HISTORY DEPARTMENT RANKED SIXTH IN THE NATION IN SCHOLARLY PRODUCTIVITY!
In January, 2007, the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index announced that the history department of Loyola University ranked sixth in the nation in scholarly productivity. The Index is financed by the State University of New York at Stony Brook and produced by the for-profit company Academic Analytics. The index rates the scholarly output of nearly 7,300 doctoral programs in the United States. The current rankings are based on publications in 2005. Loyola's history department was tied for sixth with New York University. The top 10 (in order of rank) were Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Maryland, Yale, Loyola and NYU, Ohio State, Rice and Northwestern.
The index attempts to offer a transparent ranking and an objective assessment of university programs. The index complies journal publications, citation data, books, grant information from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and prizes awarded by more than 50 organizations including the Nobel Prizes and MacArthur fellowships. Variables are weighed differently depending on the programs.
The Jan. 12 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education contains lists of the top departments in 104 fields, as ranked by their 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, based on faculty publications, grants, honors, awards, etc.
Here is the ranked list for history:
1. Princeton University
2. Johns Hopkins University
3. Harvard University
4. University of Maryland at College Park
5. Yale University
6. Loyola University Chicago
6. New York University
8. Ohio State University
9. Rice University
10. Northwestern University
