title: Relationship between career age and research productivity for academic dentists.
abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to assess the effects of aging (career age) and research performance for full-time clinical dental faculty. The 489 respondents represented a response rate of 71.3% from a 40% stratified random sample of faculty. Respondents reported a mean number of years in full-time dental education of 10.7 (range = 1 to 45, SD = 7.7) and mean number of career publications of 11.1 (range = 0 to 110, SD = 15.2). A significant positive association of career age and life-time research productivity was observed. A significant positive association of career age and mean two-year research productivity was also noted. Implications of the findings were discussed with respect to similar studies reported for other academic disciplines.
authors.affiliation: College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Preusz
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research