Scholarly Productivity of Athletic Training Faculty Members

OBJECTIVE: To compare the scholarly productivity index (SPI) among the levels of academic appointment, degree type, and percentage of academic appointment of athletic training faculty members. DESIGN AND SETTING: We used a 5 x 6 x 4 factorial design for this study. A survey instrument was used to determine the number of publications and the number of years in their current appointment. SUBJECTS: Subjects were faculty members in Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs-accredited athletic training education programs. MEASUREMENTS: The SPI was calculated by dividing the total number of publications (peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed journal articles, peer-reviewed abstracts, books written or edited, book chapters, platform presentations, published book reviews, and external funding) by the number of years in the productivity period. RESULTS: The SPIs were different for the levels of academic rank. Full professors had a higher SPI than all other groups (Tukey honestly significant difference, P