Trio of Texas Tech Programs Ranks Nationally in Productivity Study
December 7, 2007
Three of Texas Tech University’s programs have been ranked in a national survey as among the top most productive in their areas of study.
Doctoral programs in industrial engineering; wildlife sciences; and composition, rhetoric
and writing received top-10 rankings in a productivity survey compiled annually by
Academic Analytics. The results were published in the Nov. 16 issue of "The Chronicle
of Higher Education."
Composition, rhetoric and writing earned a fifth-place ranking among similar programs
surveyed. Industrial engineering ranked sixth in its discipline and wildlife sciences
placed eighth in the country.
The productivity of each faculty member is judged on such factors as books published,
journal publications, citations of journal articles, federal-grant dollars awarded,
and honors and awards. The 2007 index compiled overall institutional rankings on 375
universities that offer the doctoral degree. The total number of faculty members rated
by the 2007 index is 164,843.
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