Evaluating Research Productivity
no. 105 - June 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS

(printer-friendly version of the 2001 publication)

INTRODUCTION
by Mabel Rice, University of Kansas

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Measuring Success: Lessons from the NRC Study of the Research Doctorate
by Joan Lorden, University of Alabama at Birmingham

RESPONSE to the Keynote Address
by Robert Barnhill, University of Kansas

PANEL OF RESEARCHERS
A Faculty Perspective: Intrinsic Research Rewards that Make a Successful Faculty Member Tick
by Carol Shanklin, Kansas State University

Statistical Analyses of Economics NRC Scores
by Michael Podgursky, University of Missouri at Columbia

A Passion for Reputation, A Taste for Originality
by Susan Kemper, University of Kansas

FIRST PANEL OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS
Evaluating Research Productivity of Individual Investigators: Chairmen's Perspectives in a Medical Center
by Thomas Rosenquist, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Evaluating the Quality and Quantity of Graduate Student Research
by Suzanne Ortega, University of Missouri at Columbia

Achieving the "Gold Standard": A Reductionism Directive
by K. Michael Welch, University of Kansas Medical School

SECOND PANEL OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS
Evaluating University Research Productivity: What's the ROI . . . and Who Cares?
by R.W. Trewyn, Kansas State University

The Road to Success: MU's Master Plan for Research and Technology Development
by Jack Burns and Mary Licklider, University of Missouri at Columbia

Judging Research Productivity on an Entrepreneurial Campus
by James Bloedel, Iowa State University

A REFLECTION ON A DAY SPENT DISCUSSING EVALUATION
by David Shulenburger, University of Kansas

HIGHER EDUCATION ADVOCACY: THE INTERFACE OF TWO CULTURES
by Kim Wilcox, Kansas Board of Regents

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Keeping a Broad Perspective on Research
by Rollin Richmond, Iowa State University

Research and Institutional Mission and Niche
by James Coffman, Kansas State University

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS