Impact of Achieved Tenure and Promotion on Faculty Research Productivity at a School of Pharmacy

Objective: Critics of the promotion and tenure system contend that promotion and tenure may lead to a decline in research productivity (“dead wood phenomena”) by those faculty. To assess this perception, we compiled the publications and grants at the time of application for promotion, and again through 2017 for the same faculty following promotion and/or tenure. Methods: Promotion documents at a school of pharmacy at a public Midwestern university were assessed. Mean publication rates and grant dollars per year per faculty member were compared to the same group of faculty (n=13) pre and post-promotion. Results: At the time of promotion to associate professor, mean numbers of total publications per year per faculty in the pharmacy practice department were 1.1, compared to 1.4 post-promotion. For pharmaceutical sciences department faculty, corresponding means were 5.0 and 4.1, respectively. At the time of promotion to full professor, mean numbers of total publications per year for pharmacy practice faculty were 7.0, compared to 7.2 post-promotion. For pharmaceutical sciences faculty, corresponding means were 3.5 and 4.7, respectively. For grant activity, both associate professors and full professors increased the mean total dollars per year from pre-promotion to post-promotion for both departments. Conclusion: Research productivity at this school of pharmacy continues to be either maintained or increased since promotion for the collective group of faculty. This evidence runs counter to the perception that promotion and tenure may lead to decreased scholarly productivity. The study provides a roadmap for other schools/colleges to quantify research productivity and make comparisons to national mean levels reported in the literature. Article Type: Original Research

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Gender comparisons of Israeli social work faculty using h-index scores

Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education ◽

10.1108/jarhe-01-2017-0007 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 439-447 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lisa S. Panisch ◽

Thomas E. Smith ◽

Tyler Edison Carter ◽

Philip J. Osteen

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Research Productivity ◽

Associate Professor ◽

Full Professor ◽

Senior Lecturer ◽

Faculty Rank ◽

H Index ◽

Content Type ◽

Social Work Faculty ◽

Male Faculty

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of gender and faculty rank to determine their contribution to individual variance in research productivity for doctoral social work faculty in Israel. Design/methodology/approach H-index scores were used to assess research productivity. Quantitative comparisons of the h-index scores were performed for a sample (n=92) of social work faculty from Israeli universities with social work doctoral programs. Average h-index differences were assessed between genders at each tenure-track faculty rank and between faculty ranks for each gender. Findings Scholarly impact varied as a function of faculty rank. There was little indication of variance due to gender or the interaction of gender and rank. The average h-index of male faculty was higher than the mean h-index for women at the rank of lecturer and full professor. Women had a higher mean h-index than men at the rank of senior lecturer and associate professor. H-index means varied most at the full professor level. Originality/value Results were congruent with previous studies demonstrating that male faculty in the social sciences have higher overall h-index scores than women. However, this study was unique in its finding that this gap was reversed for Israeli social work faculty at the senior lecturer and associate professor. Further research is needed to examine the differences in publication patterns of social work faculty in different countries.

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Benchmarking the Research Productivity of Accounting Doctorates

Issues in Accounting Education ◽

10.2308/iace-50253 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 943-978 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

James R. Hasselback ◽

Alan Reinstein ◽

Mohammad Abdolmohammadi

Keyword(s):

Research Productivity ◽

Merit Pay ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Doctoral Graduates ◽

Multivariate Tests ◽

Journal Quality ◽

Promotion And Tenure ◽

Accounting Faculty ◽

Productivity Measure ◽

Faculty Research Productivity

ABSTRACT Increasing attention to faculty research productivity suggests a need for reliable benchmarks, which the literature has provided. We add to this literature by providing alternative benchmarks based on records of 5,607 accounting doctoral graduates from 1971–2005. We measure research productivity in four ways: (1) unadjusted number of published articles in the Best 3, Best 13, Best 24, and Best 40 journals, (2) published articles adjusted for journal quality scores, (3) published articles adjusted for coauthorship, and (4) published articles adjusted for both journal quality and coauthorship. We find evidence that average publication productivity of accounting faculty per year has steadily increased over the 35 years under study. We present benchmark measures based on faculty productivity in four sets of journals both from 1971–2005 and for each year of 2001–2005. The former shows that a significant proportion of doctoral graduates have never published in any of the 40 journals studied. The latter shows nine years of productivity in the most recent years. These data can be useful as a benchmark for promotion and tenure decisions. We also present productivity percentiles as another benchmark, followed by research productivity of the top 10 most productive faculty (based on the most conservative measure of published articles adjusted for both journal quality and coauthorship) from 1971–2005 as yet another benchmark. Additional analysis indicates very high correlations between productivity measures. This evidence indicates that productive researchers rank high regardless of the productivity measure used to evaluate them. Finally, multivariate tests reveal effects for gender (male faculty generally scoring higher than female faculty), school of affiliation (faculty at doctoral granting institutions as significantly more productive than their counterparts at nondoctoral schools), professorial rank (professors scoring higher than those in administrative and other roles), and teaching years since doctorate (those with 10 years or less of service since doctoral year being more productive than those with 11 years or more). The benchmarks identified in the study can help with tenure, promotion, merit pay, appointment and renewal of chaired professorships, and other resource allocation decisions.

