UW Top 10 depts by publications

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<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>

<p>Compare to Michigan</p>

<p>U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
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
Business
Business administration 8 1.4
Business, various 8 1.03
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
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
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
Health Science Professions
Environmental Health Sciences 7 -.07
Public health 6 1.16
Humanities
American studies 3 .99
Ancient Studies 4 1.12
Ancient Studies 3 1.29
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
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
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>

<p>And UVA</p>

<p>U. of Virginia - 2007
Discipline* Rank Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biophysics 7 1.05
Developmental biology 8 .24
Physiology, General 9 1.15
Business
Business, various 5 1.65
Education
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 6 1
Teacher Education Specific Subject Areas 1 1.75
Engineering
Biomedical engineering 4 1.38
Systems Engineering 4 .62
Family, Consumer and Human Sciences
Architecture, Design, Planning, various 7 .11
Humanities
Art History and Criticism 5 1.33
French Language and Literature 7 .93
Music, General 9 1.12
Religion/Religious Studies 10 1
Spanish Language and Literature 9 .88</p>

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<p>it'd be cool if you could explain exactly what these rankings mean... is a greater number better?</p>

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<p>First number is overall rank 1-10. Second is just an index number of publications per prof. So for first number lower is better and the opposite for second one.</p>

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<p>What's the source?</p>

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<p>The Chronicle of Higher Education reporting on a study done by SUNY Stony Brook.
"Faculty-Productivity Index Offers Surprises</p>

<p>Third annual ranking gives high marks to some lesser-known programs
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<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>The concept behind the index is alluringly simple: Take the number of professors in a given program, the number of books and journal articles they have written, the number of times other scholars have cited them, and the awards, honors, and grant dollars they have received, and plug all those into a neat algorithm.</p>

<p>The number that comes out is the key to how productive, on average, your department's faculty members are. Compare that with the numbers for other departments at other research institutions and you should have a good idea of how your doctoral program stacks up against peers, says Lawrence B. Martin, dean of the graduate school at Stony Brook, who is the company's founder and chief number cruncher"</p>