Academic Analytics: Obtaining Benchmarks for Faculty Productivity Carol Livingstone Division of Management Information

 Academic Analytics has compiled a massive database of journal articles, books, chapters, grants, honors, awards, etc.  The scholarly output is matched by name with faculty and researchers at schools nationwide  The database can be used to quantify scholarly output at any university – by discipline – and compare it to peers Overview of AA

 Books  Honorific awards  Journal Articles  Citations  Grants AA Database contents - Measures

 9,874 PhD programs  385 institutions, 170,000+ faculty  172 disciplines in 11 broad fields  22 AAU institutions actively participate, 30 others considering Database Scope

56,000 authored & edited books (Baker & Taylor, Library of Congress, British Library)  Books per faculty member  # Faculty who published a book  % of faculty with a book  Total number of books Book Variables

1 million+ articles (journals, and conference proceedings)  Articles per author  Articles per faculty member  # Faculty with an article  % of Faculty with an article  Total number of articles Journal Article Variables

10 million + Citations (Scopus & Proquest)  Citations per author  Citations per article  Citations per faculty member  # Faculty with a citation  % of Faculty with a citation  Total number of citations Citations

395 awarding bodies, award types  Awards per faculty member  # Faculty with an award  % of Faculty with an award  Total number of awards Honorific Awards

95,000+ federal research grants  Dollars per Grant  Grant dollars per faculty member  # of Faculty with a grant  % of Faculty with a grant  Total Grant dollars  Total number of grants Grants Variables

 Summer, 2011 – AA contract signed  9/13/11: preliminary set of faculty lists submitted to AA – Fall, 2009 faculty  AA matches our faculty to its database  Data will be available shortly Process

 Summary data by department or broad disciplinary area (not by faculty member)  Comparisons to selected peers  Access to entire scrubbed database  Analytical tools through a dashboard interface Academic Analytics Output

 Select peer schools/depts  Select level of analysis ( specific discipline, broad discipline, entire campus)  Select measures  Select display types – graphical/table Academic Analytics Dashboard

Sample Graphical Output

 Appoint Steering Committee  Train Steering Committee  Roll out dashboard to units  Prepare Fall 2010 faculty list Next steps

 5-9 individuals  Willing to undergo several hours of training on the dashboard use  Refine faculty selection process/criteria  Oversee rollout to college/dept staff  Evaluate tool Steering Committee

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