Here, we highlight the scholarly activity of faculty in Economics departments at Ph.D. granting universities in the US. The Academic Analytics database from which these data derive contains scholarly activity data describing 4,175 faculty members in 260 Economics departments at 248 universities (database version AAD2023-2658).
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To cite the data in this blog post, please reference this publication:
Olejniczak AJ, Savage WE, Wheeler R. 2022. The Rhythms of Scholarly Publication: Suggestions to Enhance Bibliometric Comparisons Across Disciplines. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics 7:812312. DOI 10.3389/frma.2022.812312
1. Economics Faculty Profile
1.a. Discipline population by year of terminal degree: distribution of faculty at US Ph.D. granting universities in departments of Economics based on their year of terminal degree.
1.b. Faculty by professorial rank and gender: Economics department faculty population at US Ph.D. granting universities by their professorial rank and gender.
1.c. Mean and median academic age: mean and median “academic age” (number of years since terminal degree) for assistant professors, associate professors, and professors in departments of Economics at US Ph.D. granting institutions.
2. Economics Journal Article Profile
2.a. Total articles per year: the total number of journal articles authored by Economics department faculty at US Ph.D. granting universities each year from 2019 to 2023.
2.b. Mean and median authorships by professorial rank over five years: mean and median number of journal article authorships by assistant professors, associate professors, and professors in Economics departments at US Ph.D. granting universities over five years.
2.c. Ten journals with the most articles over five years: the ten journals with the greatest number of articles for the past five years published by faculty members in departments of Economics at US Ph.D. granting universities.
3. Economics Federal Research Grants Profile
3.a. Total federal research grants per year: the total number of federal research grants won by Economics department faculty at US Ph.D. granting universities each year from 2019 to 2023.
3.b. Total grants awarded by federal agency over five years: total number of federal research grants won by Economics department faculty at US Ph.D. granting universities by each federal agency over the past five years.
4. Economics Honorific Awards Profile
4.a. Total honorific awards per year: total number of honorific awards won by Economics department faculty at US Ph.D. granting universities each year from 2010 to 2023.
4.b. Ten most common award-bestowing bodies over ten years: the ten organizations most frequently bestowing awards to Economics department scholars at US Ph.D. granting universities for the past 10 years.
5. Economics Books Profile
5.a. Total books per year: the total number of books authored by Economics department faculty at US Ph.D. granting universities each year from 2014 to 2023.
5.b. Mean and median book authorships by professorial rank over five years: mean and median number of book authorships by assistant professors, associate professors, and professors in Economics departments at US Ph.D. granting universities over ten years.
5.c. Ten publishers with the most books over five years: the ten publishers with the greatest number of books for the past ten years published by faculty members in departments of Economics at US Ph.D. granting universities.
See research projects we have supported here: https://aarcresearch.com/recent-research.
To cite the data in this blog post, please reference this publication:
Olejniczak AJ, Savage WE, Wheeler R. 2022. The Rhythms of Scholarly Publication: Suggestions to Enhance Bibliometric Comparisons Across Disciplines. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics 7:812312. DOI 10.3389/frma.2022.812312
