ARTICLES CONCERNING
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
(June 27, 2007)Top Heavy An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials The recent Google Scholar
Citations publications here at usmnews.net reveal an interesting trend. A number of the CoB’s units are seeing their GSC
counts coming mainly from one source. This phenomenon seems to be occurring with few exceptions. Researchers at
usmnews.net have compiled a table (see below) that highlights this situation.
(July 3, 2007) Special Report Google Scholar Versus SSCI An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials
The recent Google Scholar Citations publications here at usmnews.net have sparked a great deal of interest among
readers. One reader suggested that our reporters compare the Google Scholar citation counts to those from the Social
Sciences Citation Index, using the EFIB as a test case. We decided to do a quick SSCI search on just the ECO side of the
EFIB for convenience. Before getting to these new findings, it might be helpful to re-examine the results from the 2007
GSC counts for economics. That table is reproduced below:
(August 2, 2007) Will the Bleeding Stop? A Look at the Departure of Sean Salter The recent breaking news story about the
impending departure of assistant professor of finance Sean Salter represents the final nail in the coffin of the CoB’s real
estate program. With Salter’s departure, we have put together another update of the brain drain list that has been
building since the CoB’s AACSB Peer Review Team left Hattiesburg in February of 2007. In the last installment, we
reported on the loss of Zaher Hallab, associate professor of tourism management. With Hallab’s departure, the number of
refereed journal articles that have left the CoB since Feb-07 rose to 106.