Using Citation Analysis to Assess Scholarly Productivity

In recent years, interest in rating the quality of schools of education has increased. When budgets are tight, administrators must make choices that affect many faculty and students, sometimes with the help of only fragmentary information. Although program review can be a complex process involving numerous issues such as scholarly productivity, professional and community service, instruction, and funding, questions of scholarly accomplishment are often pivotal. Research and publication are the driving forces in the modern university, and evaluators of schools of education must be attuned to this fact.