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Department Research Productivity in 19 Scholarly Political Science Journals (1990–2018)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2023

James C. Garand Open the ORCID record for James C. Garand [Opens in a new window] ,
Dan Qi Open the ORCID record for Dan Qi [Opens in a new window]  and
Max Magaña
James C. Garand
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University, USA
Dan Qi
Affiliation:
Reed College, USA
Max Magaña
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University, USA
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Abstract

This article reports new rankings of journal research productivity for PhD-granting political science departments during the past three decades. Using data on all authors and articles published in 19 leading general and subfield political science journals from 1990 to 2018, we compiled a count of department publications in these journals, weighted by the number of authors, department faculty size, and journal impact measures reported by Garand et al. (2009). We find that there is a discernible ranking of political science departments in terms of journal research productivity. The observed rankings are strongly but imperfectly related to the U.S. News & World Report (2022) reputational rankings of political science departments. We do find, however, that some political science departments have higher or lower levels of research productivity than would be suggested by their reputational rankings.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , July 2023 , pp. 417 - 429
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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