Educational Research Productivity of Institutions of Higher Education

Abstract

This study investigates educational research productivity in institutions of higher education in the United States based on contributions to AERA annual meetings and 14 leading educational research journals over a 7-year period: 1975–1981. Data were analyzed along two dimensions: total productivity and faculty productivity. Total volume productivity has an impact on the field regardless of faculty size; faculty productivity emphasizes the strengths of institutional research activity. Both dimensions were combined in a third ranking to reflect the contributions of both dimensions. In addition, institutions were ranked on the basis of percentage of change in research productivity between the years 1975–1976 and 1980–1981.