, depending on the most important variables in the given discipline: books published; journal publications; citations of journal articles; federal-grant dollars awarded; and honors and awards.</p>

<p>For each discipline, Academic Analytics assigns a weight to each variable.</p>

<p>Chronicle</a> Facts & Figures: Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index</p>

<p>Cornell U. - 2007
Discipline*, Rank, Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Agricultural Sciences
Agronomy and Crop Science 2 1.58
Animal Sciences 8 1.22
Food science 5 1.2
Horticulture 6 .54
Plant Sciences 4 1.57
Soil science 5 .96 </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Botany/Plant Biology 2 1.52
Entomology 7 1.08
Evolutionary Biology 7 .63
Plant pathology 6 .8
Zoology 2 1.2 </p>

<p>Business
Business, various 7 1.04
Management 8 1.06 </p>

<p>Engineering
Aerospace Engineering 1 1.72
Computer engineering 3 1.75
Electrical engineering 2 1.83
Engineering Mechanics 3 1.16
Materials science and engineering 10 1.12
Operations Research 4 .79 </p>

<p>Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Consumer and Human Sciences, various 2 1.54
Human Development and Family Studies, General 8 1.16 </p>

<p>Humanities
Asian Languages 5 .78
European Studies 7 .48
Germanic Languages and Literatures 6 1.26
Humanities/Humanistic Studies, General 1 1.68
Italian Language and Literature 1 1.53
Music, General 7 1.48
Near and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 8 .23 </p>

<p>Natural Resources
Natural Resources and Conservation 6 1.38 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Applied mathematics 1 1.41
Applied Physics 3 1.59
Astronomy and astrophysics 7 1.2
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 6 1.01
Information Science/Studies 2 1.44
Mathematics 6 1.74 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Applied Economics 4 1.04
Economics, General 5 1.65
Geography 9 .99
Public Administration 5 .82
Social Sciences, various 3 1.21
Sociology 4 1.91 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Harvard U. - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biological Sciences, various 1 1.25
Biomedical Sciences, various 1 1.72
Biophysics 2 1.69
Cell biology 6 1.57
Ecology 4 1.3
Evolutionary Biology 5 1.04
Genetics 1 1.79
Immunology 1 1.89
Molecular biology 9 1.45
Neurobiology/Neuroscience 1 2.01 </p>

<p>Business
Business administration 5 1.63 </p>

<p>Engineering
Engineering, General 1 1.73
Engineering, General 4 1.44 </p>

<p>Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Architecture 5 .65
Architecture, Design, Planning, various 9 -.09
Human Development and Family Studies, General 9 1.06 </p>

<p>Health Science Professions
Health Professions, various 10 .47 </p>

<p>Humanities
Area and Ethnic Studies, various 1 1.71
Art History and Criticism 1 2.2
Asian Studies 8 .35
Comparative literature 5 1.4
English Language and Literature 1 2.48
European Studies 1 1.57
Germanic Languages and Literatures 1 1.92
Music, General 1 2.11
Near and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 1 1.68
Religion/Religious Studies 1 2.19 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Applied Physics 1 1.71
Astronomy and astrophysics 1 2.02
Biostatistics 1 2.13
Chemical Sciences, various 1 1.65
Chemistry 2 1.9
Geology/Earth Science, General 4 1.75
Information Technology/Information Systems 6 .42
Physics, General 1 1.92
Statistics 5 1.47 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropology 3 2.11
Economics, General 4 1.89
Economics, General 7 1.59
Political science 1 2.22
Political science 2 2.09
Psychology, General 2 2.28
Public Policy 1 1.88
Sociology 5 1.86 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Yale U. - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2 1.38
Biophysics 3 1.55
Cell biology 8 1.5
Cell biology 10 1.42
Developmental biology 3 1.51
Epidemiology 4 1.16
Evolutionary Biology 9 .54
Genetics 3 1.58
Immunology 2 1.57
Neurobiology/Neuroscience 4 1.8
Pharmacology 8 1.14
Physiology, General 2 1.88 </p>

<p>Engineering
Biomedical engineering 8 1.21
Computer engineering 10 1.5
Engineering, General 5 1.24
Mechanical engineering 3 1.78 </p>

