Academic Analytics Faculty Detail
Craig W. Abbey
Associate Vice Provost and
Director of Institutional Analysis
April 9, 2014
Cambridge, MA
Three Uses of Faculty Detail Data
at Buffalo
1) Public Relations
2) Unit Standards and Impact
3) Communities of Excellence
PUBLIC RELATIONS
“I’m writing a press release about Alex
Cartwright being named a SPIE fellow. Who
else at UB has received this distinction?”
Possible Uses Going Forward
University Faculty
Awards Webpage
Faculty
Award
Details
Graduate Enrollment
Management
Unit / Departmental
Websites
UNIT STANDARDS AND
IMPACT
Unit Standards and Impact (USI)
Analysis
• Understand the contributions of units
• Identify the most important metrics of
effectiveness
• Determine performance targets
• Performance funding
• Modify institutional goals based on
assessment efforts
Strategic Data Repository
Unit Standards and Impact Analysis
USI – Peer Benchmarking
USI – Faculty Detail Overview
USI – Federal Grant Awards
Faculty Detail Tableau Reporting
COMMUNITIES OF
EXCELLENCE
Communities of Excellence
• Communities involve faculty from multiple
disciplines conducting scholarship and engaging
the public
• Proposals solicited from faculty, department
chairs and deans.
• The most compelling proposals will be reviewed
by a team of external experts, Provost, VPR and
Academic Affairs make final decisions.
Source: Global Research Benchmarking System, 2010
Source: Global Research Benchmarking System, 2010
PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY
AND PHARMACEUTICS
Linking ASJC to AA Journal List
ASJC
UB
Structure
CoAuthorship
Matrix
AA Journals
List
AA Faculty
Articles
Co-Authorship
on
Pharmacology,
Toxicology and
Pharmaceutics
Articles
Top Scholars
Name
Jusko, William J
Mager, Donald E
Morris, Marilyn E
Forrest, Alan
Krzyzanski, Wojciech
Tsuji, Brian T
Almon, Richard R
Li, Ji
Doloresco, Fred
Unit
Department
Count of
Articles
PHARM
PHARM
PHARM
PHARM
PHARM
PHARM
CAS
SMBS
PHARM
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacy
Biological Sciences
Pharmacology And Toxicology
Pharmacy
31
28
25
23
15
14
13
12
6
Sum of
Citations
Citations per Article
180
150
206
261
77
194
55
122
87
5.8
5.4
8.2
11.3
5.1
13.9
4.2
10.2
14.5
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
UB Article Keywords
Academic Analytics Faculty Detail
Craig W. Abbey
Associate Vice Provost and Director of Institutional Analysis