Publication Expectations for Tenured Faculty

I was wondering what typical B&M universities expect from their tenure-track or tenured faculty in terms of article publications in peer-reviewed journals?

How many per year?

 

It really depends on whether it is a Research 1 level institution or if it considers itself a primary teaching institution. The former will require anywhere from 1-3 a year with 10-12 needed at application for tenure. If it is primarily a teaching insitution you teach more classes and so the publication requirement is less. For example I have a colleague that teaches 2 classes each semester and another who teaches one class one semester and two the next. They both are expect to have at least two publications a year (although they will accepted large funded grants as equal to a publication). I taught at a state university that required we teach 4 classess a semester. Typically they required a publciation every other year but also expected conference presentations and master's thesis supervision. So....bottom line it depends on the kind of institution.

 

Interesting. So it seems that 1 to 3 is a reasonable number for a research-oriented university.

 

this is one of those "if you have to ask...." kind of questions but

when you get your contract from a research uni, there's often a built-in division of time between research and teaching duties, so that you may remain "actively" involved in research. as an active researcher in your field, it's natural that you'd want to attend conferences in your interest areas, and join the rotation of presenters when your research produces something you can contribute.

you'll also be around colleagues and grad students who also may share your field(s) of interest, so that creates opportunities for collaboration.

and all of this benefits the university---making its programs more distinguished, which draws more students, etc.

so it's less about a "quota" , so to speak.

 

Thanks for the input. I know that it's about quality and contribution, not necessarily quantity... however, there is a general expectation of publication output... Oftentimes, publication output is the easiest way for a university to measure performance... I don't think it's necessarily the best way, but it might be the easiest.