<p>Health Science Professions
Nursing 4 1.68
Public health 1 1.52 </p>

<p>Humanities
American studies 1 1.55
Area and Ethnic Studies, various 4 .45
Art History and Criticism 5 1.33
Classics and Classical Languages 5 1.06
French Language and Literature 6 1.28
History 2 2.19
Humanities/Humanistic Studies, General 3 1.42
Linguistics 10 1.09
Near and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 7 .43
Performing and Visual Arts, various 4 1.21
Religion/Religious Studies 9 1.01
Slavic Languages and Literatures 2 .96 </p>

<p>Natural Resources
Forest Resources/Forestry 2 1.73 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Geology/Earth Science, General 6 1.6
Geophysics 1 1.68
Statistics 10 1.08 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Economics, General 6 1.6
Political science 9 1.45
Psychology, General 5 1.94 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Princeton U. - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Ecology 5 1.23
Evolutionary Biology 4 1.06 </p>

<p>Engineering
Aerospace Engineering 2 1.69
Civil Engineering 1 1.99
Computer engineering 1 2
Environmental Engineering 1 1.73
Mechanical engineering 9 1.55
Operations Research 5 .77 </p>

<p>Humanities
Classics and Classical Languages 9 .66
History 3 1.89
Music, General 4 1.74
Religion/Religious Studies 7 1.08
Slavic Languages and Literatures 3 .94 </p>

<p>Natural Resources
Oceanography, Physical Sciences 10 .46
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Computational Sciences 2 1.39
Computer science 5 1.82
Mathematics 1 2.01 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Economics, General 1 2.3
Public Administration 1 2.78
Social Sciences, various 2 1.56 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Stanford U. - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biochemistry 3 1.85
Biophysics 1 2.04
Developmental biology 1 1.88
Genetics 2 1.67
Immunology 3 1.52
Microbiology 1 1.96
Neurobiology/Neuroscience 6 1.61
Oncology and Cancer Biology 4 1.13 </p>

<p>Business
Accounting 5 .78
Business administration 1 2.56
Management 4 1.54 </p>

<p>Engineering
Aerospace Engineering 3 1.41
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 2 1.73
Chemical engineering 5 1.56
Computer engineering 4 1.74
Engineering, General 2 1.61
Mechanical engineering 5 1.72 </p>

<p>Humanities
Asian Languages 8 .51
Classics and Classical Languages 10 .61
Comparative literature 7 .86
English Language and Literature 6 1.58
Linguistics 1 1.76
Performing and Visual Arts, various 9 .53 </p>

<p>Natural Resources
Environmental Sciences 2 1.78
Natural Resources and Conservation 3 1.48 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Applied Physics 4 1.11
Chemistry 7 1.78
Computational Sciences 6 .51
Computer science 2 1.87
Geology/Earth Science, General 9 1.43
Geophysics 4 .83
Physics, General 7 1.62
Statistics 1 1.91 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropology 8 1.57
Educational psychology 2 1.5
Political science 5 1.74
Psychology, General 1 2.39
Social Sciences, various 4 1.2
Sociology 7 1.6 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Columbia U. - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biochemistry 1 2.02
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 3 1.99
Biophysics 6 1.17
Cell biology 4 1.69
Genetics 5 1.45
Microbiology 4 1.57
Molecular biology 5 1.59
Neurobiology/Neuroscience 7 1.59
Pathology 2 1.39
Pharmacology 1 2.03
Physiology, General 1 1.91 </p>

<p>Business
Business administration 3 1.92
Management 3 1.6 </p>

<p>Education
Education, General 8 1.47 </p>

<p>Engineering
Engineering Mechanics 6 .49
Environmental Engineering 4 1.36
Industrial engineering 7 1.16
Mechanical engineering 5 1.72
Operations Research 6 .07 </p>

<p>Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Nutrition Sciences 1 1.8
Urban and Regional Planning 2 1.64 </p>

<p>Health Science Professions
Environmental Health Sciences 2 1.18
Medical Sciences, various 2 1.28
Public health 10 .73 </p>

