title: Evaluating scholarship productivity in COAMFTE-accredited PhD programs.
abstract: Due to an increasing trend among states to cut higher education funds, many universities are relying more on private donations and federal funding to keep programs afloat. Scholarship productivity in general has become an integral factor in terms of universities granting tenure to faculty, allocating resources, and supporting program goals due to the fact that more research in a particular area tends to increase the likelihood that one will obtain funding from federal, state, and private sources. In the past, ranking systems have also been used to evaluate programs. However, most ranking systems use methodologies that do not quantify research productivity or evaluate factors that match current university trends. The purpose of this article is to explore current scholarship productivity trends among COAMFTE-accredited doctoral programs through the use of several evaluation methods. Specifically, productivity was examined in regard to the following areas: (a) family therapy journal publications; (b) family science journal publications; (c) historic journal publication trends; and (d) recent journal publication trends.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Sciences and Humanities, University of Houston-Clear Lake, HSH Business Office, 2700 Bay Area Blvd. Box 508, Houston, Texas 77058, USA. dupreew@uhcl.edu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jared DuPree
authors.forename: Mark B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ruddick
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004526:Efficiency / Q000145:classification*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012952:Societies