<p>Third annual ranking gives high marks to some lesser-known programs</p>
<p>By PAULA WASLEY</p>
<p>Intellectual heft may seem like a tricky thing to measure, but Academic Analytics says it can be done.</p>
<p>The for-profit company, owned in part by the State University of New York at Stony Brook, recently compiled its third annual Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index — a ranking of graduate programs at research universities based on what purports to be the first objective measurement of per-capita scholarly accomplishment. The measurement this year considers several new factors, causing some surprising fluctuations in the rankings.</p>
<p>No surprise. Size does have its advantages!</p>
<p>FWIW, I bet some top private institutions don't even have 50 departments total.</p>
<p>OTOH, one of the advantages of state megauniversities is the diversity and huge range of resources available on campus. It is too bad that many of them do little to foster cross departmental and cross disciplinary research.</p>
<p>Berkeley is no surprise; Wisconsin is. Michigan is traditionally the runner-up when it comes down to all-around competition. OP--do you have the link to the original article?</p>