<p>Humanities
Ancient Studies 1 1.83
Art History and Criticism 2 2.02
Asian Languages 4 1.15
Asian Studies 9 .25
Asian Studies 1 1.86
Classics and Classical Languages 1 1.79
Comparative literature 2 2.02
Comparative literature 6 1.33
English Language and Literature 5 1.66
History 1 2.32
Italian Language and Literature 6 -.22
Languages, various 6 .67
Music, General 3 1.77
Near and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 9 .08
Religion/Religious Studies 6 1.12
Slavic Languages and Literatures 8 .21
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism 1 1.84 </p>

<p>Natural Resources
Environmental Sciences 5 1.16 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Applied Physics 8 .86
Biostatistics 4 .9
Chemical Sciences, various 10 .39
Statistics 8 1.15 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
International Affairs and Development 1 1.48
Political science 8 1.53 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>U. of Pennsylvania - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 5 1.11
Epidemiology 1 1.63
Human and Medical Genetics 5 .8
Immunology 6 1.16
Pharmacology 2 1.85 </p>

<p>Business
Business, various 3 1.87
Business, various 1 2.42
Finance 6 .45
Management 7 1.13
Marketing 2 1.66 </p>

<p>Education
Education, General 3 1.98 </p>

<p>Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 7 1.24
Chemical engineering 7 1.45
Systems Engineering 3 .98 </p>

<p>Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Architecture 4 .82
Communication and Communication Studies 1 2.73 </p>

<p>Health Science Professions
Health Professions, various 7 1.02
Nursing 2 1.88 </p>

<p>Humanities
Ancient Studies 9 -.52
Ancient Studies 6 .22
Art History and Criticism 10 .83
Art History and Criticism 3 2
Asian Studies 3 1.21
Comparative literature 1 2.38
English Language and Literature 8 1.43
History 10 1.63
Languages, various 1 1.96
Linguistics 6 1.42
Near and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 5 .68
Philosophy 6 1.69
Religion/Religious Studies 8 1.02 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Computer science 7 1.72
Information Science/Studies 1 1.74
Physics, General 9 1.59 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Criminal Justice and Criminology 1 1.95
Psychology, General 9 1.85
Social Sciences, various 1 2
Social Work/Social Welfare 10 1.03
Sociology 1 2.17 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Brown U. - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Cognitive science 5 .9
Epidemiology 10 .47 </p>

<p>Engineering
Engineering Mechanics 2 1.27
Systems Engineering 6 .27 </p>

<p>Humanities
American studies 6 .35
Classics and Classical Languages 2 1.5
History 5 1.82 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology 8 1.58 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Dartmouth College - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Cognitive science 8 .45
Toxicology 8 1.01 </p>

<p>Health Science Professions
Health Professions, various 8 .99 </p>

<p>Natural Resources
Environmental Sciences 10 .65 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Duke U. - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Anatomy 6 .83
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 9 .26
Developmental biology 2 1.59
Ecology 2 1.43
Molecular biology 7 1.46
Molecular Genetics 5 .76
Oncology and Cancer Biology 1 1.58
Pathology 5 1.28
Structural Biology 6 .43
Toxicology 3 1.79 </p>

<p>Engineering
Biomedical engineering 1 1.95
Electrical engineering 7 1.44
Mechanical engineering 8 1.66 </p>

<p>Health Science Professions
Medical Sciences, various 5 .78
Nursing 9 1.32 </p>

<p>Humanities
Ancient Studies 9 -.52
English Language and Literature 7 1.54
European Studies 6 .83
Humanities/Humanistic Studies, General 2 1.59
Religion/Religious Studies 2 1.98 </p>

<p>Natural Resources
Environmental Sciences 4 1.18
Marine Sciences 2 1.66 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Chemical Sciences, various 4 1.17
Geology/Earth Science, General 10 1.41
Statistics 3 1.68 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Applied Economics 1 1.99
Public Policy 2 1.49 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>U. of Chicago - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Developmental biology 10 -.01
Human and Medical Genetics 10 -.07
Oncology and Cancer Biology 5 .55
Pathology 9 .95 </p>

<p>Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Human Development and Family Studies, General 7 1.34 </p>