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Assessing Junior Faculty Research Productivity in the IS Field: Recommendations for Promotion and Tenure Standards for Asian Schools

Communications of the Association for Information Systems ◽

10.17705/1cais.03619 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 ◽

Author(s):

Zhuohua Chen ◽

Chong Gong ◽

Lihui Lin ◽

Sean Xu ◽

Mingyue Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Research Productivity ◽

Junior Faculty ◽

Faculty Research ◽

Promotion And Tenure ◽

Faculty Research Productivity

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A New Tool for Identifying Research Standards and Evaluating Research Performance

Journal of Marketing Education ◽

10.1177/0273475312450389 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 194-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Donald R. Bacon ◽

Pallab Paul ◽

Kim A. Stewart ◽

Kausiki Mukhopadhyay

Keyword(s):

Mathematical Model ◽

Research Productivity ◽

Research Performance ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Faculty Research ◽

Human Judgment ◽

Faculty Evaluations ◽

Promotion And Tenure ◽

Faculty Research Productivity ◽

Research Standards

Much has been written about the evaluation of faculty research productivity in promotion and tenure decisions, including many articles that seek to determine the rank of various marketing journals. Yet how faculty evaluators combine journal quality, quantity, and author contribution to form judgments of a scholar’s performance is unclear. A mathematical model of faculty judgment is presented that estimates a scholar’s research productivity that is surprisingly consistent with actual faculty evaluations. The model does not replace human judgment in evaluating a scholar’s research performance, but the model enhances clarity and objectivity in the evaluation process. The method is demonstrated with marketing faculty at one university.

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Gender Concordance of First and Senior Authors in Family Medicine Journals

Family Medicine ◽

10.22454/fammed.2021.355251 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 92-97

Author(s):

Alexa Mieses Malchuk ◽

Megan Coffman ◽

Elizabeth Wilkinson ◽

Yalda Jabbarpour

Keyword(s):

Family Medicine ◽

Gender Equity ◽

Junior Faculty ◽

Associate Professor ◽

Research Articles ◽

Full Professor ◽

Original Research ◽

Senior Faculty ◽

Faculty Position ◽

Female Authors

Background and Objectives: Women have increased in presence within academic family medicine over time yet remain underrepresented among senior faculty. Mentorship is a mechanism by which senior faculty support scholarly achievements, accelerating advancement of junior faculty. Methods: We analyzed 10 years (2008-2017) of original research articles in three peer-reviewed family medicine journals. We examined first author/last author pairs by gender as a proxy for mentorship of junior faculty by senior faculty. We compiled family medicine faculty data across 9 years to compare trends in scholarly mentorship with faculty advancement. Results: Female last authorship increased from 28.8% (55/191) of original research articles with a first and last author in 2008 to 41.8% (94/225) in 2017. The share of female first authors on articles with a female last author was 56.4% in 2008 and 2017. The share of female first authors on articles with a male last author increased from 41.2% (56/136) to 55.7% (73/131) between 2008 and 2017. From 2009-2017, the proportion of women increased for assistant, associate, and full professor roles, but remained under 50% for the associate professor role and at 35% for professorship in 2017. Conclusions: Despite disproportionate rates of last authorship and senior faculty positions in family medicine departments, senior female authors have equal if not greater rates of mentorship of female first authors in family medicine literature. The increase in first authorship, last authorship, and faculty position indicates that improvements have occurred in gender advancement over the study period, but gains are still needed to improve gender equity within the field.

