In response to earlier article (Jordan et al. 1989) showing per capita publication increases, up to a point, with department size and is higher at private institutions than elsewhere, this article demonstrates impact of both private vs. public affiliation as well as department size on per capita publication plunges after controlling for both…

In response to the above article by Meador et al., shows that graduate faculty ratings reflect total departmental publication performance rather than average research productivity. Hence, such ratings are a poor proxy for the dependent variable when modeling research output per faculty member. (MLF)