<p>Humanities
Art History and Criticism 9 .96
Asian Languages 7 .55
Asian Studies 7 .72
Comparative literature 4 1.69
Germanic Languages and Literatures 7 1.25
Humanities/Humanistic Studies, General 10 .07
Languages, various 4 1.42
Linguistics 4 1.51
Music, General 5 1.59
Philosophy 2 2.19
Theology/Theological Studies 1 2.04 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Astronomy and astrophysics 9 .96
Geophysics 8 -.16 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropology 4 1.71
Economics, General 8 1.54
Sociology 8 1.58 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>U. of California at Berkeley - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural economics 3 1.51
Agriculture, various 2 1.74 </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biophysics 5 1.21
Botany/Plant Biology 1 1.94
Microbiology 3 1.69
Toxicology 1 1.99 </p>

<p>Business
Business administration 2 2.38 </p>

<p>Education
Educational Evaluation and Research 5 .53
Educational Leadership and Administration 2 2.31
Science Education 2 1.13
Special education 3 1.46 </p>

<p>Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 8 1.08
Chemical engineering 1 1.93
Civil Engineering 4 1.72
Electrical engineering 6 1.46
Engineering, General 3 1.46
Engineering, various 5 1.52
Environmental Engineering 7 1.23
Industrial engineering 1 2.24
Mechanical engineering 2 1.9
Nuclear engineering 8 .66
Operations Research 1 1.39 </p>

<p>Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Architecture 6 .34
Architecture, Design, Planning, various 10 -.18
Nutrition Sciences 2 1.53
Urban and Regional Planning 2 1.64 </p>

<p>Health Science Professions
Environmental Health Sciences 1 1.22
Health Professions, various 9 .78 </p>

<p>Humanities
Ancient Studies 7 -.21
Art History and Criticism 8 1.05
Asian Languages 2 1.73
Asian Languages 1 1.78
Asian Languages 3 1.17
Asian Studies 5 .77
French Language and Literature 9 .81
Germanic Languages and Literatures 9 1.04
Humanities/Humanistic Studies, General 7 .74
Near and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 4 .89
Slavic Languages and Literatures 4 .93 </p>

<p>Natural Resources
Environmental Sciences 1 1.95
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Applied mathematics 9 .84
Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1.93
Chemical Sciences, various 3 1.38
Chemistry 10 1.73
Chemistry 5 1.82
Computer science 3 1.85
Geology/Earth Science, General 1 1.9
Information Science/Studies 5 1.1
Mathematics 8 1.69
Physics, General 4 1.84
Statistics 2 1.77 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Criminal Justice and Criminology 4 1.44
Economics, General 3 2.19
Geography 3 1.47
Political science 3 2.08
Psychology, General 4 1.97
Public Policy 4 1.43
School Psychology 2 1.69
Social Work/Social Welfare 1 2.16 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index </p>

<p>Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Cell biology 6 1.57
Epidemiology 6 .97
Human and Medical Genetics 3 1.09
Oral Biology and Craniofacial Science 2 1.39
Pathology 4 1.3
Pharmaceutical Sciences 2 1.76 </p>

<p>Business
Business administration 8 1.4
Business, various 8 1.03 </p>

<p>Education
Educational Leadership and Administration 1 2.57
Foundations of Education 1 1.79
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 5 1.15
Mathematics Education 1 1.67
Teacher Education Specific Subject Areas 3 1.49 </p>

<p>Engineering
Aerospace Engineering 7 1
Chemical engineering 6 1.47
Civil Engineering 8 1.54
Engineering, various 1 1.98
Environmental Engineering 10 .99
Nuclear engineering 3 1.41 </p>

<p>Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Architecture, Design, Planning, various 1 2.57
Architecture, Design, Planning, various 2 1.74
Communication and Communication Studies 7 1.3 </p>

<p>Health Science Professions
Environmental Health Sciences 7 -.07
Public health 6 1.16 </p>

<p>Humanities
American studies 3 .99
Ancient Studies 3 1.29
Ancient Studies 4 1.12
Germanic Languages and Literatures 10 .91
History 9 1.66
Italian Language and Literature 9 -.6
Music specialities 7 .09
Performing and Visual Arts, various 10 .49 </p>