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Research Productivity of Canadian Radiation Oncology Residents: A Time-Trend Analysis

Current Oncology ◽

10.3390/curroncol28010003 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 4-12

Author(s):

Adam Mutsaers ◽

Sangyang Jia ◽

Andrew Warner ◽

Timothy K. Nguyen ◽

Joanna M. Laba ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Radiation Oncology ◽

Research Productivity ◽

Linear Trend ◽

Resident Training ◽

Trend Test ◽

Original Research ◽

Publication Productivity ◽

Publication Rates ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

Over Time

(1) Background: Research productivity is a mandatory component of Canadian radiation oncology (RO) resident training. To our knowledge, Canadian RO resident research publication productivity has not previously been analysed. (2) Methods: We compiled a 12-year database of RO residents in Canadian training programs who completed residency between June 2005 and June 2016. Resident names and dates of training were abstracted from provincial databases and department websites and were used to abstract data from PubMed, including training program, publication year, journal, type of research, topic and authorship position. Residents were divided into four time periods and the linear trend test evaluated publication rates over time. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify authorship predictors. (3) Results: 227 RO residents representing 363 publications were identified. The majority were first-author publications (56%) and original research (77%). Overall, 82% of first-author, and 80% of any-author articles were published in resident year 4 or higher. Mean number of publications for first-author and any-author positions increased significantly over time (p = 0.016 and p = 0.039, respectively). After adjusting for gender and time period, large institutions (> 3 residents per year) trended toward associations with more first-author publications (odds ratio (OR): 2.44; p = 0.066) and more any-author publications (OR: 2.49; p = 0.052). No significant differences were observed by gender. (4) Conclusions: Canadian RO resident publication productivity nearly doubled over a 12-year period. The majority of publications are released in the last 2 years of residency, and larger residency programs may be associated with more publications. These findings serve as a baseline as programs transition to Competency Based Medical Education (CBME).

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Scholarly Research Productivity among Otolaryngology Residency Graduates and its Relationship to Future Academic Achievement

Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology ◽

10.1177/00034894211004368 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 000348942110043

Author(s):

Austin L. Johnson ◽

Adam Corcoran ◽

Matthew Ferrell ◽

Bradley S. Johnson ◽

Scott E. Mann ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Academic Success ◽

Academic Medicine ◽

Research Productivity ◽

Academic Career ◽

Fellowship Training ◽

Fundamental Aspect ◽

High Positive Correlation ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Publication Rates

Objective: Scholastic activity through research involvement is a fundamental aspect of a physician’s training and may have a significant influence on future academic success. Here, we explore publication rates before, during, and after otolaryngology residency training and whether publication efforts correlate with future academic achievement. Methods: This cross-sectional analysis included a random sample of 50 otolaryngology residency programs. From these programs, we assembled a list of residents graduating from the years in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Using SCOPUS, PubMed, and Google Scholar, we compiled the publications for each graduate, and data were extracted in an independent, double-blinded fashion. Results: We included 32 otolaryngology residency programs representing 249 residents in this analysis. Graduates published a mean of 1.3 (SD = 2.7) articles before residency, 3.5 (SD = 4.3) during residency, and 5.3 (SD = 9.3) after residency. Residents who pursued a fellowship had more total publications ( t247 = −6.1, P < .001) and more first author publications ( t247 = −5.4, P < .001) than residents without fellowship training. Graduates who chose a career in academic medicine had a higher number of mean total publications ( t247 = −8.2, P < .001) and first author publications ( t247 = −7.9, P < .001) than those who were not in academic medicine. There was a high positive correlation between residency program size and publications during residency ( r = 0.76). Conclusion: Research productivity correlated with a number of characteristics such as future fellowship training, the pursuit of an academic career, and overall h-index in this study.

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Ellen Gleditsch: Duty and responsibility in a research and teaching career, 1916-1946

Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences ◽

10.1525/hsps.2005.36.1.131 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 131-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ANNETTE LYKKNES ◽

LISE KVITTINGEN ◽

ANNE KRISTINE BØØRRESEN

Keyword(s):

Scientific Work ◽

Atomic Weight ◽

Associate Professor ◽

Full Professor ◽

Research And Teaching ◽

Grant Applications ◽

Network Building ◽

Ellen Gleditsch ◽

University Of Oslo ◽

The University

ABSTRACT Ellen Gleditsch (1879-1968) became Norway's first authority of radioactivity and the country's second female professor. After several years in international centers of radiochemistry, Gleditsch returned to Norway, becoming associate professor and later full professor of chemistry. Between 1916 and 1946 Gleditsch tried to establish a laboratory of radiochemistry at the University of Oslo, a career which included network building, grant applications, travels abroad, committee work, research, teaching, supervision, popularization, and war resistance work. Establishing a new field was demanding; only under her student, Alexis Pappas, was her field institutionalized at Oslo. This paper presents Gleditsch's everyday life at the Chemistry Department, with emphasis on her formation of a research and teaching laboratory of radiochemistry. Her main scientific work during this period is presented and discussed, including atomic weight determination of chlorine, age calculations in minerals, the hunt for actinium's ancestor and investigations on 40K.

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