In the increasingly crowded world of academic rankings, the latest one to make the news is the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (2005), which ranks doctoral programs in the U.S. by number of publications, grants received, and awards and honors (in that order of preference). The results for my undergrad and graduate alma mater, along with my current employer, are as follows:

University of California, Irvine:
Atmospheric sciences: #1
Geosciences: #2
Information science: #3
Criminology and justice studies: #5
Public administration and policy: #4

State University of New York, Albany:
Educational leadership: #7
Criminology and justice studies: #10
Social work: #5

University of Massachusetts, Amherst:
Animal science: #1
Food science: #2
Architecture: #9
Industrial engineering: #6
Materials science and engineering: #4
African-American and African studies: #3
Hispanic studies: #4
Linguistics: #4
Fisheries science and management: #9

To be honest, I had no idea that so many of UMass Amherst’s programs were ranked so highly -- a very pleasant surprise. Congratulations to my colleagues in those departments and keep up the good work.