<p>Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Applied mathematics 1 1.41
Applied Physics 6 .92
Biostatistics 7 .64
Information Science/Studies 10 .38
Statistics 9 1.09 </p>

<p>Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropology 10 1.48
Educational psychology 8 1.03
Political science 4 1.79
Public Policy 7 .92
Public Policy 5 1.4
Social Work/Social Welfare 2 1.98
Sociology 10 1.38 </p>

<ul>
<li>A discipline may appear more than once if it is related to more than one department.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Thanks for posting the link with this valuable information. Would you say this index is most useful for choosing a college for a graduate degree program, or for undergrad, or both?</p>

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<p>Both, but especially graduate. Undergrads can benefit from faculty scholars but for grad students they are essential.</p>

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<p>One with one of the most highly rated depts not mentioned.</p>

<p>U. of Wisconsin at Madison - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural economics 10 .55
Agronomy and Crop Science 8 .62
Animal Sciences 1 1.74
Food science 1 1.62
Horticulture 2 1.45
Plant Sciences 1 1.86
Soil science 9 -.09
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biochemistry 6 1.65
Entomology 2 1.44
Genetics 7 1.27
Microbiology 8 1.41
Molecular Pharmacology 4 .61
Pharmaceutical Sciences 4 1.36
Plant pathology 3 1.44
Toxicology 4 1.38
Zoology 3 1.06
Business
Accounting 1 1.87
Education
Curriculum and Instruction 2 1.84
Educational Leadership and Administration 5 1.68
Educational Leadership and Administration 3 2.27
Special education 10 1
Teacher Education Specific Subject Areas 8 1.14
Engineering
Chemical engineering 3 1.86
Civil Engineering 5 1.62
Engineering Mechanics 5 .71
Environmental Engineering 9 1.16
Geological and Mining Engineering 2 1.82
Industrial engineering 2 2.07
Materials Engineering 2 1.1
Nuclear engineering 2 1.44
Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Human Development and Family Studies, General 6 1.43
Mass Communications/Media Studies 4 1.41
Nutrition Sciences 7 1.24
Health Science Professions
Communication Disorders and Sciences 3 1.21
Medical Sciences, various 3 .94
Public health 5 1.17
Humanities
Asian Languages 10 .25
Classics and Classical Languages 6 .96
French Language and Literature 3 1.55
Italian Language and Literature 8 -.5
Languages, various 9 .36
Languages, various 8 .44
Slavic Languages and Literatures 6 .7
Natural Resources
Forest Resources/Forestry 4 1.36
Marine Sciences 8 1.14
Oceanography, Physical Sciences 5 .76
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Geophysics 6 .42
Mathematics 9 1.64
Statistics 4 1.55
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Applied Economics 5 .45
Educational psychology 4 1.44
Political science 10 1.43
Psychology, General 7 1.89
Psychology, General 3 2.06
Psychology, General 10 1.72
Social Sciences, various 7 .91
Social Work/Social Welfare 8 1.13</p>

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<p>I was wrong about the Productivity Index having a range from 0-2. The range is, practically speaking, from minus 3 to plus 3 with zero being average. So, a department with a productivity index of X has higher scholarly productivity than Y percent of the other departments.</p>

<p>productivity index, it is better than this percent of departments</p>

<p>+2 means better than 98% of other departments
+1.5...93%
+1...84%
+.5...70%
+.25...60%
0...50%
-.25...40%
-.5...30%
-1...16%
-1.5...7%
-2...2%</p>

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<p>They are Z scores, so there is no theoretical limit to the possible values. However, as you indicate, values beyond +/- 3 would be very rare. A minimum score would be attained with zero for each factor.</p>

<p>This is valuable data that does not depend on subjective ratings. HOWEVER, it DOES depend on subjective, and arbitrary, weights for each factor. Take the same data, give different weights to, say, grants vs citations, and you get a different ranking. Not only will the ranking vary within the top 10, but you will have a different set of universities in the top 10. Try this yourself using the phds.org site and the data from the NRC study.</p>

<p>Like all other college rankings, consider the methods, use judgment, remember that scholarly quality of the faculty, and educational value for students, while related, are not the same thing. Remember that outstanding LAC's are not even in this game, but they provide terrific education to their students.</p>