title: A 5-year analysis of peer-reviewed journal article publications of pharmacy practice faculty members.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate scholarship, as represented by peer-reviewed journal articles, among US pharmacy practice faculty members; contribute evidence that may better inform benchmarking by academic pharmacy practice departments; and examine factors that may be related to publication rates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Journal articles published by all pharmacy practice faculty members between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2010, were identified. College and school publication rates were compared based on public vs. private status, being part of a health science campus, having a graduate program, and having doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) faculty members funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pharmacy practice faculty members published 6,101 articles during the 5-year study period, and a pharmacy practice faculty member was the primary author on 2,698 of the articles. Pharmacy practice faculty members published an average of 0.51 articles per year. Pharmacy colleges and schools affiliated with health science campuses, at public institutions, with NIH-funded PharmD faculty members, and with graduate programs had significantly higher total publication rates compared with those that did not have these characteristics (p<0.006).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pharmacy practice faculty members contributed nearly 6,000 unique publications over the 5-year period studied. However, this reflects a rate of less than 1 publication per faculty member per year, suggesting that a limited number of faculty members produced the majority of publications.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. Mchisho3@uthsc.edu
authors.forename: Marie A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chisholm-Burns
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spivey
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wyles
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ehrman
authors.forename: Lauren S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Schlesselman
mesh_terms: D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States