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Table 1 Studies in which research productivity was assessed

From: A simple, generalizable method for measuring individual research productivity and its use in the long-term analysis of departmental performance, including between-country comparisons

Study

Level of assessment

Country

indicator variables1

Sampling epoch2

Brocato 2005 [10]

Individual

US

peer-reviewed journal articles

2 years

474 faculty members in family medicine departments

 

national conference presentations

national grants

Cox 1977 [11]

Institutional

US

papers in the APA journals

5 years

76 graduate programs in psychology

Dakik 2006 [12]

Individual

Lebanon

journal papers (Medline articles only)

5 years

203 medical faculty staff at a university in Beirut

Ellwein 1989 [3]

Individual and Departmental

US

journal papers

3 years

Faculty members in 12 departments of a university medical faculty

Howard 1987 [6]

Institutional

US

papers in APA journals

10 years

75 institutions granting doctoral degrees in psychology

Iyengar 2009 [13]

Individual

US

journal papers

2 years

158 individual faculty members of a school of medicine

 

grant income

 

research space used

 

Kranzler 2011 [14]

Institutional

US

papers from PsycInfo database

5 years

59 institutions offering doctoral programs in school psychology

Mezrich 2007 [4]

Individual

US

peer-reviewed papers

1 year

Members of a large university radiology department

 

other publications

grants

Salaran 2010 [15]

Individual

Australia

books (single or multi-author)

3 years

271 academic staff in 5 universities in Melbourne

 

papers in refereed journals

edited books

chapters in refereed books

Tien 1996 [16]

Individual

US

publications

2 years

2586 faculty members in US universities

Toutkoushian 2003 [17]

Institutional

US

publications (ISI)

1 year

1309 colleges and universities

Wagner 1994 [18]

Departmental

US

publications in 6 family medicine journals

5 years

 

Family medicine departments

   
  1. 1In some studies publication credit was adjusted to take account of the journal Impact Factor and/or the author position in articles with multiple authors.
  2. 2Period over which data were collected. Some studies collecting data over 5 years reported it for shorter periods.