BUSPH Biostatistics Faculty Rank Tenth Nationally in Scholarly Productivity

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently ranked faculty in the Boston University School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics as the tenth most scholarly productive among biostatistics faculty at the nation’s top research universities.

The Chronicle’s “Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index” measures productivity of faculty by discipline at 375 universities that offer a doctoral degree. The index ranks faculty by discipline on as many as five factors. According to the 2007 Index, 86 percent of BUSPH’s 22 biostatistics faculty members have journal publications, with an average of 11.5 publications per faculty member. Eighty-six percent of the department’s faculty members also have journal publications cited by other works, and the index reports an average of 179.46 citations per faculty member, which is the third highest average in this category among the top ten group behind only Harvard and Johns Hopkins universities.

“It is very exciting for us to be recognized,” said Lisa Sullivan, professor of biostatistics and chair of the biostatistics department at BUSPH. “The fact that our department ranks third in the numbers of citations per faculty member illustrates the high impact and relevance of the faculty’s work. Our faculty members have become internationally recognized in the fields of statistical genetics, observational studies, surveillance and clinical trials. Outside validation of their hard work and excellent scholarship is indeed gratifying,” she said.

Visit the Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2007 Index

Submitted by
Sharon Britton
sbritton@bu.edu