PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Waller, Kathy V. AU - Karni, Karen R. TI - Scholarly Activities of the Most Productive CLS Faculty and Schools in the U.S.A. AID - 10.29074/ascls.23.3.175 DP - 2010 Jul 01 TA - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science PG - 175--179 VI - 23 IP - 3 4099 - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3/175.short 4100 - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3/175.full SO - Clin Lab Sci2010 Jul 01; 23 AB - OBJECTIVES: To assess the research and scholarship of the most productive clinical laboratory science faculty and schools in the United States.DESIGN: In 2008 a national study involving 106 college and university CLS programs was conducted to determine which faculty members were most productive in research activities. A questionnaire was sent electronically to all faculty (n=448) of 106 NAACLS accredited programs. Data from 275 respondents (61%), from 93 programs (89%) were analyzed.SETTING: The study took place at The Ohio State University with collaboration from the University of Minnesota.PARTICIPANTS: Clinical laboratory science faculty within a four-year university or college sponsoring a NAACLS-accredited CLS program, were invited to participate.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: To quantitate faculty scholarly productivity by point assessment, to assess the top 10% of faculty based on funding, publications, abstracts, presentations, books and chapters, and to identify the 15 highest ranking institutions in terms of their collective faculty research contributions.CONCLUSIONS: The top 10% of clinical laboratory science faculty (n = 28) are performing almost 50% of scholarship in the profession, with major contributions in funding garnered and international presentations. These individuals also generally hold a doctorate, are full professors and tenured. Among the 15 highest ranked colleges and universities with CLS programs, and by cumulative faculty contributions, most are classified as research institutions.ABBREVIATIONS: CLS = clinical laboratory science