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| Academic Analytics’ Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (FSP Index) | ||
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Newly published in January 2007, the Academic Analytics’ Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index measures specific data regarding faculty scholarly output, including publications and citations. Altogether, 27 academic areas at Washington Univeristy rank in the top-10 categories. The Chronicle of Higher Education published these results in their January 12, 2007, issue and featured WUSTL’s number-one ranking for political science on their cover. |
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| Ranking | Year | |
| Large Research University – overall ranking | 7 | 2007 |
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Broad Field Rankings |
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| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 | 2007 |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions | 5* | 2007 |
| Humanities | 6 | 2007 |
| Business | 7* | 2007 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 4 | 2007 |
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Aggregated Field Rankings |
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| Psychology | 4 | 2007 |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 2007 |
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Individual Discipline Rankings |
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| Ranking | Year | |
| Anthropology | 2 | 2007 |
| Biochemistry | 8 | 2007 |
| Bioinformatics | 7 | 2007 |
| Botany and plant biology | 3 | 2007 |
| Business administration | 3 | 2007 |
| Cell biology | 6 | 2007 |
| Communication sciences and disorders | 6 | 2007 |
| Developmental biology | 9 | 2007 |
| East Asian languages and cultures | 10 | 2007 |
| Ecology and evolutionary biology | 1 | 2007 |
| English | 4 | 2007 |
| Genetics | 10 | 2007 |
| Immunology | 6 | 2007 |
| Kinesiology and exercise science | 2 | 2007 |
| Microbiology | 4 | 2007 |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 2007 |
| Pathology | 4 | 2007 |
| Political science | 1 | 2007 |
| Social work | 3 | 2007 |
| Charity Navigator | ||
| Independent charity evaluator | Ranking | Year |
| Sixth consecutive year of Charity Navigator’s top rating | 4 stars | 2007 |
| National Merit Scholarship Corporation | ||
| Ranking | Year | |
| Number of National Merit Scholars in freshman class | 5 | 2007 |
| Peace Corps | ||
| Ranking | Year | |
| Number of alumni serving in the Peace Corps (medium-sized schools) |
23 | 2006 |
| Institute of International Education | ||
| Ranking | Year | |
| Top world universitites | 29 | 2008 |
| Top North & Latin American universities | 22 | 2008 |
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Last updated August 14, 2008